ART 215 - Beauty & the Sacred: Introduction to the Sacred Arts CP | 2025-2026

Academic Year
2025-2026
Course Credits
3.00
Course ID
ART 215
Course Name
Beauty & the Sacred: Introduction to the Sacred Arts CP
Description
Do the Ten Commandments forbid Christian art? What, if anything, can images, music, architecture, dance, or film uniquely communicate about God? Does, as Hans Urs von Balthasar writes, every experience of beauty point toward the infinite? An introduction to theological aesthetics, this class queries the extent to which various aspects of Christian belief can and cannot be adequately apprehended through the senses. Engaging with a wide range of perspectives and artistic media, particular emphasis will be placed upon the history and significance of distinctively Christian works of art.
NB
Course taught at Catholic Pacific College, an approved TWU learning centre