| CODE | BST5004 | ||||||||||||
| TITLE | The Baroque Route 3: Sculpture | ||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 05 - Postgraduate Modular Diploma or Degree Course | ||||||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 7 | ||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 5 | ||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | History of Architecture | ||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | Renaissance sculpture was supposed to awaken an almost objective admiration of the beauty or perfection of what was being represented. In the beginning of the Baroque period, sculptors started exploring a new relationship between the observer and the sculptural work, which as a result was transformed into a means of activating architectural and urban space. Considered in the perspective, the lectures in this study-unit focus on the major characteristics and development of sculpture in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. The main emphasis will be on Rome which during this period consolidated its position as the artistic centre of the world. The first fourteen lectures of this unit are meant to provide the necessary tools for a critical art historical appreciation of the major sculptural productions of the Roman High Baroque. They specifically focus on the overwhelming influence of Gianlorenzo Bernini and will discuss trends in High Baroque Sculpture, patronage patterns, and the other important sculptors in Rome. The remaining lectures of this unit will discuss the principal exponents and stylistic characteristics of Late Baroque Sculpture in Rome. They will also discuss apprenticeship methods and academy training by drawing particular comparisons between the bottega systems, the Accademia di San Luca and the French Academy in Rome. Lecture Titles 1. The Art Historical Context 1: The break from Mannerist Traditions 2. The Art Historical Context 2: The conditioning influence of the Catholic Counter Reformation 3. Artistic Patronage 1 4. Artistic Patronage 2 5. The concept of the Total Work of Art: Painting, Sculpture and Architecture 1 6. The concept of the Total Work of Art: Painting, Sculpture and Architecture 2 7. Gian Lorenzo Bernini and Scipione Borghese 8. Gian Lorenzo Bernini and Maffeo Barberini 1 9. Gian Lorenzo Bernini and Maffeo Barberini 2 10. Alessandro Algardi and High Baroque Classicism 1 11. Alessandro Algardi and High Baroque Classicism 2 12. The Historic Career of Melchiorre Gafa' 1 13. The Historic Career of Melchiorre Gafa' 2 14. The Papal Monuments in St. Peter's 1 15. The Papal Monuments in St. Peter's 2 16. Sculptural altarpieces 1 17. Sculptural altarpieces 2 18. The Civic Monument 19. Bernini and Studio production 20. From High to Late Baroque 21. The Accademia di San Luca 22. A more academic approach 23. The French Academy in Rome 24. The Florentine and North Italian scenario 25. Roman Baroque Sculpture for the Order of Malta 1 26. Roman Baroque Sculpture for the Order of Malta 2 27. Roman Baroque Sculpture for the Order of Malta 3 28. Trends in mid-eighteenth century sculpture Study-unit Aims To promote an awareness and understanding of Baroque sculptured achievements. Learning Outcomes 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: have a good working knowledge and understanding of the subject matter, enabling him/her to pursue research work on any of the topics covered. 2. Skills (including transferable [generic] skills): By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: acquire the necessary research skills for further study on the topics covered in the study-unit. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings To result from student research under the guidance of the lecturer/s concerned. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | ||||||||||||
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The availability of optional units may be subject to timetabling constraints. Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice. It should be noted that all the information in the description above applies to study-units available during the academic year 2023/4. It may be subject to change in subsequent years. |
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