Art, History and Thought
Code: 43005 ECTS Credits: 10| Degree | Type | Year | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4313768 Analysis and Management of the Artistic Heritage | OB | 0 | 1 |
Contact
- Name:
- Maria Gargante Llanes
- Email:
- Maria.Gargante@uab.cat
Use of Languages
- Principal working language:
- catalan (cat)
Other comments on languages
The papers or essays of this course may be submitted in catalan, spanish, italian, french or english. In class we will speak in Catalan and Spanish.Teachers
- Anna Orriols Alsina
- Maria Gargante Llanes
- Manuel Antonio Castiņeiras Gonzalez
- Ricard Bru Turull
Prerequisites
There is no specific requirement.
Objectives and Contextualisation
The Module 2 program links with Module 1 and constitutes the second cornerstone of the Master as far as the introduction to research is concerned. The program of this training module aims to introduce new and fresh perspectives on the study of a set of long-scope and varied issues, from the conceptual as well as spatial and temporal points of view.
Competences
- Communicate and justify conclusions clearly and unambiguously to both specialist and non-specialist audiences.
- Continue the learning process, to a large extent autonomously.
- Find links between concepts and knowledge in different areas of art history that previously had not been observed.
- Show mastery of language, expression and rhetorical devices in the preparation and presentation of research projects and professional tasks.
- Use acquired knowledge as a basis for originality in the application of ideas, often in a research context.
- Work in interdisciplinary teams. Master the use of language, expression and rhetorical resources in drawing up and and delivering presentations on research, projects and professional tasks.
Learning Outcomes
- Communicate and justify conclusions clearly and unambiguously to both specialist and non-specialist audiences.
- Continue the learning process, to a large extent autonomously.
- Find links between the artistic manifestations of different periods, verify their connections to artistic movements, currents of thought and places, and determine possible interdisciplinary connections.
- Obtain more advanced knowledge of art history, artistic thought and the audiovisual arts.
- Show mastery of language, expression and rhetorical devices in the preparation and presentation of research projects and professional tasks.
- Use acquired knowledge as a basis for originality in the application of ideas, often in a research context.
- Work in interdisciplinary teams. Master the use of language, expression and rhetorical resources in drawing up and and delivering presentations on research, projects and professional tasks.
Content
Seminar 1. The marvellous in the Middle Ages. Images, objects, stories. Lecturer: Anna Orriols
1. The medieval marvellous. Concepts, subjects and spheres. The geography of the marvellous. Imagining the other: monsters.
2. The wonder within reach. Marvellous objects. Jewellery, amulets, ex-votos and poison detectors. Exotic objects and animated objects.
3. A marvellous 'Christian'. Between the living and the dead. Prodigious relics. The Christian superhero: adventures, legends and "miracles".
4. Text and image (with Jordi Cerdà, lecturer in the Dept. of French and Romance Philology at the UAB). Textual stories and visual stories. Scenarios and fabulous characters. Debate.
Seminar 2. The Latin West and Byzantium. Mobility and artistic transfer in the medieval Mediterranean, 12th-15th centuries. Lecturer: Manuel Castiñeiras
1. The Medieval Mediterranean and its artistic agents: trade, pilgrimage, crusades, war and diplomacy. The cases of Pisa and Genoa. Multiculturalism and appropriation: Hagia Sophia of Constantinople, from Church to Mosque.
2. Venice, Gateway to the East. Byzantium and Egypt in the Venetian imagination. The founding myths of the Mediterranean: Hercules, the Minotaur, Janus.
3. From Art 1200 to the Greek manner. -Anthibola, models and itinerant artists. -The Chapter House of Sijena and other paintings in the monastery. -Icon in translation: the true story of the Kahn Madonna.
4. The scenarios of Catalan-Aragonese expansion in the Eastern Mediterranean (14th-15th centuries): -St. George, a transcultural saint. From Franco-Catalan Greece to the Crown of Aragon. - The sea: from world maps to portolanos. The Atlas of Cresques. - The Monastery of Saint Catherine on Mount Sinai. - Reception and reinvention of sacred images in the Crown of Aragon. Fascination with the Achayropites.
