2010-11 academic year

18th-century Art (20053)

Degree/study:Degree in Humanities
Year: 3rd
Term:3rd
Number of ECTS credits: 5 credits
Hours of studi dedication:
Teaching language or languages:  Spanish
Teaching Staff: Lidia Merás
Office: 20.279
Email: [email protected]  

1. Presentation of the subject

The aim of the subject is to help students to approach art fundamentals from 1750 to 1820, paying attention to the historical, cultural and social context. The subject will be divided into two parts. The first and most traditional one will focus on figurative art and architecture and will analyse the main movements, genres and artists such as David, Goya, Canova, Friedrich... The second part, the transversal one, will take place during seminars and will pay a special attention to specific artistic topics and problems of the period.

2. Competences to be attained

•- Acquiring the basic knowledge about art history between 1750 and 1820.

•- Understanding basic terms and concepts related to the subject.

•- Being able to develop an analytical evaluation of works of art.

•- Having an analytical mind when analysing texts.

3. Contents

PART ONE

1.    Introduction to Neoclassical and Romantic basics

  1. Painting in France: Jacques-Louis David. Other painters: Gros, Gérard, Prud'hon
  2. Ingres and Classicism
  3. Francisco de Goya and his time
  4. William Blake and Henry Füssli, the visionaries. The German Nazarene Brotherhood
  1. Romantic painting in France: Géricault and Delacroix
  2. Neoclassical architecture I: Blondel. Boullée and Ledoux. Schinkel
  3. Neoclassical architecture II: Villanueva. Neo-Palladianism and Neoclassicism in England. Piranesi. Gothic ruins
  4. Sculpture: Canova, Thörwaldsen
  5. English landscapers. Constable, Turner. The English Landscape Gardens
  6. The German Romantic Landscape: Friedrich 

PART TWO   

a)  Depicting the body 

b)  Art for Revolution  

c)  Caricatures, caprichos and disasters: William Hogarth and Goya. 

  

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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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