Universitat Internacional de Catalunya - Barcelona

Studies of Area IV

• code 10101
• course 4
• term
• type op
• credits 6

Module: Cultural analysis -identity and innovation-

Matter: Análisis sociopolítico y cultural de áreas

Main language of instruction: Catalan

Head instructor

Office hours

To be specified with the teacher

The subject of Catalan Art is an optional subject of 6 credits that is taught in the first semester of the 4th Humanities course. Belongs to the area of knowledge of History of Art.

Catalan art constitutes our closest artistic heritage. Knowing and framing it historically means achieving a diachronic knowledge of the history of art in general and, at the same time, a specific knowledge of the works carried out in Catalonia from the "work" itself, often visitable, but also of the documentary sources and the specialized bibliography. It is necessary to remember that the local patrimony helps to know the keys of our past, to interpret the present and, also, to open new perspectives for the future.

Throughout this course there will be a chronological tour of the most significant works of Catalan art from the Greek and Roman Empuries to contemporary art. Starting with a selection of masterpieces from each historical period, the piece will be analyzed from the stylistic, iconographic point of view, artistic technique or the construction process, as well as studying aspects related to the commission of the artwork, the promoter and the artist and, of course, the main documentary and bibliographic sources will be discussed. The study of each work will be related to the historical and artistic context of the moment, which will help to frame it in the coordinates of time and space that help to obtain a global and coherent knowledge of it.

To be a student of the Degree in Humanities. Have interest about the history of art and artistic heritage.

- Get a real knowledge of the history of Catalan art from the analysis of the most significant works.

- Know how to analyze and comment on works of art, such as buildings, sculptures, paintings, miniatures, goldsmithing or other unique pieces.

- Start the students in the research based on the use of specialized sources and bibliography.

• E02 - Ability to use methods and techniques specific to human sciences.
• E03 - Ability to appropriately use key concepts in the area of culture.
• E04 - Ability to recognise and interpret cultural manifestations.
• E11 - Ability to interpret data and relate it to appropriate theories.
• E12 - To acquire knowledge and understanding of imaginary, iconic and symbolic languages and their representation.
• E13 - To acquire knowlege of the general diachronic framework of the past.
• E15 - Ability to identify and value the different elements which make up cultural heritage.
• E22 - To acquire knowledge of and the ability to use data collection instruments (biliographic catalogues, inventory archives, documentary sources, electronic sources, etc).
• E25 - Ability to communicate orally in one's own language and other languages using the terminology and resources accepted in the cultural framework of each language
• E26 - Ability to read and write texts in one's own language and other languages, as well as transcribe, summarise and categorise pertinent information.
• G01 - To analyse and interpret social and cultural environments to identify need, opportunities, weaknesses and strenghts..
• G02 - To lead, cooordinate and form part of interdisciplinary work teams.
• G05 - To act responsibly and produce high-quality, rigorous and efficient work that benefits society.
• G08 - Ability to carry out research.
• G10 - Management of ICT skills, organisation and information management.

The student

CGI01 - understands and expresses ideas and arguments with order and coherence orally and in writing

CGI02 - has analysis and synthesis capability

CGI03 - has the capacity for criticism and self-criticism

CGI05 - knows how to work autonomously

CGI08 - knows how to use the tools for research

CGI10 - uses ICTs and organizes and manages information

Specific competences

CEA02 - uses methods and techniques of the human sciences

CEA03 - knows and appropriately uses key concepts in culture

CEA04 - recognizes and interprets cultural events

CEA11 - interprets data derived from observations in relation to their significance, and relates them to the appropriate theories

CEA12 - knows and interprets imaginary, iconic, symbolic and representation languages

CEA13 - knows the general diachronic framework of the past

CEA15 - identifies and assesses those elements that make up the cultural heritage

CED22 - uses data collection instruments, such as bibliographic catalogs, archive inventories, documentary sources, electronic references, etc.

