Art, Ideology and Doctrine

As it turns out, I will yet again be delving into theology for an upcoming module. This time, its in the English department.

Art, Ideology and Doctrine 400 - 1000
The subject will examine artistic developments in the context of a Christian intellectual, philosophical and theological framework, while at the same time focusing on the implementation and adaptation of late Classical and native European stylistic traditions to emergent Christian art. Each week the lecture will focus on an ideological or doctrinal issue, or on an interpretative strategy, and the related tutorial will examine how these work themselves out in the artistic tradition. The issues focussed on will include: the fourfold system of interpretation; Typology; Creation; Angelology; the Incarnation; the Virgin Birth; Redemption; the Harrowing of Hell; Primogeniture; Paradise; the Resurrection; Time and Eternity; the Trinity; the Exodus; the Flood; and the Fall and Atonement; Sin and Evil, other similar related issues will also be considered.

The primary text for this module, City of God, is bible-length article written by St Augustine as bishop of Hippo in the fourth century. Hopefully, my research in Early Christian and Byzantine Art will provide me a background for this endeavor.