History of Romanesque and Gothic Art in Portugal
Code
711061033
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
História da Arte
Credits
6
Teacher in charge
Catarina Madureira Villamariz
Weekly hours
4
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
a) To contextualize (socially, politically, economically and culturally) the emergence of Romanesque architecture in the Portuguese territory
b) To acknowledge the Portuguese Romanesque architectures relations with the international scene
c) To be able to recognize and characterize Portuguese Romanesque cathedrals from graphic representations and photographs
d) To be able to recognize and characterize Portuguese Romanesque rural churches (monastic and parish churches) from graphic representations and photographs
e) To understand the features of the Portuguese Romanesque architectural sculpture in relation as part of a specific artistic and mental context (11th-12th centuries)
f) To identify the main subjects of Portuguese Romanesque iconography and its most significant representations
g) To relate the emergence of a Gothic architecture in Portugal with the Cistercian order
h) To acknowledge the Portuguese Gothic architectures relations with the international scene
i) To be able to recognize and characterize the mendicant churches and monasteries as they are built in Portugal
j) To identify and characterize the main stages of development of Gothic architecture in Portuguese territory throughout the 14th century
l) To identify and characterize the new aesthetics of Gothic sculpture
m) To understand and characterize the funerary effigy phenomenon as a religious, artistic and mental one
Prerequisites
None.
Subject matter
1. Romanesque Art in Portugal
1.1.The Iberian Península in the international contexto of Romanesque Art: historical facts and artistic exchanges
1.2.Portuguese Romanesque Architecture: first experiments (Bragas cathedral and the church of S. Pedro de Rates)
1.3.Romanesque cathedrals: Lisbon and Coimbra
1.4. Romanesque rural churches
1.4.1. The 3 naves churches: S. Salvador de Travanca and Paço de Sousa
1.4.2. The 1 nave churches: S. Cristóvão de Rio Mau, S. Eulália de Arnoso, S. Martinho de Mouros, S. Pedro de Ferreira, Fonte Arcada, Sanfins de Friestas, Longos Vales, Bravães and Cedofeita
1.5. Romanesque Sculpture: materializations of na epic and teratological iconography; the aesthetics of geometry and abstraction
2. Gothic Art in Portugal
2.1. The emergence of a new aesthetics: the intervention of the Cistercian order (Tarouca and Alcobaça); the first experiments (Coimbras cathedral cloister and Évoras cathedral)
2.2. The mendicant churches: definition and spread of a programme
2.3. Experiments in 14th century architecture: the fortress churches; the buidling of cloisters (the monastery of Alcobaça, Lisbons cathedral and Évoras cathedral); the church of Santa Clara-a-Velha (Coimbra) and the deambulatory of Lisbons cathedral; the choir at São Franciscos church in Santarém. The monastery of Batalha and the beggining of late Gothic.
2.4. Gothic sculpture: new forms and subjects
Bibliography
ALMEIDA, Carlos Alberto Ferreira de O Românico. História da Arte em Portugal. Vol. 3. Lisboa: Publicações Alfa, 1988
DIAS, Pedro A Arquitectura Gótica Portuguesa. Lisboa: Estampa, 1994
PEREIRA, Paulo O «Modo» Gótico (séculos XIII-XV). História da Arte Portuguesa. Dir. de Paulo Pereira. Vol. I. Lisboa: Círculo de Leitores, 1995
RODRIGUES, Jorge O Mundo Românico (séculos XI-XIII). História da Arte Portuguesa. Dir. de Paulo Pereira. Vol. I. Lisboa: Círculo de Leitores, 1995
ROSAS, Lúcia Maria Cardoso (coord.) Românico do Vale do Sousa. Lousada: Valsousa Comunidade Urbana do Vale do Sousa, 2008
Teaching method
Theoretical-practical lessons, based on visual resources and the use of learning material (texts, photographs and maps). This UC includes 2 studying visits: Alcobaça and Batalha; Évora. The study shall be done throughout the semester, making use of the recommended bibliography, the information and the learning material provided in class.
Evaluation method
Evaluation based on 2 types of work: a written test and a small research project of research. This project is not subjected to oral presentation. Each work corresponds to 50% of the final grade.