Art - History of Spanish Art (Acient and Medieval) (22.5 hours)
TERM 1 : From Altamira to Alhambra
OBJECTIVE
A general overview of the main artistic manifestations that have taken place in the Iberian Peninsula from Prehistoric to the Islamic period.
COURSE CONTENT
- The first artistic manifestations: cave/prehistoric art in the Iberian Peninsula.
- The art of the first colonizers: Phoenician, Greeks, Carthaginians.
- The art of the Iberian and Celts
- Roman art in Hispania.
- Visigothic Art
- Asturian Art
- Islamic Art: the Caliphate period, the period of the Taifas, the African period, Granada.
- Mozarabic Art
READING LIST
BOZAL, V.,(1978), Historia del Arte en España I, Madrid, Istmo.
BORRÁS, G.M., La Alhambra y el Generalife, Madrid, Anaya Monografías.
POSADAS, J., (1985), La Alhambra y la contribución de la civilización árabe a la historia. La influencia de los árabes en el desarrollo histórico de España, Madrid Barcelona, Ciencia Cultura y Política
DL.YARZA, J., (1979), Arte y arquitectura en España 500-1250, Madrid, Manuales Arte Cátedra.
ASSESSMENT
At the end of the term, there will be a written test in which students write an essay from a choice of two titles.
Art - History of Spanish Art (Modern and Contemporary) (22.5 hours)
TERM 1 : From El Escorial to Velázquez
OBJECTIVE
A broad overview of Spanish art from the end of the 15th to the 18th century.
COURSE CONTENT
The architecture from the end of the 15th century: the Catholic Monarchs.
- The early Renaissance: the plateresco style.
- The architecture of Herrera.
- Renaissance sculpture
- Renaissance painting
- The Golden Age of Spanish art: architecture and baroque imagery.
- The great painters: Ribera, Zurbarán, Velázquez, Murillo, Alonso Cano, Valdes Leal.
- Eighteenth-century art architecture, sculpture and painting.
READING LIST
AYALA MALLORY, N., (1991), Del Greco a Murillo, la pintura española del siglo de Oro, Madrid, Alianza Forma.
BONET CORREA, A., (1985), Arquitectura barroca en España, Madrid, Manuales Arte Cátedra.
BOZAL, V., (1978), Historia del Arte en España I y II, Madrid, Editorial Istmo.
BROWN, J., (1988), Imágenes e ideas en la pintura española del siglo XVII, Madrid, Alianza Forma.
CHECA, F., (1983), Pintura y escultura del Renacimiento en España 1450-1600, Madrid, Manuales Arte Cátedra.
MARTÍN GONZÁLEZ, J.J., (1998), Escultura barroca en España 1600-1770, Madrid, Manuales Arte Cátedra.
NIETO ALCAIDE-MORALES-CHECA, (1989), Arquitectura del Renacimiento en España, Madrid, Manuales Arte Cátedra.
PÉREZ SÁNCHEZ, A., (1992), Pintura barroca en España 1600-1750, Madrid, Manuales Arte Cátedra.
ASSESSMENT
At the end of the term, there will be a written test in which students write an essay from a choice of two titles.