ECTS credits ECTS credits: 6
ECTS Hours Rules/Memories Hours of tutorials: 3 Expository Class: 32 Interactive Classroom: 16 Total: 51
Use languages Spanish, Galician
Type: Ordinary Degree Subject RD 1393/2007 - 822/2021
Departments: History of Art
Areas: History of Art
Center Faculty of Geography and History
Call: First Semester
Teaching: With teaching
Enrolment: Enrollable | 1st year (Yes)
-To be able to observe, understand and analyse architecture.
-To be able to observe, understand and analyse painting.
-To be able to observe, understand and analyse sculpture.
-To know the fundamental concepts of architectural and visual/plastic language.
-To know the main resources associated with each discipline, including those of a digital nature.
1. Architecture, painting and sculpture: similarities, differences and the dissolution of boundaries between the arts.
2. Architecture
2.1. Space and its representation: plans and elevations.
2.2. Formal and compositional issues: supporting and supported elements.
2.3. Main architectural typologies.
2.4. Architecture, function and styles.
3. Visual Arts
3.1. Signifying issues: motifs, themes, symbolic values. Context and patron.
3.2. Painting:
A) Formal issues: figure, perspective, line, colour, light.
B) Compositional issues: principles and schemes, viewpoints, framing.
C) Main pictorial genres.
3.3. Sculpture:
A) Terminological clarifications.
B) Formal issues: figure, attire, movement, light, colour.
C) Compositional issues: principles and schemes, viewpoints.
D) Main sculptural typologies.
(* Handbooks)
Atlas Phaidon de arquitectura mundial del siglo XXI. (2009). Phaidon.
Álvaro Zamora, Mª I. (1974). Saber ver el arte. Imprenta Octavio y Pélez.
Berger, R. (1976). El Conocimiento de la pintura, 3 vols. (El arte de verla; El arte de comprenderla; El arte de apreciarla). Noguer.
*Borrás Gualis, Gonzalo et al. (1979). Introducción general al arte. Arquitectura, escultura, pintura, artes decorativas
Bouleau, Charles (1996). Tramas: la geometría secreta de los pintores. AkalChastel, A. (2004). El gesto en el arte. Siruela.
*Ching, F. D. K., et al. (2015). Diccionario visual de arquitectura (2ª ed. ampl.). GG, Editorial Gustavo Gili.
Choisy, A. (1979). Historia de la arquitectura (8a ed). Víctor Lerú.
Esteban Lorente, J. F., et al. (1980). Introducción general al arte: arquitectura, escultura, pintura, artes decorativas. Istmo.
Faena García-Bermejo, J. M., & Gómez Cedillo, A. (2000). Conceptos fundamentales de arte. Alianza Editorial
*Fatás Cabeza, G., & Borrás Gualis, G. M. (1990). Diccionario de términos de arte y elementos de arqueología y numismática (4a ed. rev). Alianza.
Fusco, R. de (2008). El placer del arte. Comprender la pintura, la escultura, la arquitectura y el diseño. Gustavo Gili.
*Hatje, G. (1964). Diccionario ilustrado de la arquitectura contemporánea. Gustavo Gili.
Knobler, N. (1970). El diálogo visual: introducción a la apreciación del arte. Aguilar.
Martín González, J. J. (1990). Las Claves de la escultura (2ª ed.). Planeta.
Monclova González, F. J., & Pérez Camacho, A. M. (2022). Diccionario de arte cristiano (Primera edición: junio de 2022). Ediciones Trea.
Montagu, J. (1994). The Expression of the Passions: The Origin and Influence of Charles LeBrun's “Conférence sur l'expression générale et particulière”. Yale University Press
Müller, W., & Vogel, G. (1984). Atlas de arquitectura. Alianza.
Pérez-Rioja, J. A. (1979). Síntesis del arte universal: desde la prehistoria a nuestros días. Conceptos generales, arquitectura, escultura, pintura, música, cine. Tecnos
Pevsner, N. (1980). Historia de las tipologías arquitectónicas (2a ed). Gustavo Gili.
Pevsner, N., Fleming, J. V., & Honour, H. (1980). Diccionario de arquitectura. Alianza.
*Plaza Escudero, L. de la, et. al. (2008). Diccionario visual de términos arquitectónicos. Cátedra.
*Plaza Escudero, L. de la, et. al. (2015). Diccionario visual de términos de arte. Cátedra.
Quatremère de Quincy, A.-C. (2007). Diccionario de Arquitectura. Voces Teóricas. Nobuko.
Rideal, L. (2014). Como leer pinturas: una guía sobre sus significados y métodos. H. Blume
Rynk, P. (2005). Cómo leer la pintura: entender y disfrutar los grandes maestros, de Duccio a Goya. Random Hause Mondadori.
Sauras, J. (2003). La Escultura y el oficio de escultor. Ediciones del Serbal.
Thompson, Jon (2007). Como leer la pintura moderna: entender y disfrutar los maestros modernos, de Courbet a Warhol. Electa.
Triadó, J. R. (1986). Las Claves de la pintura. Ariel.
