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ARTS 387 - Visual Culture of the Muslim World


Semester Offered: First Semester
Credits (Range): 3 hours
Attribute: 3HU, CD
This course will focus on the relationship between the Muslim faith and Islamic visual cultures as manifested in painting, calligraphy, architecture, photography, performance arts, and film. Using a thematic approach, we will investigate the visual codes and expressions of pre-modern and contemporary Muslims from South Asia to Sub-Saharan Africa. Themes of the course will include aniconism, representations of the divine, materiality, identity, memory, and displacement.
Enrollment Limit: 30
Instructor: E. Akin-Kivanc
Cross List Information This course is cross-listed with RELG 278


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