[Català][Castellà]
Department of Geography, History and Art History


BOSCH BALLBONA, Joan


Lecturer in History of Art in the Modern Period
Member of the HUM 2006, 1204-C02-01 research project:
Catalonia at the European crossroads of the arts of the Renaissance
Research lines: Modern Painting and Sculpture in Catalonia;
Engraving; Artistic relations between Flandes, Italy and Catalonia;
Heritage

He teaches including Art in the Modern Period in Europe; Art in the Modern Period in Catalonia; Art in the Pontifical Court (1490-1527); Spanich painting: From El Greco to Velázquez; Caravaggio; Dutch and Flemish Painting: Rubens, Rembrandt and Vermeer etc. He also teaches History of Culture. His research focuses on the art produced in Catalonia in the 16th and 17th centuries, with emphasis on the phenomenon of the reception of European art through the importing of works, artists' travels and the circulation of engravings from the Netherlands, Italy and France. Additionally, he is interested in the heritage and social aspects of art. He studies episodes of the safeguarding and estruction of artistic heritage in Catalonia. He has commissioned exhibitions (From Flandes to Italy, Lights of the Baroque period, Golden Dawn) and is a member of the Board of Classification and Exportation of Artistic Heritage and of the Girona Heritage Committee of the Generalitat of Catalonia.
Publications
  • Bosch, J. (1997). "Cendres de la Pintura: Antoni Rovira i Pau Torrent al retaule de sant Miquel d'Esparreguera (1629-1635)", Locus Amoenus, pp. 79-96
  • Bosch, J. (2001). "Pedro Vilar, Claudi Perret, Gaspar Bruel i el rerecor de la catedral de Barcelona", Locus Amoenus, pp. 149-177
  • Bosch, J. (2002). "El doble nacimiento de los museos diocesanos en Cataluña: materiales antiguos para una reflexión actual", Arias, M. (ed.), La Gestión del Patrimonio Cultural. La transmisión de un legado. Valladolid, pp. 71-93
  • Bosch, J. (2003). "Un 'Miracle' per a Pere Nunyes", Locus Amoenus, pp. 229-256
  • Bosch, J. (1989). Els tallers d’escultura al Bages del segle XVII. Manresa: Caixa de Manresa
  • Bosch, J., and Garriga, J. (1997). El retaule major de la Prioral de Sant Pere de Reus. Reus: Centre de Lectura (Pedrol Rius Prize)
  • Bosch, J., and Garriga, J. (dirs.) (1998). De Flandes a Itàlia. El canvi de model en la pintura catalana del segle XVI: el bisbat de Girona  (1998) (Catàleg de l’exposició). Girona: Museu d'Art de Girona
  • Bosch, J. (2004). L’Esplendor d’Arenys. Barcelona: Enciclopèdia Catalana
  • Bosch, J. (2006). Alba Daurada: l’Art del retaule a Catalunya, 1600-1792 (Catàleg de l'exposició). Barcelona: Generalitat de Catalunya - Departament de Cultura de Girona - Museu d'Art de Girona
Contact
E-mail: joan.bosch@udg.edu  
Despatx: 4th floor
Tel: 972 41 87 85  /  972 41 82 12

Courses taught
History of Culture
History of Modern Art
17th century art in Spain: from El Greco to Velázquez