Viñuales González, J. (1986). El comentario de la obra de arte. Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia.
Wittkower, R. (1980). La Escultura: procesos y principios. Alianza
The student will be able to:
-Identify, understand and apply the specific vocabulary of visual language.
-Acquire, evaluate and use information aimed at analysing and studying works of art.
-Offer a critical assessment of works of art in their processes and means of dissemination (exhibitions, museums, virtual reality).
-Consolidate individual and teamwork habits that foster self-learning and critical thinking.
-Acquire skills in the use of new technologies and communication tools.
-Produce innovative, imaginative and artistic outcomes within the discipline’s fields of study and practice.
In order to facilitate and streamline the teaching of the subject, the following techniques will be used:
-Lectures, in which the various topics listed in the syllabus will be explained through master classes supported by images, texts and other digital resources.
-Interactive classes, where students, in small groups or individually, will analyse specific texts and representative works of art that allow them to put the acquired vocabulary into practice.
-Field practice, consisting of visits to several buildings in Santiago, enabling analysis of both their architecture and the art collections housed inside.
-Personalised tutoring.
Assessment will be carried out throughout the course using the following methods:
-Activities linked to the interactive sessions will account for 40 % of the final grade.
-The written test (exam) will account for the remaining 60 % of the final grade.
A minimum of 50 % must be achieved in each part to pass the subject in the first sitting. Therefore:
-If the interactive component is passed but the exam in the first sitting is not, the mark for the interactive sessions will appear on the transcript and will be kept for the second sitting.
-If the interactive component is not passed, it will not be possible to sit the exam in the first sitting. The exam in the second sitting will include questions drawn from both the interactive and lecture sessions.
Second sitting
-Students who complete and pass the interactive activities may keep that mark and will only have to take the exam on the material taught in the lectures.
-Students who did not carry out or did not pass the interactive activities must sit the exam in this second sitting; the exam will cover material from both the lectures and the interactive sessions.
Students granted an attendance waiver (under the “Regulamento de asistencia a clase …”, approved by the Governing Council on 25 November 2024) will be assessed by a final exam worth 100 % of the grade. Nevertheless, by mutual agreement with the student, the lecturer may arrange substitute assignments for the interactive sessions; if passed, the student would take the exam only on the lecture material. In all cases, students with a waiver must contact the course coordinator at the start of the course or as soon as the waiver is granted.
In cases of academic fraud, as defined in Article 42 of the USC Coexistence Regulations and in accordance with Article 11(g) of the Spanish University Coexistence Act, the sanctions set out in those regulations will be applied. Premeditated behaviours aimed at falsifying the results of an exam or assignment include plagiarism and the unauthorised use of Artificial Intelligence tools.
The course is worth 6 ECTS credits, equivalent to 150 hours of student work, distributed as follows:
1. Face-to-face hours: 51 hours, of which
1.a. Lecture-based teaching: 32 h
1.b. Interactive teaching, including field practice: 16 h
1.c. Tutorials: 3 h
2. Self-study and personal activity: 99 hours, of which:
2.a. Independent study, individually or in groups: 60 h
2.b. Assigned readings, library work and preparation of assignments: 27 h
2.c. Other tasks, such as attending lectures: 12 h
-Attendance and participation in the lecture and interactive sessions.
-Preparation of the course material using class notes, supplemented with the recommended bibliography.
-Use of tutorial hours.
-As part of the students’ work, participation may be included in any activities organised at the centre or nearby that are related to the course content.
-Students with specific educational support needs and/or disabilities should contact the University Participation and Inclusion Service (SEPIU) and submit their adaptation request via the form available on the SEPIU website or in the virtual student office. Further information: sepiu.santiago [at] usc.gal (sepiu[dot]santiago[at]usc[dot]gal) or by phone on +34 881 812 859 / +34 881 812 858.
-Electronic devices may not be used except when employed as a working tool in accordance with the instructions given by the teaching staff; students are responsible for any legal or academic consequences that may arise from inappropriate use.
-Use of the University’s institutional technological tools is mandatory: RAI email, the Virtual Campus, Microsoft Office 365, and any other platform supplied by the faculty and approved by the University as an official resource.
-Emails requesting information about the subject that is already available on the USC website or on the Virtual Campus will not be answered.
Miriam Elena Cortés López
- Department
- History of Art
- Area
- History of Art
- Phone
- 982824736
- miriamelena.cortes [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: LOU (Organic Law for Universities) PhD Assistant Professor
Carme Lopez Calderon
Coordinador/a- Department
- History of Art
- Area
- History of Art
- carme.lopez [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: University Lecturer
| Monday | |||
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| 15:00-17:00 | Grupo /CLE_01 | Spanish | Classroom 06 |
| Tuesday | |||
| 15:00-17:00 | G5012107/CLE_02 | Spanish | Classroom 13 |
| Wednesday | |||
| 17:00-19:00 | Grupo /CLE_01 | Spanish | Classroom 06 |
| Thursday | |||
| 17:00-19:00 | G5012107/CLE_02 | Spanish | Classroom 13 |