ARTH 238 - Islamic Arch of Africa:Cairo to Timbuktu (3cr.)

Credit(s): 3

ISLAMIC AFRICAN ARCH:CAIRO/TIM
Component: Lecture
A survey of architectural dialogues in and across the Sahara (North and West Africa) in the 9th through the 20th centuries. Includes introduction to philosophical texts and to Muslim travelers memoires in relation to buildings as congregations of space and visual representation.
Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
University Breadth: History and Cultural Change Course Typically Offered: Fall and Spring