Subject

Great Works of Art

  • code 12300
  • course 3
  • term Semester 1
  • type OB
  • credits 6

Main language of instruction: Catalan

Other languages of instruction: English

Teaching staff

Head instructor

Dra. Marta CRISPÍ - mcrispi@uic.es

Office hours

By appointment with the professors.

Introduction

Great Works of Art History is a 6-credit course taught during the first semester of the 3rd year in the Degree of Humanities and Cultural Studies. It belongs to the field of knowledge of Art History.

Through this course we will make a chronological trip around great works of Art History from the ancient civilisations to the contemporary world. From a selection of master works of different historical periods, we will analyse the works from different points of view: style, iconography, technique, building process, and other related aspects such as the artist and the clients, as well as the most important associated bibliography and documents. The study of each work will be placed in the artistical and historical context of its time, helping to understand it in time and place and having a global and coherent knowledge of it.

Pre-course requirements

It is recommended to have already attended Antique Culture, Medieval Culture, Modern Culture and Contemporary Culture.

Objectives

-To know about Art History and its artistic trends through the analysis of some of its masterpieces.

-To know how to analyse works of art, from architecture, painting, sculpture, and other singular pieces of art.

-To introduce students to the world of research through the use of specialised sources and bibliography.

Competences / Learning outcomes of the degree programme

  • E02 - Ability to use methods and techniques specific to human sciences.
  • E11 - Ability to interpret data and relate it to appropriate theories.
  • G03 - To search for and/or administer economic resources within the framework of an institution or company, or a cultural programmes, project or service.
  • G10 - Management of ICT skills, organisation and information management.
  • E31 - To pass on knowledge and good practices to other sectors.
  • E09 - To understand the limits and forms of intercultural communication.

Learning outcomes of the subject

The student

8. Know and select specific documentation about cultural experiences

 

Syllabus

Masterpieces of Egyptian art.

2. Mesopotamia: the art of Sumer, Assyria and Babylon.

3. Rome: from the foundation of the city to the imperial forums. Temples (Pantheon), mausoleums (August), circuses and amphitheaters (Colosseum).

4. Rome: sculpture and painting.

5. Saint Sophia of Constantinople and Byzantine architecture

6. The “renovatio” carolingia: the Aachen Cathedral and the great Carolingian desks

7. Santiago de Compostela and the pilgrimage churches

8. The Córdoba Mosque and the Alhambra: two iconic works of Islamic art in the Iberian Peninsula

9. Notre Dame de Chartres: a Gothic cathedral model

10. The Italian pulpit of Duecento and Trecento: Nicola and Giovanni Pisano

11. The painting of the Italian Trecento: the decoration of the Scrovegni Chapel by Giotto (Padua)

12. The international gothic: The Very Rich Hours of the Duke of Berry and the sculpture of Claus Sluter

13. Jan van Eyck and the Flemish painting of the s. XV: Arnolfini marriage and the altarpiece of the Mystic Lamb

14. El Bosco: The Garden of Delights

15. Saint Peter in Vatican

16. The Sistine Chapel

17. Botticelli: The Spring and The Birth of Venus

18. The Velazquez spinners and The Three Graces of Rubens

19. Versailles

20. Le Brun

21. Poussin, Et in Arcadia ego

22. Arc du Triomphe Du Carrousel - Architectural Neoclassicism XIX

23. The Pompier

24. The École de Barbizon and Courbet

25. Architecture of the twentieth century: Le Corbusier and Mies van der Rohe

26. Architecture of the twentieth century: Sullivan and Frank Lloyd Wright

27. Japanese art and its influence in the West in the s. XIX

28. Gauguin and nabis

29. Japanese art and its influence in the West in the nineteenth century

Teaching and learning activities

In person

The classes will combine theory with the analysis of texts. The theorical part will be always accompanied with images and visual content. The practical part will consist of readings of adequate texts from art history sources, research articles, museum visits and field trips. The students must do a research paper on an artistical work not seen in class. There will be individual corrections with the professor.

Evaluation systems and criteria

In person

The assessment will be:

1. A research paper on a work of art not seen in class, handed in the day of the final exam (30%)

2. A Midterm and a Final exam (35% each)

In order to pass the course, the students must pass the paper and the two exams (more that a 5 is needed in every case in order to calculate the average)

The research paper must be submitted the day of the final exam. It will be assessed following these criteria:

1. Formal presentation

2. Documentation and bibliography used

3. Critical analysis and personal opinion

4. Orthography and grammar

Students must take in account:

1. The use of the language is very important in this course, in the exams and in the research paper. Be careful with grammar and orthography mistakes. The use of the specific terminology is recommended. Each of these mistakes will mean 0.25 points less.

2. Plagiarism is absolutely forbidden and will mean a 0. The ideas taken from another author must be referenced in a footnote and in the bibliography, and if it is an exact quote it must be quoted between inverted comas.

Bibliography and resources

Each topic has an specific bibliography which will be given at the beginning of the class.

 

 

Bibliografia

 

Santa Sofia de Constantinoble

Beckwith, J. (1997). Arte paleocristiano y bizantino. Madrid : Cátedra.

Egea, J. M. (2003). Relato de cómo se construyó Santa Sofía : Según la descripción de varios códices y autores. Granada : Centro de Estudios Bizantinos, Neogriegos y Chipriotas.

Krautheimer, R. (2009). Arquitectura paleocristiana y bizantina. Madrid : Cátedra. Mainstone, R. J. (Rowland J. . (1988). Hagia Sophia : architecture, structure, and liturgy of Justinian’s great church. London : Thames and Hudson.

Mango, C. (1975). Arquitectura bizantina. Madrid : Aguilar.

