Art and Architecture of Pilgrimage
History · 3 hrs Lecture/Seminar
Offered: Fall/Winter Or Spring
No prerequisites listed, you can take this course without prior coursework.
Where HIST-3816 counts
Counts toward 4 more as one option among several, not as a course you must take:
Read from the departments' own calendar pages, where 50 of 208 programs are only partly machine-readable, so treat these as a minimum rather than the full list. Confirm with an academic advisor.
Description
This course is an introduction to the history of pilgrimage art and architecture from the Middle Ages to the Modern era. Medieval and Post-Medieval pilgrimages are used as a laboratory for investigating the topic of the journey to a shrine for the realization of spiritual benefits or the fulfilment of personal motives. Class discussions and lectures on the experience of pilgrimage and its visual ways of expression might include: the major pilgrimages to Christian, Muslin, Hindu and Jewish sites, and the later pilgrimages to North-American shrines.
From the 2026-27 undergraduate calendar. Always verify details on WebAdvisor or with an academic advisor before registering.