GENERAL HISTORY OF ART

This short career program extends over two years, and examines the basic patterns of the most important trends that appeared in the universe of Visual Arts, from Antiquity to the 20 th century.

During the First year (initial level) a chronological analysis will be made of contents beginning with Antique Art (3000 b. C.) until the Baroque period, in the 17 th century of our era.

The Second year (initial level) will address the historical and cultural development of arts, including the first 25 years of the 20 th century.

Courses in this Program have been declared of cultural interest by the National Secretariat of Culture (Resolution N° 5/97), and awarded its official sponsorship (R. N° 1429/2000). They also have the support of the Secretariat of Culture of the Government of the City of Buenos Aires (R. N° 573/02.).


A - GENERAL HISTORY OF ART. INITIAL LEVEL. FIRST YEAR
Professor: Lic. Miguel Angel Muñoz
Period: March to December
Optional schedules: Tuesdays, 10 am to 11.30 am | Tuesdays, 7.30 pm to 9 pm | Saturdays, 9.30 to 11 am

A1 - THE ART IN ANTIQUITY
This course will analyze the main achievements of Ancient Art in Egypt, Greece and Rome, and their respective historical contexts. We will examine the most important works of the three cultures, with an emphasis on their projections into the art of later centuries.

A2 - FROM BYZANTIUM TO GOTHIC ART. SPLENDORS OF THE MIDDLE AGES
We suggest reviewing the main moments and achievements of art in the Middle Ages, and their socio-political and historical context. The most significant works of architecture, painting and sculpture will be analyzed. The legacy of classical tradition will be examined, as well as the contributions of invading peoples' culture (Germanics, Normans, Arab) and the role of the Christian Church.

A3 - THE ARTS IN THE ERA OF HUMANISM. THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE
This part of the program will address the visual arts in Italy from the 14 th to the 16 th centuries and their main projections in Europe. We will study the most distinguished works in the fields of architecture, painting and sculpture, underscoring the process of structuring a language and esthetics that are still in force in our day.

A4 - THE GREAT ERA OF THE BAROQUE
This course aims at approaching the evolution of the arts in Europe during the 17 th century, while analyzing the work of the most renowned painters, sculptors and architects. The processes of the history of art will be articulated with the contemporary sociopolitical circumstances and the development and evolution of other forms of art.


B - GENERAL HISTORY OF ART. INITIAL LEVEL. SECOND YEAR.
Professor: Lic. Susana Smulevici
Period: March to December
Optional schedules: Thursdays, 10 to 11.30 am | Thursdays, 7.30 pm to 9 pm | Saturdays, 11.30 am to 1 pm

B1 - FROM VERSAILLES TO GOYA: THE ARTS IN THE CENTURY OF REVOLUTIONS
The idea of Art linked to the concept of Revolution proposes a sum of simultaneous significations. On the one hand, the impossibility to separate artistic expressions from the timeframe that produced them; and on the other, the profound changes that materialized with the esthetics and the circuits of art production, distribution and consumption that constituted already then a powerful economic system and persist to this day.

B2 - FROM WILLIAM BLAKE TO THE FIRST IMPRESSIONISM. ROMANTICISM AND REALITY
This unit will examine the first 75 years of the 19 th century, focusing on the visual arts in Western Europe. It will encompass from William Blake's original methods and Fussli's suggestiveness, to the so-called Modern new esthetics. The arts reflected the problems of their time, their ideas about the past and their future projections.

B3 - FROM MANET TO GUSTAV KLIMT: PAINTING FROM IMPRESSIONISM TO SYMBOLISM
The idea here is to reflect together with the audience on the complex system of esthetic, social and political relations of European art of the 19 th century's last third. To this purpose, we have chosen France, Belgium, England, Germany and Austria as the centers of artistic expansion, based on their strong presence in the framework of European culture.

B4 - FROM EXPRESSIONISMS TO SURREALISM. THE HISTORICAL AVANT-GARDES OF THE 20 th CENTURY
This module shall wrap-up the two-year cycle of General History of Art, with a general approach to the so-called historical avant-gardes of art, those that may be situated in time during the first twenty-five years of the 20 th century. We will offer participants a straightforward but comprehensive understanding of art expressions that represent to this day a challenge to the public's appreciation.