CED25 - communicates orally in their own language and in foreign languages using accepted terminology and techniques in the cultural framework of each

CED26 - Read and write original texts or documents in their own language and in others, as well as transcribe, summarize and catalog information in a relevant way.

1. Introduction. The so-called First Romanesque Architecture: Sant Miquel de Cuixà, Santa Maria de Ripoll, Sant Vicenç de Cardona and Sant Pere de Roda
2. The architecture and sculpture of the Romanesque full
3. Romanesque painting. Liturgical furniture and dressing
4. The Catalan Gothic. Historical introduction Catalan Gothic architecture: the cathedral of Barcelona, the cathedral of Girona, Santa Maria del Mar
5. Empúries / Tarraco / Barcino
6. The sculpture and the Catalan painting of the XIVth Century
7. The XV Century: from the international gothic to the gothic flamenco
8. Visit to the MNAC
9. Visit to gothic Barcelona
10. Architecture of the XVIth Century: The introduction of the Renaissance forms and the Escola del Camp de Tarragona
11. Sculpture: The Italian models (B.Ordóñez in the Cathedral of Barcelona; the dissemination of new schemes with D.Forment and Díez de Liatzasolo, the Italian tomb model: tomb of Joan d'Aragó, Bernat de Vilamarí and Ramon III Folch de Cardona).
12. Architecture of the XVIIth century: the counter-linguistic models + Fra Josep de la Concepció
13. Architecture of the XVIIth century: the conception of Baroque Classicism façade and military and civil architecture in Cat (Ciutadella, Barceloneta, Univ.Cervera)
14. Architecture of the eighteenth century: the search for new models: Las Ramblas as a modernization of the city / Palau de la Virreina / Palau Moja / la Llotja in Barcelona / Palau Marc, etc.
15. Sculpture from the XVIII-XIXth century: The case of Salvador Gurri and Damià Campeny as sculptors on horseback for two centuries
16. Painting from the XVIIIth century: Antoni Viladormat i Fsc.Plà el Vigatà
17. Visit the Royal Catalan Academy of Fine Arts of Sant Jordi [Academicism of the nineteenth century]
18. Romanticism and Renaixença: the return to the medieval model / Escola d'Arq de Barcelona / Elias Rogent and the University of Barcelona / Els Natzarens Catalans / El paisatge romàntic
19. The second half of the nineteenth century: pictorial realism (Fortuny, Martí Alsina); the pictorial anecdotism
20. The Olot School; the Sitges School
21. The Universal Exhibition of Barcelona in 1888
22. The Masriera; Ramon Casas and Santiago Rusiñol; Sala Parés and the birth of the modern art market
23. The Artistic Circle of Sant Lluc: painting and sculpture
24. The "second generation". The artists of Els 4 Gats. Joaquim Mir, Isidre Nonell, Hermen Anglada-Camarasa, the young Picasso at BCN
25. Visit to the Section of Contemporary Art of the MNAC
26. Visit to the Modernisme Museum of Barcelona

The classes will combine the theoretical contents with the analysis and the commentary of texts and the visits in situ to museums, cities and cultural institutions that conserve important works of the Catalan artistic patrimony. The theoretical part will always be accompanied by images and visual contents. The practical part will be readings of appropriate texts, sources of the history of art, research articles, visits to museums and itineraries around the city. In addition, the student must do a research work on an artistic work. There will be individual corrections with the teacher about the work.

The evaluation will be made from

• A research work on a work of art that will be proposed on the first day of class 30%
• Two partial exams (35% each) that eliminate matter.

To pass the subject, you must pass the exam and both exams. It will not be half with notes lower than 5.

To pass the course, all the papers must be submitted on the agreed date and approved by all. In order to score the works the following criteria will be taken into account

• Formal presentation of the work
• The documentary and bibliographical research carried out
• Critical analysis and personal evaluation
• Writing and spelling

The work consists in the analysis and study of a work of Catalan art that each student must choose; The work must be accessible for the visit, either in situ or in a museum, that is, the student should be able to see it firsthand. The purpose of the work is for the student to enter in the history of art research through the analysis of sources, bibliography and the study of works.

