Baroque Art
Code: 100548 ECTS Credits: 6| Degree | Type | Year | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2500239 Art History | OB | 2 | 2 |
Contact
- Name:
- Maria Garganté Llanes
- Email:
- maria.gargante@uab.cat
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Teachers
- Maria Garganté Llanes
External teachers
- Francesc Agustí
Prerequisites
There is no prerequisite.
Objectives and Contextualisation
This course, of basic formation and of 6 ECTS, is included within the subject "General history of modern art" (24 ECTS).
The fundamental objective of the course is to provide the student with some basic keys to interpret a cycle of Italian and European art that is generally identified with the name "Baroque" and emerged at the end of the XVIth century and lasted until the XVIIIth century. At the same time, it is intended to promote the intellectual autonomy of the student and particularly a critical attitude towards the bibliographical sources, which allows him to question, if necessary, the current interpretive models.
Competences
- Critically analysing from the acquired knowledge a work of art in its many facets: formal values, iconographic significance, artistic techniques and procedures, elaboration process and reception mechanisms.
- Interpreting a work of art in the context in which it was developed and relating it with other forms of cultural expression.
- Recognising the evolution of the artistic imagery from the antiquity to the contemporary visual culture.
- Students must be capable of applying their knowledge to their work or vocation in a professional way and they should have building arguments and problem resolution skills within their area of study.
- Students must develop the necessary learning skills in order to undertake further training with a high degree of autonomy.
Learning Outcomes
- Accurately defining and explaining an artistic object with the specific language of art criticism.
- Analysing ideas about an artistic phenomenon in a given cultural context.
- Analysing the creators of an artistic phenomenon in a specific cultural context.
- Analysing the recipients of an artistic phenomenon in a specific cultural context.
- Applying the iconographic knowledge to the reading of artistic imagery.
- Connecting an artistic imagery with other cultural phenomena within its period.
- Distinguishing the elaboration techniques and processes of an artistic object.
- Efficiently presenting knowledge in oral and written form.
- Encouraging creativity and fomenting innovative ideas.
- Examining an artistic imagery and distinguishing its formal, iconographic and symbolic values.
- Explaining the reception mechanisms of a work of art.
- Identifying the artistic imagery, placing it into its cultural context.
- Reconstructing the artistic outlook of a particular cultural context.
- Working in teams, respecting the other's points of view and designing collaboration strategies.
Content
1. The complexity of the Baroque universe. The Baroque: art of the Counter-Reformation? The artistic policy of the popes and the new religious orders.
2. The ideology of Triumphant Rome and the paradigm of the capital city. Italian Baroque architecture. Rome: Maderno, Pietro da Cortona, Bernini and Borromini.
3. Bernini the sculptor.
4. Italian Baroque painting: Classicism (Carracci and the Bolognese school) vs. Naturalism (Caravaggio and "caravaggisti").
6. The golden century of Dutch painting: Portraiture and bourgeois scenes (Frans Hals). The Delft School: Vermeer and Pieter de Hooch. Rembrandt: painter of stories.
7. The Flemish school: Rubens or the triumph of a painter.
8. Spanish art in the 17th century. Architecture and town planning in Spain and Latin America. Genre painting and court painting. Velázquez. Hispanic religious sculpture.
9. Versailles: the "last song" of the Baroque universe.
Methodology
Teaching methodology
In-class teaching:
Development of the program by the teacher
Commentary and discussion of texts; eventually seminars (depending on the number of students enrolled)
Tutorials
Methodological and bibliographical guidance; assesment in the writting of the essay
Supervised activities (resolution of doubts related to the course)
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: Directed | |||
| In-class lessons | 40 | 1.6 | 3, 4, 2, 12, 5, 1, 7, 10, 11, 13, 6, 14 |
| Type: Supervised | |||
| Delivery of an essay about a subject to be chosen | 70 | 2.8 | 3, 4, 2, 12, 5, 1, 7, 10, 11, 13, 6, 14 |
| Type: Autonomous | |||
| Critical essay about a subject to be chosen | 40 | 1.6 | 3, 4, 2, 12, 5, 1, 7, 10, 11, 13, 6, 8 |
Assessment
1. Written exam (before Easter holidays) 35% of the final grade
2. Individual essay, 30% of the final grade.
3. Written exam (at the end of the course) 35% of the final grade.
Other details about the format of the evidence will be communicated at the beginning of the course well in advance.
At the time of carrying out each evaluation activity, the teacher will inform the students of the procedure and date of revision of the grades.
All three exercises (written tests and work) must be completed in order to be assessed.
In the event that tests or exams cannot be taken onsite, they will be adapted to an online format made available through the UAB’s virtual tools (original weighting will be maintained). Homework, activities and class participation will be carried out through forums, wikis and/or discussion on Teams, etc. Lecturers will ensure that students are able to access these virtual tools, or will offer them feasible alternatives.
