TRS 167 - Visual Theology: Christian Art and Architecture

Upper Division

Prerequisites
TRS 097 or TRS 189.

This course examines the art and architecture that artists over the centuries have created in their attempts to give visible embodiment to their religious experiences. The course focuses on what their creations reveal of how they understood the gospel, what they saw as essential to that message, how well they gave expression to the deepest longings of the human heart, and the influence of their creations on our understanding of the Christian faith. A particular focus of the class will be on changing images of the crucifixion and how those changes both reflect and create changing theological understandings of the meaning of the cross. This course also examines such things as the role and power of visual communication, mining art both Christian and secular for its theological insight.

Core Curriculum Designation(s)
TE - Theological Explorations

Course credits: 1