CST 801 History and Theory of Catholic Arts
The course provides an overview of Catholic art history, including painting, sculpture, architecture, music, performing arts, and literature. This history is taught, however, as an accompaniment to an explication of philosophical and theological aesthetics. The objective of the course is for the students to both learn about major movements within art history and to understand the production and consumption of art as necessary aspects of what it means to be authentically human.