History of Baroque Art
Code
711061015
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
História da Arte
Credits
6
Teacher in charge
Carlos Alberto Moura
Weekly hours
4
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
1.To know the art and architecture subjects and problems of the European art in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth centuries.
2.To know the most important achievements and patronage in diferent countries and regions of the Catholic and Protestant Europe during this period.
3.Knowledge and reconnaissance of the stylistic and cultural aspects of the most relevant artists related to the Baroque aesthetic principles.
4.To know some historians and Art History books about this period and artists.
5.Capacity of writing a short essay about this chapter of visual arts.
6.To integrate this knowledge in the preparation not only of Art History students, but also of Languages, Literatures and Cultures ones.
Prerequisites
None.
Subject matter
1.The concept of Baroque and the artistic historiography about the Seventeenth and Eighteenth centuries in Europe. 2.The importance of Rome, head of the Holy See, and the great Catholic Baroque definitions. 3.Regional focuses of the Italian Peninsula and the process of Baroque art internationalization. 4.The Flemish art and the visual effects in the painting. 5.The great achievements of the Spanish Golden Century and its artistics centers. 6.France between Baroque and Classicism paterns in the Louis XIV reign. 7.Holland and the optical primacy in the Dutch painting. 8.Central Europe Baroque between Seventeenth and Eighteenth centuries and the transition to Rococo.
Bibliography
Alpers, S. (1983). The art of describing: Dutch art in the Seventeenth century. London: John Murray. Brown, J. (1998). Painting in Spain. 1500-1800. New Haven-London: Yale University Press. Bustamante Garcia, A. (1993). El siglo XVII. Classicismo y Barroco. Madrid: Silex. Martin, J. R. (1991). Baroque. London: Penguin Books. Mignot, C. & Rabreau, D. (1996). Temps Modernes. Paris: Flammarion. Norberg-Schulz, C. (1972). Arquitectura barroca. Madrid: Aguilar. Tapié, V. L. (1974). Barroco e Classicismo. Lisboa: Presença. Toman, R. (coord.) (2004). O Barroco. Arquitectura, escultura, pintura. Lisboa: Konemann. Wittkower, R. (1980). Harmandsworth: Penguin Books.
Teaching method
Teaching methodologies are incorporated in the proceedings of Art History as a discipline, based upon consideration of the works and languages inherent to visual culture throughout the centuries. Embracing problems of architecture and urban history, painting, sculpture and some aspects of decorative arts, lectures should communicate some skills and methodological practice. So they are organized by a sequence of slides, discussed and showed in a powerpoint device, sometimes associated to commented texts.
Evaluation method
The evaluation consists of three itens: a book review (8-10 pp.); a file of an art work (3-5 pp.) and a final written test about all the syllabus. The conclusion is the sum total (25%+25%+50%).