a) Identify artistic manifestations of the classical Greek period, highlighting the role of the archetype, the canon and the model;
b) Characterize urbanism and Roman architecture;
c) Understand the role played by monastic institutions and royal and noble courts in the creation and dissemination of different forms of culture;
d) Distinguish the characteristics of the Romanesque and Gothic styles;
e) Relate the cultural renewal of the 15th and 16th centuries with;
f) Understand the development of humanistic values and attitudes;
g) Characterize the baroque art and;
h) Relate the emergence of new cultural and artistic currents with the impacts of the industrial revolution;
i) Relate I World War with the changes in culture, science and arts;
j) Apply the concepts: Futurism; Abstractionism; Modernism; Mass culture;
k) Relate learning with history and regional and national heritage.
1. Archetype, Canon, and Model – From Greek abstraction to Roman invention
1.1. The architrave system
1.2. The vaulted system
1.3. Anthropometry and anthropocentrism: classic sculpture
2. Manichaeism, Symbolic Form, and Iconoclasm – From the rise of Christianity to the cathedrals
2.1. Paleochristian and byzantine churches
2.2. Monasticism and the organization of Christian space
2.3. The city, the university, and the gothic cathedrals
3. Order, Hierarchy and Reason – From Renaissance to Enlightenment
3.1. Florence, Humanism and Patronage
3.2. Dream and apparatus in European courts
3.3. Enlightenment and neoclassicism
4. Tradition, and Innovation – from Romanticism to the capitalism
4.1. Historic revivals and decorative arts
4.2. Neo-gothic structuralism
4.3. The engineers' architecture
4.4. Naturalism and anti-academism
5. Rupture, Science and Technique – From the I World War to the "world-culture"
5.1. Photography and cinema
5.2. Cubism, constructivism, and futurism
5.3. Modernism
5.4. Postmodernism
The teaching method is based on the exposition of the syllabus and on the discussion and critical analysis of the topics and practical cases. Slides and multimedia visual supports are used in the oral presentation of the contents and bibliographic references are provided to support the monitoring of the program, as well as the analysis of cases studies. All relevant information about the unit is available online through the MOODLE platform. Free individual and group work sessions under the guidance of the teacher are encouraged.
Continuous assessment includes participation in classes and debates, the preparation of a project under the guidance of the teacher and/or the presentation of a critical report on a scientific article related to a topic of the discipline. The weighting criteria for each of the assessment elements will be agreed with the students at the beginning of the semester.
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