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Department of Geography, History and History of Art


CARBONELL ESTELLER, Eduard

Professor in History of Art (Heritage and Museology)
Director of the Master’s Degree in Cultural Heritage Management
Research lines: Cultural Heritage and Museology
Eduard Carbonell studied Philosophy and Arts at the University of Barcelona and at the Complutense University of Madrid. He has also extended his studies in Italy. He holds a Doctorate in History of Art from the University of Barcelona and was a lecturer at the Autonomous University of Barcelona from 1972 to 1988. Since 1987 he has been Professor in History of Mediaeval Art of the Autonomous University of Barcelona and since 1997 he has been Professor of History of Art (Heritage and Museology) of the University of Girona. He has published several articles in Spanish and foreign journals focusing on Mediaeval Art, Cultural Heritage and Museums. He has taken part in courses on Cultural Heritage and Museums in several Spanish universities as well as in Spanish and European museums. In his capacity as General Director of Cultural Heritage of the Generalitat of Catalonia (1988-1994) he participated in the drawing up of several legal provisions, such as Law 17/1990, of 2nd November, on Museums; Law 4/1993, of 18th March, on the Library System of Catalonia; or Law 9/1993, of 30th September, on Catalan Cultural Heritage. He was the General Director of the National Art Museum of Catalonia (MNAC) from October 1994 to December 2005, where he oversaw the process of the initial installation of the museum (Romanesque Art, 1995; Gothic Art, 1997) right up to its full opening (from the Renaissance to the Avant-Garde movements of the 20th century) in December 2004. He is a researcher of the Catalan Institute for Research into Cultural Heritage and since 2006 has directed the Official Master’s Degree in Heritage Management in the Local Environment.
Publications
  • Carbonell, E. (1981). L'ornamentaciķ a la pintura romānica catalana, vol. I (Tesi Doctoral). Barcelona: Artestudi
  • Carbonell, E. (1997). "Les arts del romānic", Tresors medievals del Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya. Barcelona, pp. 13-365
  • Carbonell, E. (1999). "L'arquitectura religiosa a la Catalunya del segle IX al X", Catalunya a l'čpoca Carolíngia. Art i cultura abans del Romānic (segles IX i X) (Catāleg d'exposiciķ). Barcelona, pp. 207-213
  • Carbonell, E., et al. (2001). El Mediterráneo y el Arte. De Mahoma a Carlomagno. Barcelona / Milā: Lunwerg / Jaca Book (published in Italian, French, German and English)
  • Carbonell, E. (2005). "Reflexiones en torno a los museos, hoy", Museos.es, Revista del Ministerio de Cultura, pp. 12-21
Contact details
E-mail: eduard.carbonell@udg.edu  
Office: 4th floor
Tel: 972 41 87 85

Courses taught
The dissemination of Cultural Heritage in the Local Environment (Master’s degree)
Cultural Heritage. Concepts and actions (Master’s degree)
Case study (Master’s degree)
The tourist management of museums (Master’s degree)