Antropologia social i culturalAntropología social y cultural Social and cultural anthropology   (3102G00048)

Study of the goals of Social and Cultural Anthropology based on knowledge from the classical schools –authors and monographs–, the ethnographic method and the discipline’s main work areas (kinship, religion, economy and policy).

Fonaments de geografia humanaFundamentos de geografia humanaFundamental aspects on human geography  (3102G00050)

The main objective is to provide the student with knowledge of the conceptual bases of the discipline.Certain basic concepts and a perspective of epistemological development of Human Geography are accordingly introduced.Keys aspects of the contents will be: the evolution of Geography (from Geographical Societies to the current profession of geographer); demographic growth and world urbanisation; the population and migrations; economic activity and spatial organisation; power and territory.

Problemes Actuals de la FilosofiaProblemas Actuales de la FilosofiaCurrent Problems of Philosophy  (3102G00052)

Generalist and introductory approach to the main problems of contemporary and current philosophical debate, putting the focus mainly on its ethical, social and political implications.Special emphasis will be put on the problems relating to bioethics and cultural and gender diversity.

Patrimoni culturalPatrimonio culturalCultural Heritage  (3102G00055)

Introduction to the notion of Cultural Heritage from an interdisciplinary and integrationist perspective.Cultural Heritage is presented, within an extensive definition framework of culture, establishing the relationship with memory, identity and the geographical framework behind it.The concept's development is approached to facilitate the identification of its main uses and functions.Students will become familiar with its framework of application in the 21st century, with a humanistic and critical approach, and issues dealt with ranging from conservation to restoration, not to mention management and social function.It will also prepare students, in their professional placements, in providing them with a series of tools and ideas, such as being faced with a living subject involved in the role of current societies; in the renewal of theory debates on Heritage; and in responsibility in its practical application.

IconografiaIconografíaIconography   (3102G00058)

The subject studies the concept of myth and its fundamental types appearing in classical Greek and Roman antiquity, as well as the origin and development of the iconographic programmes of Christianity and all their representation.The subject area proposes analyses, through these two great cultural stages of humanity in the West, of the basic elements making up its artistic production through knowledge of the various pagan and Christian languages and their expression in the arts.At the same time, these contents serve as reference framework for approaching the instrumental learning of iconography as a method of History of Art intended for identifying and interpreting the meaning of images, starting from the study of the subject.The course is based on two main goals: firstly, acquiring theoretical knowledge relating to fundamental issues of classical mythology and Christianity, and secondly, learning the skills of classical mythology and Christianity and being able to comment on then, basic skills that are applied to professional practice in

Art Grec Arte Griego Greek Art   (3102G05065)

Artistic manifestations of Hellenic art from the ancient period are studied.The characteristics, functions and basic lines of the works created then, the various formal languages that developed then and the essential traits that shaped each of their styles and works, as well as the techniques used are analysed.Hellenic art should be understood as a cultural and artistic space where a good part of the elements of western culture and art were conceived on the basis of the intense framework of relations that arose between the peoples and cultures inhabiting the Mediterranean in Antiquity.The aim is for students to acquire rational and critical theoretical knowledge, relating to the artistic production of Hellenic art through its various artistic languages.Training activities are intended to enable them to acquire the competencies that can apply to professional practice relating to the history of art of this period, as well as a capacity for analysing it critically.

Art romà Arte romano Roman art   (3102G05066)

The artistic manifestations of Roman art of the ancient period are studied, from the Etruscan world to the end of the Empire.The foundations, characteristics, functions and basic lines of the works created then, the various formal languages that developed then and the essential traits that shaped each of their styles and works, as well as the techniques used are analysed from this perspective.Roman art and its Hellenic precursors should be understood as a cultural and artistic space where a large part of the elements of western culture and art were managed on the basis of the intense framework of relations that arose between the peoples and cultures inhabiting the Mediterranean in Antiquity.The aim is for students to acquire rational and critical theoretical knowledge, relating to the artistic production of Roman art through various artistic languages.Training activities are intended to enable them to acquire the competencies that can apply to professional practice relating to the history of art of this period, as well as a capacity for analysing it critically

Història de l'art Medieval I Historia del arte Medieval I History of Medieval art I   (3102G05067)

