Degree | Type | Year | Semester |
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2500239 Art History | OB | 3 | 2 |
There are no specific prerequisites, although it is recommended to have taken before "Byzantine Art", and "Romanesque Art", since its contents will be alluded several times during the development of the subject.
Acquiring a basic knowledge about the origin, birth and artistic and chronological developement of Gothic Art in all of its geography and artistic coverage, around Western Europe. The chonological framework of this subject runs over three centuries, from the Early twelfth century's architectural experimentation until the sixteenth century's Late Gothic.
1. The world of Gothic Art. An Introduction
2. Chronological Developement of Gothic Art and the Theory of Style
3. Architecture and Building Arts
4. Visual Culture during the 13th century
5. An architectural crisis during the 14th century?
6. The International Gothic painting and the sculpture renewal of the fourteenth century
7. The emergence of the nobility with the late Gothic architecture
8. Between Flanders and Florence. Late Gothic painting and the sculpture of the Late Middle Ages
The subject of the course is integrated by the professor classes and the contents collected in the obligatory readings, which will be discussed in the seminars that will be held in class.
During the seminars, the professor will present the historical-artistic problem that is reflected in the obligatory readings, which will be two.
The two topics will be discussed from the readings and other means of information indicated by the teacher. Attendance at the seminars is obligatory and, as indicated above, its contents will be part of the general contains of the subject.
During the seminars the ability to reason and to debate between the different opinions expressed by the students and the teacher will be assessed.
Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Type: Directed | |||
Classes | 30 | 1.2 | 3, 4, 2 |
Seminars | 21 | 0.84 | 2, 9, 8, 15 |
Type: Supervised | |||
Readings and others | 4 | 0.16 | 2 |
Tutorials and evaluation tests | 5 | 0.2 | 2, 15 |
Type: Autonomous | |||
Autonomous study | 90 | 3.6 | 12, 1, 13, 14, 6 |
The subject will be evaluated from three (3) exercises:
1. Two partial written tests: (50%). In these tests the class explanations and the readings will be evaluated. The first test will take place at the end of April and the second at the end of May.
2. The report of two obligatory readings (40%), that will be indicated and shared in the Virtual Campus on the first days of class.
3. Participation in seminars to be held in class about the obligatory readings (10%).
The specific dates of both the written tests and the oblitaory reading reports will be specified on the first day of class.
At the time of completion of each evaluation activity, the teacher will inform the students (via Moodle) of the procedure and date of review of the grades.
To be able to do half with the rest, the average of the two partial written tests must give a minimum of 5, and never be done with grades below 4.
In the case of having failed one of the two partial tests, the student may submit to the reevaluation of the corresponding block.
Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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One or more written test | 50% | 0 | 0 | 3, 2, 12, 5, 1, 7, 10, 11, 13 |
Participation in seminars and obligatory readings | 10% | 0 | 0 | 4, 12, 15 |
Presentation of one or more reports, prepared individually or in groups, and an oral presentation of a synopsis of it during tutorial or seminar hours | 40% | 0 | 0 | 12, 9, 13, 14, 6, 8, 15 |
BIALOSTOCKI, Jan, El arte del siglo XV. De Parler a Durero, Madrid, 1989.
BANGO, Isidro G., MUÑOZ, María del Carmen, ABAD, Concepción y LÓPEZ DE GUEREÑO, María Teresa, Diccionario de términos artísticos, Madrid, Sílex, 2018.
CAMILLE, Michael, Arte gótico. Visiones gloriosas, Madrid, 2005.
ESPAÑOL, Francesca, El gòtic català, Manresa, 2002.
FRANKL, Paul, Arquitectura gótica, Madrid, 2002.
HUIZINGA, Johan, El otoño de la Edad Media, Madrid, 1979.
MIRA, Ernest y ZARAGOZÁ CATALÁN, Arturo, Una arquitectura del gótico mediterráneo, 2 vols., Valencia, 2003.
WILLIAMSON, Paul, Escultura gótica 1140-1300, Madrid, 1997.
YARZA, Joaquín, Los Reyes Católicos. Paisaje artístico de una monarquía, Madrid, 1993.