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The students will learn how to: - Analyze an artistic image in its constituent elements and in the frame of the art movement(s) it belongs to. -Study a given work of art in relationship to its historical context. - Understand the cultural and symbolic values of any piece of art. - Evaluate and comprehend primary sources and art history texts, in order to be able to understand the nature of artistic activities and their social, political and economic implications.

LEARNING OUTCOMES 1.Have acquired advanced theoretical and practical knowledge and demonstrated an understanding of the theoretical and practical aspects and working methodologies of the Humanities, so as to achieve a high level of knowledge generation. 2.Be able, by means of arguments or procedures developed and supported by themselves, to apply their knowledge, understanding and problem-solving skills in complex areas concerning the Humanities, including specialised professional activities requiring the use of creative and innovative ideas. 3.Have the ability to collect and interpret data and information on which to base their conclusions, including, where necessary and relevant, reflection on social, scientific or ethical issues in the field of the Humanities. 6.To be able to identify their own training needs in order to develop activities related to the humanities in work or professional environments, as well as to organise their own learning with a high degree of autonomy in all kinds of contexts, whether structured or not. BASIC COMPETENCES 1.Students have demonstrated possession and understanding of knowledge in an area of study that builds on the foundation of general secondary education, and is usually at a level that, while relying on advanced textbooks, also includes some aspects that involve knowledge from the cutting edge of their field of study 3.Students have the ability to gather and interpret relevant data (usually within their field of study) in order to make judgements which include reflection on relevant social, scientific or ethical issues. 5.Students will have developed the learning skills necessary to undertake further study with a high degree of autonomy. GENERAL COMPETENCES 1.Acquire the essential knowledge of the various subjects of the humanities disciplines: History, Art, Philosophy, Literature, Spanish Language, Languages, Geography and Classical Culture; of their epistemological evolution and of the relationship of each one with related scientific disciplines, starting from the knowledge acquired in secondary education and up to a level that guarantees knowledge of the state-of-the-art in the study of the Humanities. 2.To develop the linguistic and cultural competences of their community language 3.Acquire the different methods of analysis, synthesis, research and thought corresponding to the humanities disciplines studied. 4.Learning to produce ¿knowledge¿ related to the various humanities subjects. 5.Knowing how to approach humanistic problems and content from a rigorous and effective interdisciplinary perspective. 6.Acquiring the ability to introduce and apply critical thinking when analysing information, data, ideas, opinions and concepts related to the world of the Humanities. 7.Acquiring the ability to tackle problems and provide solutions concerning issues related to humanities disciplines. SPECIFIC COMPETENCES 1.Knowing and being able to define and relate the concepts, limits and sources of the subjects concerning humanistic disciplines, as well as knowing the main lines of work and analysis of history, geography, culture, thought and language. 2.Knowing and being able to interpret texts, materials and creations linked to the world of thought, history, geography, theoretical reflection, culture and art, through their correct spatio-temporal contextualisation. 3.Being able to identify and analyse common processes, throughout history, in the relations between society and its intellectual, artistic and cultural productions. 4.Being able to produce analytical texts, essays and reports with rigour and applying a scientific method in accordance with good research and professional practices. 6.To be able to relate the theoretical knowledge acquired with other forms of artistic and intellectual expression, through the application of the interpretative skills acquired in the degree studies. 7.Learning and being able to apply the interdisciplinary approach of the degree in related disciplines, both in the world of culture and in the world of thought, communication, historical and geographical studies and creation and representation.