The structure of the work that is suggested is: state of the question, methodology, analysis and commentary of the work, conclusions and bibliography. The work must contain a critical device (footnotes or end). Extension: 15/20 sheets. It will be presented on the day of the exam. There will be a personalized follow-up of the work and must meet the deadlines established on the first day of class

To keep in mind:

1. In this subject, it is very important to make a correct use of the language in written tests, oral presentations and works, both from the point of view of grammar and spelling as well as punctuation and writing. Likewise, the proper use of specific terms of the discipline is of particular relevance.

The criterion that will be followed in front of any of these errors is the following one: it will lower 0.25 for lack of spelling or serious barbarism in works and exams.

2. Plagiarism consists in taking ideas written by another person and presenting them as if they were their own ideas, without mentioning the author. Plagiarism (term that comes from the Latin word for 'kidnapping') is deceptive and dishonest.

These are examples of plagiarism: copy, paraphrase or summarize the words of someone else without properly citing the source or using the quotation marks that are necessary when quoting what someone else has said.

To avoid plagiarism, you need to quote the source whenever the ideas written by another person are used and even if the quotation is not literal and is a paraphrase or a summary of the ideas of others. In the literal or direct quotations you must use quotes and quote the source. In an academic work, it is not enough to record the bibliography used generically, but it is necessary to mention the source explicitly where the ideas written by another person are collected.

Plagiarism in the written works of this subject is unacceptable, and therefore all work in which plagiarism is committed will be evaluated with a zero.

Medieval

Barral i Altet, Xavier (1981 ). L'Art pre-romànic a Catalunya : S. IX-X . Barcelona: Edicions 62.

Barral i Altet, Xavier (2009 ). L'Art romànic català a debat. Barcelona: Edicions 62.  

Castiñeiras, M., & Camps i Sòria, J. (2008). El Romànic i la Mediterrània : Catalunya, Toulouse i Pisa, 1120-1180 : Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya, 29 febrer-18 maig 2008. Barcelona : Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya.

Español, Francesca (2007 ). El Romànic català. Barcelona: Angle.  

Español, Francesca (2001 ). Els Escenaris del rei: art i monarquia a la corona d'Aragó . Manresa: Angle :Caixa de Manresa.

Español, F., & Manent, R. (2002). El gòtic català. Manresa: Angle Editorial.

Pladevall i Font, Antoni (2002- ). L'Art gòtic a Catalunya. Barcelona: Enciclopèdia Catalana.

Terés i Tomàs, M. R., & Cornudella i Carré, R. (2016). Catalunya i l’Europa septentrional a l’entorn de 1400 : circulació de mestres, obres i models artistics. Roma : Viella.

Yarza, Joaquín (1997 ). Arte y arquitectura en España 500-1250 (8ª ed.). Madrid: Cátedra.

Yarza, Joaquín Fité i Llevot, Francesc, 1948- (1999). L'Artista-artesà medieval a la Corona d'Aragó : actes : Lleida, 14, 15 i 16 de gener de 1998. [Lleida]: Universitat de Lleida [etc.].

Yarza, Joaquín (cop. 2003 ). Claustros románicos hispanos . León: Edilesa.

Enciclopèdies

Art de Catalunya. Ars Cataloniae (1997-2002). Barcelona: L’Izard. 16 vols.

L’Art gòtic a Catalunya (2004-2009), ed. A. Pladevall. Barcelona: Enciclopèdia Catalana. 10 vols

Catalunya Romànica (1984-1998), ed. A. Pladevall. Barcelona: Enciclopèdia Catalana. 27 vols

Història de l’Art Català (1984-1986). Barcelona: Edicions 62. 11 vols.