107-041 Form and Meaning in Spanish Art

Credit Points

HECS Band

Coordinator

Prerequisites

Admission to the Postgraduate Diploma or Fourth Year Honours in Art History.

Semester

Subject Description

This subject examines Spanish art from the late 15th to the early 18th century. The subject will be structured around individual works of art which will provide ways of understanding the society in which they were created and the particular qualities that make a work of art identifiably Spanish. Topics that will be treated include the influence of broader European artistic culture and the assimilation and reinterpretation of these influences by Spanish artists; the establishment of powerful artistic centers which largely operated independently; and the reasons for the remarkably diversity of art produced in Spain. Students should develop an understanding of significant theoretical, historiographic and methodological issues which contribute to the ways we view Spanish art.