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Courses - Fall 2025
ARTH
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Open Seats as of
03/29/2025 at 07:30 AM
ARTH389T
Special Topics in Art History and Archaeology; The Marks of the Maker: Art and Artists in the Medieval Islamic Mediterranean
Credits: 3
Grad Meth: Reg, P-F, Aud
Throughout the medieval Islamic Mediterranean, individuals inscribed their names on a variety of media, ranging from rock cli?s to manuscripts to buildings. What can we learn about the lives of these people and the societies they lived in by looking at the objects they created? This course examines the artistic production of individuals in early medievalIslamicate societies, with an emphasis on the eighth through twelfth centuries.