Undergraduate Course: The Rise of Islamic Art (HIAR10082)

Course Outline
School	Edinburgh College of Art	College	College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate)	Availability	Not available to visiting students
SCQF Credits	20	ECTS Credits	10
Summary	When they conquered the Near East in the 7th century, the Arabs came from the distant confines of its great civilisations. Within two centuries of that date, they had created a brilliant culture that flourished from Spain to the borders of China. This course explores the astonishing rise of Islamic art and its relation to the worlds of classical Antiquity, Byzantium, Iran and beyond. A broad variety of themes, from architecture to the decorative arts and calligraphy, will be considered both in themselves and as windows on early Islamic society, its roots and cosmopolitan dimension.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites	Students MUST have passed: History of Art 2 (HIAR08012) OR Architectural History 2a: Order & the City (ARHI08006) AND Architectural History 2b: Culture & the City (ARHI08007)	Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations		Other requirements	None

Course Delivery Information
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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 on 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.