Medieval Art (20048)
Degree/study: Degree in Humanities
Year: 3rd
Term: 2nd
Number of ECTS credits: 5 credits
Hours of studi dedication: 125 hours (ECTSx25)
Teaching language or languages: Catalan
Teaching Staff: Francesc-Xavier Mingorance i Josep M. Palau
1. Presentation of the subject
Study of the main artistic expressions in the Catalan counties during the Romanesque period (10th-13th centuries).
The aim of the subject is to learn about Romanesque art and its importance in the Catalan counties and its connections with the other peninsular kingdoms.
2. Competences to be attained
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General competences |
Specific competences |
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Instrumental 1. Ability for analysis and synthesis 2. Organization and planning skills 3. Oral and written communication skills in the mother tongue 4. Knowing a foreign language 5. Documentary and reference sources research 6. Ability to interrelate particular knowledge with theoretical knowledge 7. Understanding how literature, history, art and thought interact Interpersonal 8. Recognizing diversity and multiculturality 9. Having an analytical mind Systemic 10. Knowing about other cultures and practices 11. Working rigorously and with effort 12. Further education disposition 13. Being curious |
1. Putting Catalan Romanesque artistic movements into their social and cultural contexts 2. Establishing appropriate connections between the written and the visual culture of the period 3. Being objective when interpreting and assessing Romanesque works of art in general and Catalan Romanesque works of art in particular 4. Being able to recognise the common iconographic representations in Romanesque art 5. Being able to recognise the technical and conceptual determining factors which promote some artistic expressions to the detriment of others 6. Identifying the survival of certain forms and stylistic features and connect them to encoding, transmission and popularisation processes 7. Obtaining the essential visual habits to study works of art from different periods
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3. Contents
Block A (Francesc-Xavier Mingorance)
Unit 1
The beginnings of Romanesque art. Great monasteries of the Pyrenees. Lombard architecture. The first sculptural manifestations: The Master of Cabestany and northern Catalonia sculpture.
Unit 2
Romanesque art of the 12th Century. Great Catalan monasteries and great sculptural programmes in cloisters and gates.
Unit 3
Later Romanesque: the School of Lleida, Tarragona Cathedral and the Order of Cistercians. Romanesque inertial architecture.
Block B (Josep M. Palau)
Unit 4
Romanesque sculpture on wood: Virgins, Majesties and Depositions.
Unit 5
Romanesque mural painting: main production focuses in Catalonia and connections with Castilian and Aragonese painting. Romanesque painting on wood.
Unit 6
Manuscript illumination. Minor Arts.
*The full version with the sections 4. Assessment, 5. Bibliography and teaching resources, 6. Methodology and 7. Planning of activities is available in the original version.
4. Assessment
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5. Bibliography and teaching resources
5.1. Basic bibliography
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5.2. Complementary bibliography
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5.3. Teaching resources
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6. Metodology
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7. Planning of activities
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