Subject associations ART 431 / MED 431 / REL 431 Term Spring 2018 Instructors Pamela A. Patton View additional detailsfor Art, Culture, and Identity in Medieval Spain (LA) Registrar description Before the suppression of non-Christians in Spain and Portugal after 1492, three vibrant medieval cultures inhabited the peninsula: Muslims based in Al-Andalus, Christians based in the northern Spanish kingdoms, and Sephardic Jews throughout both realms. Their coexistence transformed their visual culture in ways that resonated well beyond Iberian borders, from Atlantic colonialism to modern identity politics. This course asks how the contacts, conflicts and compromises provoked by "living with" each other shaped artistic traditions and cultural identity in a land both enriched and destabilized by its own diversity. Email this page Print this page