Recovery
All three evidences can be recovered.
Both written tests must be passed for the average to be possible. Grades lower than 5 will be considered a fail and must be made up, regardless of the grade of the paper.
Possibility of a single assessment
Students who wish to take advantage of the possibility of a single assessment must inform the school at the beginning of the course. This will consist of an exam and a paper to be handed in on the same day.
Plagiarism
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delivery of an individual critical essay | 30 | 0 | 0 | 3, 4, 2, 12, 5, 1, 7, 9, 10, 11, 13, 6, 8, 14 |
| Written exam | 35 | 0 | 0 | 3, 4, 2, 12, 5, 1, 7, 10, 11, 13, 6, 8 |
| Written exam | 35 | 0 | 0 | 3, 4, 2, 12, 5, 1, 7, 10, 11, 13, 6, 8 |
Bibliography
The most relevant bibliography will be specified at the beginning of the course.
GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHY
Argan, G. C., Renacimiento y Barroco II, Akal, Madrid, 1997
Battisti, E., Renacimiento y barroco, Madrid, Catedra, 1990
Bazin, G., Barroco y Rococó, Barcelona, Destino, 1992
Bottineau-Fuchs, Y., El arte del barroco, Madrid, Akal, 1990
Carrasco Ferrer, M., Ex Roma Lux: la Roma antigua en el Renacimiento y el Barroco, Madrid : Ministerio de Educación y Cultura, Biblioteca Nacional, Electa España, 1997
Castex,J. "El trágico siglo XVll: divergencias de interpretación". p. 219-231." El nuevo orden urbano del campo: El jardin a la francesa", p. 325-333. Renacimiento, Barroco y Clasicismo, 1420-1720. Madrid: Akal, 1994.
Castria Marchetti, F., Zuffi, S., et. al., El Barroco 1600-1700: el arte europeo de Caravaggio a Tiepolo, Barcelona, Electa, 2005
Cortes del barroco: de Bernini y Velázquez a Luca Giordano (proyecto científico de Fernando Checa Cremades), Madrid, Patrimonio Nacional, 2003
Checa Cremades, F., i Morán Turina, J. M., El Barroco, Madrid, Istmo, 1989
Haskell, F., Patronos y pintores: arte y sociedad en la Italia barroca, Madrid, Catedra, 1984
Kostof, S., "Absolutismo y burguesia europea, 1600-1750", p. 908-945. Historia de la arquitectura. Madrid: Alianza, 1985.
Mâle, E., El Barroco: arte religioso del siglo XVII: Italia, Francia, España, Flandes, Madrid, Encuentro, 1985
Martin, J. R., El Barroco, Xarait, Bilbao, 1986
Minor,Vernon H., Baroque & Rococo: art & culture, Londres, Laurence King, 1999
Ors, Eugeni d', Lo Barroco, Madrid, Aguilar, 1936
Tapié, V., Barroco y Clasicismo, Madrid, Cátedra, 1978
Toman, R., El Barroco: Arquitectura, escultura, pintura, Colonia, Könemann, 1997
Valverde, J. M., El Barroco, una visión de conjunto, Barcelona, Montesinos, 1981 (2ª ed.)
Weisbach, W., El Barroco: arte de la contrarreforma, Madrid, Espasa Calpe, 1942
Wölfflin, H., Renacimiento y Barroco, Paidós, Barcelona, 1986 (1888)
ITALIAN BAROQUE PAINTING
Annibale Caracci: Venus, Adonis y Cupido (cat.exp.), Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, 2005
Caravaggio (cat. exp.), Electa, Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, 1999
Caravaggio y la pintura realista europea (cat. exp.), Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, Barcelona, 2005
Berne-Joffroy, A, Dossier Caravaggio, Suffolk, 2005
Longhi, R., Il Caravaggio, Milan, A. Martello, 1952
Pacciarotti, G., La pintura barroca en Italia, Istmo, Madrid, 2000
Hibbard Howard, Caravaggio, Thames and Hudson, Londres, 1983
La Scuola dei Carracci: I seguaci di Annibale e Agostino, Modena, Artioli, 1995
Strinati, C., Caravaggio (cat. exp. Roma, Scuderie del Quirinale), Skira, Roma, 2010
Vodret, R., Caravaggio. Opera completa, Roma, Silvana Editoriale, 2010.
ITALIAN BAROQUE ARCHITECTURE
Alonso García, E., San Carlino: la máquina geométrica de Borromini, Valladolid, Secretariado de Publicaciones e Intercambio Editorial de laUniversidad de Valladolid, 2003
Argan, G. C., La arquitectura barroca en Italia, Argentina, Nueva Visión, 1984
Argan, G.C., Borromini, Xarrait, Madrid, 1980
Blunt,A., Borromini, Alianza, Madrid, 1982
Francesco Borromini: atti del convengo internazionale, Roma 13-15 gennaio 2000, acura di Christoph Luitpold Frommei, Elisabeth Sladek, Milán, Electa, 2000
Portoghesi, P., Franesco Borromini, Milán, Electa, 1977 (2ª. edició).
