PIC-310 Bestiary

3 Credits

This course will explore the relationship between humankind and animals through words, images, and the combination of the two. Since the dawn of time images, and eventually words and images, describing and depicting animals have been used to explore, investigate, and mediate the complex dynamic of animals as both agents of nature and symbols of culture. The human/animal bond continues to have relevance, even as we destroy habitat and endanger more and more species. The concept of the Medieval Bestiary will serve as area of research and a schema for the creation of a novel compendiums of words and images reinforcing and complementing each other to tell new stories.