Checking date: 17/04/2023


Course: 2023/2024

Art History I
(13792)
Bachelor in Humanities (2008 Study Plan) (Plan: 156 - Estudio: 213)


Coordinating teacher: HERNANDEZ MATEO, FRANCISCO DANIEL

Department assigned to the subject: Humanities: History, Geography and Art Department

Type: Basic Core
ECTS Credits: 6.0 ECTS

Course:
Semester:

Branch of knowledge: Arts and Humanities



Requirements (Subjects that are assumed to be known)
None.
Objectives
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.
Skills and learning outcomes
Description of contents: programme
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.
Learning activities and methodology
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. 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.
Assessment System
  • % end-of-term-examination 60
  • % of continuous assessment (assigments, laboratory, practicals...) 40
Calendar of Continuous assessment
Basic Bibliography
  • BEARD, Mary; HENDERSON, John. El arte clásico: De Grecia a Roma. La Esfera de los Libros. 2022
  • GOMBRICH, Ernst. The Story of Art. Phaidon Press. 1995
  • JANSON (et al.), Anthony F.. Janson's History of Art. Prentice Hall. 2012
Additional Bibliography
  • FERNÁNDEZ SÁNCHEZ, Diego Salvador. Arte paleolítico en Cádiz. Tras los orígenes del simbolismo humano. Almuzara. 2023
  • RUSKIN, John (1819-1900). Giotto y sus obras de Padua. Athenaica Ediciones Universitarias. 2023

The course syllabus may change due academic events or other reasons.