Portoghesi, P., Roma baroca: storia di una civilità architettonica, Roma, C. Bestetti, 1966.
Rámirez, J.A. "Hacia una iconología de las connotaciones. La cultura de Borromini". p. 187-251. "La política de la puesta en práctica del clasicismo bajo Luis XIV". p. 361-378. Edificios y Sueños. Ensayos sobre arquitectura y utopia. Málaga: Universidad de Málaga. 1983.
Varriano, J., Arquitectura italiana del barroco al rococó, Madrid, Alianza, 1990
Wittkower, R., Arte y arquitectura en Italia 1600-1750, Madrid, Cátedra, 1995
Wittkover, R. "Edificios centralizados de Bernini, Cortona y Borromini". p. 92-97. "Palladio y Bernini. p.17-28. "Francesco Baromini, su vida y su caràcter", p. 170-182. "Guarini, el hombre". p. 207-216. Fundamentos de la arquitectura en la Edad del Humanismo. Madrid: Alianza, 1993.
BERNINI SCULPTOR
Bernini scultore: la nasita del barroco in Casa Borghese (cat. exp. a càrrec de A. Coliva), Galeria Borghese, [S.l.] : De Luca, 1998
I Marmi vivi: Berninie la nasita del ritratto barocco (cat. exp. a càrrec de A. Bacchi et al.), Firenze : Firenze Musei : Giunti.
Wittkower, R., Gian Lorenzo Bernini: el escultor del barroco romano, Alianza, Madrid, 1990 (1963)
FLEMISH BAROQUE
Ayala Mallory, N., La pintura flamenca del siglo XVII, Alianza, Madrid, 1995
Brown, J. i Brown, C., Velázquez, Rubens y Van Dyck: pintores cortesanos del siglo XVII, (cat. exp.),Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, 1999.
Rubens, Van Dyck, Jordaens. Mestres de la pintura flamenca del segle XVII a les col.leccions del museu Ermitage (cat. exp.), Barcelona, 2003.
Vergara, A., Rubens and his spanish patrons, Cambridge i Nova York, 1999.
Vosters S. A., Rubens y España: esudio artístico-literario sobre la estética del barroco, Cátedra, Madrid, 1990.
DUTCH BAROQUE
The Glory of the Golden Age: Dutch Art of the 17th Century, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 2000
Rembrandt pintor de historias (cat. exp. ), Museo del Prado, Madrid, 2008
Rosenberg J., Slive, S. i Ter Kuile, E. H., Arte y arquitectura en Holanda 1600-1800, Cátedra, Madrid, 1994 (1966)
Slive, S., Frans Hals (3.v), Londres, Phaidon, 1970-1974.
Vermeer y el interior holandés (cat. exp. A. Vergara), Museo del Prado, Madrid, 2003
SPANISH BAROQUE
Brown, J., La edad de oro de la pintura en España, Madrid, Nerea, 1990
Brown, J., Escritos completos sobre Velázquez, Centro de Estudios Europa Hispánica, 2008
Coliva, A., Velázquez a Roma, Milan, Skira, 1999.
Gallego, J., Visión y símbolos en la pintura española del Siglo de Oro, Madrid, Catedra, 1984.
González Sánchez, C.A., El espíritu de la imagen. Arte y religión en el mundo hispánico de la Contrareforma, Madrid, Cátedra, 2017.
Harris, E., Velázquez, Vitoria-Gasteiz : Ephialte Instituto Municipal de EstudiosIconográficos, 1991.
El palacio del Rey Planeta: Felipe IV y el Buen Retiro (cat. ex.), Madrid, Museo Nacional del Prado, 2005.
Navarrete Prieto, B., Murillo y las metáforas de la imagen, Madrid, Cátedra, 2017,
Pérez Sánchez, A. E., Pintura barroca en España 1600-1750, Madrid, Catedra, 1992.
Portús Pérez, J., Pintura y pensamiento en la España de Lope de Vega, Hondarribia [Guipúzcoa] : Nerea, cop. 1999
Sebastián, S., Contrarreforma y Barroco: lecturas iconográficas e iconológicas, Madrid, Alianza, 1985
Sureda, J., La Gloria de los Siglos de Oro: mecenas, artistas y maravillas en la España imperial, Barcelona, Lunwerg, 2006
Sureda, J., Velázquez pintor y hombre del rey, Barcelona, Lunwerg, 2009
Valdivieso, E., Vanidades y desengaños en la pintura española del Siglo de Oro, [S.l.] : Fundación de Apoyo a la Historia del Arte Hispánico, 2002
Software
If specific programming is used, this would be indicated in due course.