Postgraduate Course: Mosques, Palaces and Gardens in the Golden Age of Islam (HIAR11035)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | Rising at the confluence of several older traditions, Islamic architecture reached astounding levels of refinement during its first four centuries. This course explores its origins and development at the apogee of the civilisation of Islam, in the 7th to 10th centuries. The area covered stretches from Spain to the borders of China, with its core centres in Syria and Iraq. Using evidence from artefacts and texts, we will seek to understand the meaning attached to buildings by their makers within a broad context that also involves the visual arts, notably calligraphy, mosaic and painting. The course will thereby illustrate the unique creative synthesis of ancient traditions that gave rise to Islamic art. |
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Assess the meaning of key early Islamic monuments and artworks
- Analyse works of art and architecture as documents in the history, belief systems and mentalities of Islamic civilisation
- Assemble material and textual evidence from a given socio-historical context in order to inform their view of a given work of art of architecture
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Additional Information
| Course URL |
http://www.arthistory.ed.ac.uk |
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Additional Class Delivery Information |
Location will be confirmed in Handbook |
| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Richard McClary
Tel: (0131 6)50 2326
Email: rmcclary@exseed.ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Remi Jankeviciute
Tel: (0131 6)51 5773
Email: Ramune.Jankeviciute@ed.ac.uk |
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