• Explore the complexities and interpretations
    of symbolic language in art and architecture
    through different intellectual perspectives and
    traditions.
  • Create an awareness that symbols are
    grounded within a context, environment and
    culture that express broader complex ideas
    and themes that evolve over time.
  • Developing skills of “reading” symbols
    embodied in material culture for participants
    to better understand the creation and use of
    symbols in a diversity of religious traditions,
    including in Muslim contexts.