The syllabus begins with an introduction to the ground principles of Art History, followed by a chronological study of the main artistic manifestations of the Western World from Prehistory to the Middle Ages. Special attention will be paid to the Classical Antiquity and the great Medieval styles Romanesque and Gothic. Presentation of the course: explanation of the teaching guide, the structure of the program, the practical work of the students, the tutoring system. Topic 1. Introduction 1.1. Definition and purpose of art. Artistic creation and its means of expression. Stylistic trends. Materials, techniques and artistic terminology. 1.2. Introduction to the History of Art: methodology and documentary sources. Presentation of the Practices: Work with documentary sources. Image Commentary Visits to Museums Theme 2. Art in the first cultures and civilizations. 2.1. Art in Prehistory. The origins of Art: Paleolithic Art and Neolithic Art. 2.2. The art in Egypt: The architecture. 2.3. The art in Egypt: Sculpture, painting and sumptuary arts. Theme 3. The Greco-Roman world 3.1. Greek architecture: symmetry and harmony. The perspective naturalis and the creation of architectural orders. The temple and the polis. 3.2. Antecedents of Greek art: Crete and Mycenae. 3.3. Archaic Greek sculpture. Painting in Greek pottery. 3.4. Severe or pre-classical Greek sculpture, from the oriental heritage to the conquest of the canon. 3.5. Roman architecture (I): the development of the arch, the vault and the dome. Architecture at the service of power: public works; the city, from the castrum to the urbe. Marco Vitruvius Polion and the architectural treatise (De Architectura libri decem). 3.6. Greek sculpture: the splendor of the classic. 3.7. Roman architecture (II): the development of the arch, the vault and the dome. Architecture at the service of power: public works; the city, from the castrum to the urbe. Marco Vitruvio Polión and the architectural treatise (De Architectura libri decem). 3.8. Hellenistic art or the overcoming of the canon. 3.9. Roman sculpture. The classical heritage. The Roman portrait. The imperial sculpture. Roman painting: the four styles of Pompeian painting. Theme 4. Paleochristian and Byzantine art. 4.1. Architecture and funerary art: the catacombs and the cubicula. The Christian temple: from the domus ecclesiae to the basilica. 4.2. The paleochristian painting: the disintegration of the form and the classic canon. The formation of Christian iconography: classical tradition and scriptural sources. 4.3. Byzantine architecture. Churches of centered cupuliform plan and new constructive systems. Analysis of Hagia Sophia of Constantinople. 4.4. The Byzantine mosaic. The aesthetic canon in the time of Justinian and Theodora. Theme 5. Pre-Romanesque and Romanesque arts. 5.1. Art and architecture in the Europe of the invasions. 5.2. Romanesque architecture. Pilgrimages, Crusades and Monasteries: technical and spatial solutions for an international style. 5.3 Romanesque figurative arts. Romanesque iconography and symbology. Monumental sculpture. Mural painting. 5.4. Islamic Art and Architecture, the splendor of the East. Theme 6. Gothic Art. 6.1. Gothic painting. Italy: the School of Siena and the School of Florence. 6.2. Gothic architecture. The great technological revolution of the Gothic: the cathedral, construction technique, spatial distribution, light and color on the walls. 6.3. Gothic painting. The international Gothic style. 6.4. Gothic architecture. Typological variations in its expansion throughout Europe: France and Spain. 6.5. Gothic sculpture. Altarpieces, stalls and funerary art. 6.6. Gothic architecture. Typological variations in its expansion throughout Europe: England.

The course consists of lectures, seminars, presentations by the students and museum visits. The main content of all these activities is the analysis of artworks from a formal, historical and symbolical perspective. The exams(*) will be held on the dates provided in the official calendar of the university and -as it is logical and obvious- are made to be approved, if they are approved the average is made with the grade of the practices, if they are not approved is that the subject has been failed. In the realization of the practices of this subject students should not use artificial intelligence tools. In the event that the use of AI by the student gives rise to academic fraud, the provisions of the Regulation of the University Carlos III of Madrid of partial development of the Law 3/2022, of February 24, of university coexistence will be applied. 84 hours (3.5 ECTS credits) are those corresponding to the preparation by the student of theoretical and practical classes, based on the indications contained in the teaching guide of the subject. In-class sessions account for approx. 40 hours (1.5 ECTS). Student homework accounts for approx. 80 hours (3 ECTS), i.e. approx. 6 weekly hours during the teaching period (weeks 1 to 14). Tutorials and writing the assignments and the final exam account for approx. 40 hours (1.5 ECTS) during weeks 15 to 18.