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Class number:
2911
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Title: Medieval, Ren Women & Art |
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Department: Fine Arts |
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Career: Undergraduate |
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Component: Lecture |
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Session: Regular |
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Instructor's Permission Required: No |
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Grading Basis: Regular |
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Units: 1.00 |
| Enrollment limited to 25 |
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Current enrollment: 22 |
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Available seats: 3 |
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Start date: Tuesday, September 2, 2025 |
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End date: Wednesday, December 17, 2025 |
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Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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Schedule: MW: 10:00AM-11:15AM, AAC - 320 |
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Instructor(s): Scanlan, Suzanne |
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Prerequisite(s): None |
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Distribution Requirement: Meets Arts Requirement |
Course Description:
This course looks at images made by female artists and artisans, as well as works commissioned by and for women, between the Medieval and Renaissance periods (c 1100-1600). As recent scholarship shows, daughters, wives and sisters were integral members of artists' workshops, producing paintings, sculpture, prints and household furnishings. Female patrons - from queens and duchesses to nuns and widows - commissioned grand buildings and public memorials as well as small decorative items. Here, we discuss women from various social classes and their contributions to the visual and material culture of Europe across five centuries. Along with art making and patronage, we will also consider gift giving and bequests as modes of consolidating wealth and security among women. |