The shaping of space, symbolic language and memory in Romanesque art - 2nd semester
Code
722061096
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
História da Arte
Credits
10
Teacher in charge
Jorge Manuel de Oliveira Rodrigues
Weekly hours
3 letivas + 1 tutorial
Teaching language
English
Objectives
To recognize the relevance of Romanesque art in the cultural (artistic, philosophical, religious), political, economical and social context of the 11th to 13th centuries;
To understand the mental context of Romanesque symbolism, closely entwined to the feudal society of the 3 Orders, to the cult of the Saints and of relics;
To cognize facts and case studies, from several European contexts, that enable to place the parameters of evolution of Romanesque art in its diversity, from architecture to sculpture, miniature and the liturgical splendour of goldsmithing;
To approach, in a critical and comprehensive way, the Portuguese Romanesque, from the trans-Pyrenean models to its own singularities;
To critically assay the subjects essential bibliography, including some of the most recent scientific contributions, at a national and international level;
To approach some of the most recent contributions in history of art, including subjects as burial structures, space shaping, light and colour.
Prerequisites
Subject matter
1 The rural/ closed world: the 3 orders and the feudality imagined;
2 Monasticism and contemplative theology:
2.1 The Neo-Platonic thinking;
2.2 The role of Cluniac Benedictines as diffusers and normalisers;
3 Pilgrimage routes and Romanesque art:
3.1 The French genesis: from the monastery to the pilgrimage church;
3.2 The Iberian Peninsula;
3.3 Brief notes about Romanesque in Italy, Switzerland, Germany and the British Isles;
4 Romanesque art, the cult of the dead and of the Saints:
4.1 The Saints as living beings: the cult of the relics and the spaces devoted to memory and example;
4.2 From the city of the dead to the worship spaces: galilees, pantheons and other privileged burial structures;
5 Romanesque art in Portugal:
5.1 - Architecture: case studies and the questions of space, light and colour;
5.2 Ornamental, figurative and symbolic sculpture and its rapport to liturgy and architecture;
5.3 Miniature painting and goldsmithing.
Bibliography
- A.A.V.V. (2009), Siete maravillas del románico español, Aguilar de Campoo: Fund. Sª Mª la Real
- ALMEIDA, Carlos Alberto Ferreira de (2001), Hist. Arte em Portugal. 1 O Românico, Lisboa: Presença
- BANGO TORVISO, Isidro (1992), El Románico en España, Madrid: Espasa-Calpe
- DAVY, Marie-Madeleine (1977), Initiation a la symbolique romane (XIIe siècle), Paris: Flammarion
- GRAF, Gerhard N. (1986-1987), Portugal Roman, Yonne: Zodiaque (2 vols)
- MONTEIRO, Manuel (1980), Dispersos, Braga: ASPA
- REAL, Manuel Luís (1982), O Românico Condal em S. Pedro de Rates e as transformações beneditinas do séc. XII, Póvoa de Varzim: CMPV
- REAL, Manuel Luís (1986), A Igreja de S. Pedro de Ferreira. Um invulgar exemplo de convergência artística, Paços de Ferreira: CMPF
- RODRIGUES, Jorge (2007), O Mundo Românico, Lisboa: Círculo de Leitores
- SCOBELTZINE, André (1973), LArt féodal et son enjeu social, Paris: Gallimard
- VERGNOLLE, Éliane (1994), lArt roman en France, Paris: Flammarion
Teaching method
Seminars will be theoretical-practical, encompassing the analysis and discussion of relevant artistic samples shown in class, with related field trips. Each student will prepare and propose its own personal participation program in the seminar, as well as its evaluation, within the established framework.
Evaluation method
The evaluation will consist of a research paper/project on a specific subject, proposed by the student, pending acceptance by the teacher (75%), with a final presentation and discussion in class (25%).