 

La capella palatina d’Aquisgran i l’art carolingi

Bango Torviso, I. (1989). El Prerrománico en Europa : de Carlomagno a los Otones. Madrid : Historia 16.

Braunfels, W., Arquitectura monacal en Occidente, Barcelona, 1975.

Caillet, J.-P. (2005). L’art carolingien. Paris : Flammarion.

Conant, K. J. (1987). Arquitectura carolingia y románica, 800-1200. Madrid : Cátedra.

Dodwell, C.R (1995). Artes pictóricas en Occidente, 800-1200. Madrid: Cátedra

webgrafia

Catedral d’Aquisgrà

https://www.aachenerdom.de/en/

 

Santiago de Compostel·la

Bango Torviso, Isidro (1994). "Las llamadas' iglesias de peregrinación o el arquetipo de un estilo". En:  El camino de Santiago: Camino de las Estrellas, Madrid, pág. 233-284.

Castiñeiras González, M. A. (2010). Compostela y Europa : la historia de Diego Gelmírez. Milano: Skira.

Yzquierdo Peiró, R., Castiñeiras, M. A., Valle Pérez, J. C., & Museo del Prado. (2016). Maestro Mateo en el Museo del Prado. [Madrid] : Museo Nacional del Prado.

Yarza Luaces, J. (1979). Arte y arquitectura en España 500-1250. Madrid : Cátedra.

webgrafia

http://www.porticodelagloria.com/lectura-del-portico.html

https://albertosolana.wordpress.com/el-descubrimiento-del-sepulcro/

 

Santa Maria de Ripoll

Bango Torviso, I. G. (1990). El Monasterio medieval. Madrid : Anaya.

Braunfels, W., Arquitectura monacal en Occidente, Barcelona, 1975

Castiñeiras, M., & Camps i Sòria, J. (2008). El Romànic i la Mediterrània : Catalunya, Toulouse i Pisa, 1120-1180 : Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya, 29 febrer-18 maig 2008. Barcelona : Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya.

Junyent, Eduard (1975). El monestir de Ripoll. Barcelona

Ordeig, Ramon (2014). El monestir de Ripoll en temps dels seus primers abats (anys 879 - 1008). Vic

Yarza Luaces, J. (1979). Arte y arquitectura en España 500-1250. Madrid : Cátedra.

Yarza, J. (1987) “La portalada de Ripoll”. A: Catalunya romànica. Vol. X, Ripollès.

Webgrafia

http://www.monestirderipoll.cat/

 

Chartres

Chacon-Gómez Monedero, Francisco y Salamanca López, Manuel (2010). La catedral. Símbolo del renacer de Europa. Cuenca: Ed. Alderabán.

Erlander-Brandenburg, Alain. La catedral. Madrid: càtedra.

Kurmann-Schwarz, B., Kurmann, P., Kayser, T. de., & Sauvageot, C. (2001). Chartres : la cathédrale. [Saint-Léger-Vauban] : [Zodiaque].

Lévis-Godechot, N. (1987). Chartres : révélée par sa sculpture et ses vitraux. [Paris] : Zodiaque.

Mâle, Émile (1983). Notre Dame de Chartres. París: Flammarion

Prache, A., & Jouanneaux Françoise., F. (2000). Chartres, la cathédrale Notre-Dame. Paris : Centre des monuments nationaux.

Recht, Roland (1999). Le croire et le voir. L’art des cathédrales (XIIè – XV siècle). París: Gallimard.

Simson, O. G. von, & Villaverde, F. (1980). La Catedral gótica : los orígenes de la arquitectura gótica y el concepto medieval de orden. Madrid : Alianza.

Williamson, P. (1997). Escultura gótica [1140-1300]. Madrid : Cátedra.

 

Els púlpit del baptisteri de Pisa de Nicola Pisano i el púlpit de Pistoia d’Andrea Pisano

Carli, E., & Amendola, A. (1986). Giovanni Pisano : il pulpito di Pistoia. Milano : Mondadori.

Moskowitz, A. F. (2001). Italian Gothic sculpture : c. 1250-c. 1400. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press.

Moskowitz, A. F. (2005). Nicola & Giovanni Pisano: the pulpits: pious devotion, pious diversion. London: Harvey Miller.

Pope-Hennessy, J. W. (1996). Italian gothic sculpture (4th ed.). London : Phaidon.

White, J. (1989). Arte y arquitectura en Italia: 1250-1400. Madrid : Cátedra.

 

Giotto

Frugoni, C., Criscenti, L., Criscenti, N., & Mondadori, C. (2005). La Cappella degli Scrovegni di Giotto. Torino : Einaudi.

White, J. (1989). Arte y arquitectura en Italia : 1250-1400. Madrid : Cátedra.

 

Molt riques hores del duc de Berry

Husband, T., J. Paul Getty Museum., & Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N. Y.  (2008). The art of illumination : the Limbourg brothers and the Belles heures of Jean de France, Duc de Berry. New Haven: Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Harthan, J. P. (1988). Books of hours and their owners (Repr.). London : Thames and Hudson.

Longnon, J., Cazelles, R., & Meiss, M. (1969). The Très Riches Heures of Jean, Duke of Berry : musée Condé, Chantilly. New York : George Braziller.  

Musée du Louvre., É., & Avril, F. (2004). Paris, 1400 : les arts sous Charles VI. [Paris] : Fayard.

 

Jan van Eyck

Harbison, C. (1991). Jan van Eyck : the play of realism. London : Reaktion Books.

Pächt, O., & Schmidt-Dengler, M. (1999). Van Eyck and the founders of early Netherlandish painting. London : Harvey Miller.

Yarza Luaces, J. (1993). Jan van Eyck. Madrid : Historia 16.

 

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