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Nov 26, 2024
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Undergraduate Catalog 2014-2015 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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ARTH 310 - (CA,W) Heaven, Hell, Apocalypse3 cr.
This cross-disciplinary course studies visual depictions of Heaven and Hell in Christian, Islamic, Jewish, Egyptian, Ancient Near-Eastern and Greco-Roman cultures, 3000 BC-1600 AD. Apocalyptic imagery based upon the biblical Book of Revelation is studied in historic, artistic, and theological contexts; with literary texts (e.g. Epic of Gilgamesh, Book of the Dead, Aeneid, Divina Commedia) supplying thought and image to artists.
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