Art and Religion

Teacher(s)

Dekoninck Ralph;

Language

French

Main themes

The course has the following objectives :
- Questioning the relationships between art and religion in the long history of Christianity. It mainly focuses on the moments of crisis (Byzantine image quarrel in the 8th century, war of religions in the 16th century, quarrel of sacred art in the 20th century) in order to show how this relationships have been incriminated or defended.
- starting from concrete examples, a reflection on the status, functions and uses of religious images and on the place of the arts (essentially painting and sculpture) within Christianity, with an opening towards other religions (especially Islam and Judaism).

Learning outcomes

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :
1	undertake critical reflection into the aesthetic, theological and iconological issues at stake in the relationships between arts and religions.

Content

Theoretical expositions about relationships between arts and religion (see object of the activity) and study of some works of art with religious stamp.

Other information

without object

Faculty or entity

TEBI