Seminar 3. Japonism. The fascination with Japanese art inCatalonia in the 19th and 20th centuries. Lecturer: Ricard Bru
The four sessions will analyse in depth the phenomenon of Japonisme in Catalonia, presenting research methods and the results of research both locally and globally.
1. Japanism in Europe. Introduction to the global phenomenon of attraction, influence and inspiration of Japanese art in the second half of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century. Specific research cases will also be presented, such as the impact of Japanese erotic art on European artists at the end of the 19th century.
2. Japanism in Catalonia (1868-1888). Attraction and impact of Japanese art in Catalonia up to the Universal Exhibition of 1888, from Marià Fortuny to Alexandre de Riquer.
3. Japonisme in Catalonia (1889-1915). A study of Japonisme at the time of Modernisme, from Ramon Casas to Lluís Domènech i Montaner.
4. Japanism in Catalonia (1915-1975). An approach to the fascination with Japanese art and culture from Noucentisme to the second avant-garde, from Francesc Galí to Joan Miró.
Seminar 4. The first "globalisation" in art: the Baroque in the American and Asian colonies. Lecturer: Maria Garganté (UAB)
The aim of the seminar is to show the expansion of the Baroque on a global scale, being the first Western artistic manifestation to spread to the then known world.
1. Where utopia was possible: the new cities and the missions.
2. Silver architecture: viceroyalties of Peru and New Spain.
3. New images for new beliefs. Appropriations and syncretisms.
4. The gold of Brazil and the most European colonial baroque.
5. Baroque in Asia, Africa and the Philippines.
Methodology
Lectures and visits to exhibitions, museums and particular collections. Class participation will be valued.
Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.
Activities
| Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Type: Supervised | |||
| Conferences, visits to exhibitions, museums and artistic sites | 13 | 0.52 | 4 |
Assessment
Class attendance and active participation: 20 %
Preparation of an oral presentation, of approximately 20 minutes, of a topic related to one of the themes of the Module 2 program: 40%. At the beginning of the course, the student must choose the theme that he wants to work on for the oral presentation. The choice is free, but the student has to consult the specialist teacher in the chosen field to know if the subject fits with the contents of the module. For the preparation of the oral presentation, the student will have the tutorization of the module teacher specialized in the chosen subject. The qualifcation of the presentation will be agreed among all the teachers of the Module. The correctness and quality of the presentation, the originality and difficulty of the subject, the suitability of the sources used for its preparation and the degree of personal development of the subject, will be assessed.
Delivery of an essay on a chosen subject : 40%
Second chance examination:
The student could submit a second chance examination of the papers with a rating inferior to 5, with the exception of the oral presentation.
Papers review procedure:
Durig the evaluative process, the lecturers will inform students (Moodle) of the papers review procedure.
The Student will be rated as ‘Not assessable’ if he/she has not delivered more than 30 % of the evaluation work.
In case of plagirarism:
In the event of a student committing any irregularity that may lead to a significant variation
in the grade awarded to an assessment activity, the student will be given a zero for
this activity, regardless of any disciplinary process that may take place. In the event of
several irregularities in assessment activities of the same subject, the student will be given
a zero as the final grade for this subject.
Assessment Activities
| Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class attendance and active participation | 20 % | 66 | 2.64 | 5, 3, 4, 1, 2, 6, 7 |
| Delivery of an essay on a subject to be chosen | 40% | 87 | 3.48 | 5, 3, 4, 1, 2, 6, 7 |
| Oral presentation in class, about 20 minutes approximately, of a topic related to any of the topics of the classes of Module 2 | 40% | 84 | 3.36 | 5, 3, 4, 1, 2, 6, 7 |
Bibliography
a) The marvellous in the Middle Ages. Images, objects, texts. Lecturer: Anna Orriols
Bibliography will be provided in class.
b) The Latin West and Byzantium. Mobility and artistic transfer in the medieval Mediterranean, 12th-15th centuries. Lecturer: Manuel Castiñeiras (UAB)
Bibliography will be provided in class.
c) Japonism. The fascination with Japanese art in Catalonia during the 19th and 20th centuries. Lecturer: Ricard Bru (UAB)
The bibliography will be provided in class.
d) The first "globalisation" in art: the Baroque in the American and Asian colonies. Lecturer: Maria Garganté (UAB)
The bibliography will be provided in class.
Software
If specific program is required, It will be indicated in a due course.