ARTH-100 Approaching the Arts: Art History
Credit Hours: 3
Professor: Curra Vericat (curravericat@hotmail.com), (vericatc@madrid.slu.edu).
Office hours: Any time by appointment.
1. Aims and Objectives:
The main objective of the course is to learn to appreciate Art as itself. To learn to look at a work of Art and to see it alone or in relation to other works.To help integrate your knowledge of the Western world and to see how Art is related to the period in which it was created.
Through the analysis and discussion of a number of masterpieces, the course will provide the students with a broad perspective on the discipline of Art History and will introduce them to the use of a set of critical artistic tools. The course is specially focused in Western European and Spanish Art and will be taught by a combination of lectures with slides, power point presentations and visits to the main museums in Madrid.
(2 visits to Prado Museum: 23 February, Wednesday, 4.30 p.m. / 1 April, Friday, 10.00 a.m.)
(Reina Sofía Museum : 13 April, Wednesday, 4.00 p.m.)
2. Course Outline:
1- The Nature of the Work of Art: Purpose, Iconography, Vocabulary…Chronological Frame
2- Art before writing: Prehistoric Art
3- The Ancient World: Classic Art
Greek and Roman Art
4- The Middle Ages:
Islamic Art in Spain: Cordoba, Sevilla and Granada
Romanesque Art: the first international style in Europe
Gothic Art: Cathedrals in Spain
5- The Modern Age:
Early Rennaissance in Flanders and Italy: Bosch and Fra Angelico.
Renaissance in Italy, the cradle of the new dawn of individualism in Art: Titian, Leonardo Mannerism: Michelangelo in Rome, El Greco in Toledo Baroque Art: Painting: Spanish School: Velázquez: tradition and innovation.
Flemish School: Rubens
The XVIII Century: Neoclassicism
Goya: Court Painter, Historical Paintings and Black Paintings
6- The Contemporary Age:
The isms movements: Impressionism: the art of pure vision: Sorolla
Cubism and Abstract Art : Gris and Picasso: “The Guernica”
Surrealism : Dalí , Miró
Modernism and the European Avant-Garde: Gaudí in Barcelona
3. Evaluation:
The final grade of the course will be the sum of:
1st Mid-term exam: 20%. (1 March, Tuesday)
2nd Mid-term exam: 20%. (12 April, Tuesday)
Final Exam: 40%. (12 May, Thursday) It will cover the whole syllabus.
Attendance and Class Participation: 20%. It is mandatory to start promptly as well as to have a justified reason for absence: no more than 3 unexcused absences. Both lateness and absence mean lower grade. Attendance to the museums will be important too.
In reference to Academic Honesty and Plagiarism, the Academic Honesty Policy of the College of Arts of SLU will be followed.
4. Current text and some Bibliography:
There is a book highly recommended that will be used as a support for the class:
E.H.Gombrich: “The story of Art”, PHAIDON. (sixteenth edition, reprinted in 2002)
Reference books, available in the Library of the University:
Hart, F.: “ART, a History of Painting, Sculpture & Architecture”, Prentice-Hall
Gardner’s: “ART through the ages”, University of Michigan
Some others books and novels that will help the student to enjoy a work of art:
Henri J. M. Houwen :“The return of the Prodigal Son” (about Rembrandt)
Chevalier, T.: “Girl with a pearl earring” HarperCollins Publishers. (about Vermeer)
Stone, I.: “The Agony and Ecstasy” (about Michelangelo)
Stassinopoulos, A. : “Picasso, creator and destroyer”, Simon & Schuster Pl
Irving, W: “ Tales of The Alhambra”, Everest Ed
PLEASE: NO FOOD, NO DRINKS (WATER, COFFE…). THANK YOU!
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