Art of the 17th-18th Centuries I

Code:

FLUP0161

Acronym:

AR17-1

Instance: 2004/2005 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Heritage Studies
Institution Responsible:	Faculty of Arts

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
HA	39	Official Study Plan - LHA	3	2,5	5	-

Objectives

Students will acquire the fundamental notions of Baroque Art (its origin and evolution), particularly focussing on the influence of Italy. Sculpture and the work of Bernini and Algardi, as well as the Carracci and Caravaggio’s contribution, will be object of in-depth study. The programme concludes with an analysis of the dissemination of the Baroque in Europe.

Program

1. Introduction
1.1 Geographical and chronological framework
1.2 Methodology(s) according to the topics indicated

2. Baroque: art of Catholic Europe/art of Protestant Europe – two dimensions of an artistic school
2.1 The Baroque artistic phenomenon and its complexity. The taste for artifice. Movement. Light and shade
2.2 Italy and the genesis of Baroque art. Dissemination of the Baroque: Italian taste and regional manifestations
2.3 Italian Baroque sculpture
2.3.1 Baroque sculpture and its relationship with Hellenic sculpture. Michelangelo’s legacy
2.3.2 A new sculptural vision: major vectors (movement, mysticism, physical expression, majesty)
2.3.3 Alessandro Algardi and Gian Lorenzo Bernini: two sculptural codes

2.3 Baroque painting
2.4.1 Illusional painting and its role in relation to architecture. Real space and illusional space: the legitimacy of the unreal
2.4.2 The two dimensions of Italian Baroque painting. The Carracci and Caravaggio
2.4.3 Spanish painting during the "Siglo de Oro": Ribera, Zurbáran, Murillo and Velasquez. Velasquez at the height of the 17th-century Spanish painting
2.4.4 17th-century Flemish painting. Clients and their preferences. Themes and techniques. Rubens, its most famous representative
2.4.5 17th-century Dutch painting. The relationship between client and theme. Major representative of the school: Rembrandt, a timeless artist
2.4.6 17th-century French painting: two perspectives. Philippe de Champaigne and his relationship with the Jansenist movement. Nicolas Poussin and French classicism in painting

3. Rococo and the primacy of ornamentation
3.1. The dispute between Baroque and Rococo. Dialogue and confrontation between two aesthetics
3.2 The genesis of style and its internationalization. The importance of gildings in its diffusion
3.3 The master lines of Rococo. The French view and the German code
3.4 Interiors and fluid decorative structures: asymmetry and naturalistic motifs
3.5 A new understanding of painting. Analysis of three distinct proposals: France (Watteau, Boucher and Fragonard); Italy (Tiepolo, Canaletto, Guardi) and Germany (Cosmas, Damian, Asam)

Main Bibliography

ARGAN, Giulio Carlo, L’ Âge Baroque, Genève: Skira, 1989
ARGAN, Giulio Carlo, L’ Europe baroque, Genève: Skira, 1989
BASSAGLIA, Rossana (e outros), La scultura italiana dall’alto medievo alle correnti contemporanee, Milano: Electa Editrice, s/d
BERNARDINI, Maria Grazia, DELL’ARCO, Maurizio Fagiolo, Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Ginevra-Milano: Skira, 1999
BOUZA ÁLVAREZ, José Luis, Religiosidad Contrarreformista y Cultura Simbólica del Barroco, Madrid: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, 1990
BROWN, Jonathan, L’ âge d’ or de la peinture espagnole, Paris: Flammarion, 1991
Caravaggio, Madrid: Electa, 1999
Caravaggio e il suo tempo, Milano: Electa Napoli, 1985
Études sur le XVIIIe siècle. Rocaille. Rococo, Bruxelles: Éditions de l’ Université de Bruxelles, 1991
Le Siècle de Titien. L’ âge d’ or de la peinture à Venise, Paris: Éditions de la Réunion des Musées Nationaux, 1993
MALLORY, Nina Ayala, Del Greco a Murillo. La pintura española del Siglo de Oro, 1566-1700, Madrid: Alianza Forma, 1991
MÉROT, Alain, La Peinture Française au XVIII siècle, Paris: Editions Gallimard/Electa, 1994
Nell’ Etá di Correggio e dei Carracci. Pintura in Emilia dei secoli XVI e XVII, Bologna: Nuova Alfa Editoriale, 1986
Velázquez, Madrid: Museo del Prado, 1990
Vélazquez, Rubens y Van Dyck. Pintores Cortesanos del Siglo XVII, Madrid: Museo Nacional de Prado, 1999

Complementary Bibliography

To be indicated in the course of the semester, when necessary.

Teaching methods and learning activities

Lectures and interactive methods.

Software

No specific software required.

Evaluation Type

Evaluation with final exam

Eligibility for exams

Positive mark in the final exam.

Calculation formula of final grade

Mark obtained in the final exam.

Examinations or Special Assignments

Not applicable.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Not applicable.

Classification improvement

According to the Assessment Regulations in force.

Observations

Language of instruction: Portuguese.