| CODE | ISS1211 | |||||||||
| TITLE | The Visual Arts in Gozo | |||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 01 - Year 1 in Modular Undergraduate Course | |||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 5 | |||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | |||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Islands and Small States Institute | |||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | The study-unit will cover the following themes: ● Late Medieval currents and the Early Modern Vernacular Idiom ● Mattia Preti and his Contemporaries ● Francesco Zahra and the Eighteenth Century ● Nazarene and Purist Currents ● Giuseppe Calì and the turn of the twentieth century ● Nineteenth Century Statuary ● The Ecclesiastical Decorative Arts ● Italian artists in the nineteenth and twentieth century ● Twentieth Century Painting and Sculpture Apart from class room lectures the students will have visits to places associated the visual artistic heritage of Gozo Study-unit Aims The study-unit is designed to offer students an overview of the main artistic currents as they manifested themselves in Gozo from the Late Middle Ages to the mid twentieth century, within its wider national and continental contexts. The study-unit will include on-site lectures in places of artistic importance on the island. Learning Outcomes 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit, students will have familiarized themselves with the protagonists of artistic production in Gozo over a period of around four centuries and will be able to appreciate better the artistic heritage of the island. Comparative and analytical studies during class-room lectures and on-site discussions should enable participants to understand the stylistic and iconographic development of Art in Gozo. 2. Skills: By the end of the students will have improved their ability to appreciate the visual arts basing their knowledge on written sources and visits to places where major works of art are exhibited in Gozo. This would enable students to pass on this knowledge to others. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings Suggested Readings (all available at the Main University Library or at the University Gozo Centre Library): Buhagiar M., (1987). The Iconography of the Maltese Islands, Malta. Buhagiar M. (2005). The Late Medieval Art and Architecture of the Maltese Islands, Malta. Farrugia J., (2009). The Art and Architecture of Twentieth Century Gozo: the Aspirations and the Limitations of a Small Island Community, unpublished M.A. thesis, University of Malta. Gombrich, E.H. (1995). The Story of Art, UK: Phaidon Press. Muscat P., (2008). Religious Art in Gozo (1500-1899) A Study of Patronage Patterns and the Mechanics of Ecclesiastical Commissions, unpublished M.A. thesis, University of Malta. Sagona M., Emanuele Buhagiar (2003). (1876-1962): his contribution to the Ecclesiastical Decorative Arts in the Maltese Islands, unpublished M.A. thesis, University of Malta. Sagona M. (1999). The Designs of Abram Gatt, Francesco Saverio Sciortino, Emanuele Buhagiar and Giuseppe Galea for the Churches of Gozo, unpublished B.A.(Hons.) dissertation, University of Malta. Sciberras K. (2009). Baroque Painting in Malta, Malta, 2009. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture, Fieldwork and Independent Study | |||||||||
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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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