This undergraduate course, which has no prerequisites,
examines the various arts of western Europe after the fall of the
Roman Empire - from the 5th Century to the 10th Century, from St.
Patrick and the Vikings to the successors of Charlemagne.  The
buildings, stone sculpture, wall paintings, mosaics, illuminated
manuscripts, metalwork, and ivory carvings of this period will be
examined in the frame of a general historical and cultural context.
	One short paper, two exams, and a final.

This course fulfills both the Social and Historical and the Culture
Studies requirement  (list A) of the College.