Study of artistic expressions in Western Europe from the emergence of Christianity in the 4th century to the dawn of the Romanesque, as well as art in Byzantium from the 5th to 15th centuries, in addition to Islamic art from its genesis in 622 - one of the most significant phenomena for the development of mediaeval culture and art - until the fall of the Kingdom of Granada. From the perspective of European art, we will analyse the emergence of Christian iconography from the 4th century, whose validity - with obvious modifications - reaches Modernity. We will examine new material supports for visual exhibitions: mosaics and paintings from basilicas and mausoleums, reliefs from sarcophagi and ecclesiastical interiors, techniques in the sumptuous decorative arts and innovative illuminated manuscripts. All these artistic expressions will be studied considering the intellectual prominence of men and women. We will analyse artistic enrichment resulting from diplomatic exchanges, but also from armed conflicts. Above all, we will adopt a post-colonial perspective in understanding Mediterranean art from the 4th to 15th centuries. In plan twelve

Història de l'Art Medieval II Historia del Arte Medieval II History of Medieval Art II   (3102G05068)

Analysis of artistic production from 1000 to 1500, starting with the period of cultural, institutional and commercial revival in Latin Europe, which gave rise to the first shared and international art in Europe: the Romanesque, a true consummation of transnational artistic exchange. The course is part of an understanding of the Gregorian Reform led by the papacy, the expansion of the monastic order of Cluny, the organisation of pilgrimage routes through Europe, the mass development of vaulted buildings and the integration of all the arts within the Church. We will analyse the controversial artistic creation of the Cistercians and the new monastic orders of the late Middle Ages, within the framework of the study of Gothic art, the culmination of European monumental excellence and of iconic art forms such as stained-glass windows and grand entrances as seen in the buildings that are the defining features of many European cities: Gothic cathedrals. This comprehensive study of art from this period equips students with theoretical knowledge and practical skills, from interpretation to reasoned justification, that can be transferred to their future professional careers. The course, with its artistic vocabulary

Museologia Museología Museology   (3102G05069)

Presentation of the history and development of museums, from theoretic and practical perspectives affecting museology and its specific museographic expression, putting special emphasis on the challenges facing museums in the 21st century.The main aspects relating to management and conservation of collections, communication and dissemination models, legislation and museum-applied architecture will be dealt with.Inviting students to enter a very rich field that provides them with sound theoretical knowledge, while enabling them to apply that knowledge to the practice of managing and conserving historical-artistic heritage.Students will acquire tools and skills for their future job placements as they gain skills from the other subjects in the History of Art bachelor’s degree.

Món actual IMundo actual I Current world I  (3102G00051)

Introduction to the History of the current world through an analysis of the political, economic and social processes taking place since 1945, that is, during the Cold War, the political order arising after the collapse of communism and the subsequent globalisation.

Paisatges naturals i culturals a la MediterràniaPaisajes naturales y culturales en el MediterráneoNatural and Cultural Landscapes in the Mediterranean Region  (3102G00061)

Subject that delves deeply into the knowledge and understanding of the huge diversity of natural and cultural landscapes surrounding the Mediterranean.This approach sees the Mediterranean area as a region with its own features from climate, bio-geographic and cultural points of view, among other things.Emphasis will be put on the special features of the natural, agricultural and urban landscapes of its northern and southern shores, largely due to a millennial anthropic action.

Lectures de literatura universal II Lecturas de literatura universal II Readings in World Literature II   (3102G00071)

Historical and aesthetic reading, commenting and contextualisation of major literary works from the western tradition, from Romanticism to the present day.

Món actual II Mundo actual II Current world II  (3102G00072)

Introduction to the main political, economic and sociocultural debates of the current world, held since 1945, analysed from a historical perspective.Several (national, global and comparative) approaches will be adopted, with the aim of understanding the main problems facing the present going by delving deeply into its historical roots.

La construcció de la Ciutat: arquitectura i urbanisme La construcción de la ciudad: arquitectura y urbanismo The making of the City: Architecture and urbanism   (3102G00073)

Issues and reflections on architecture and urban planning, especially on nature and the urban-planning transformations and architectural creations in the realm of the city as a setting of western culture through the main examples from antiquity to the present day.The subject puts the emphasis on issues relating to the concepts of city and urban space and teaches students how to distinguish the typologies, developments, languages and changing proposals through information research and the study and application of theoretical and real models.Students will acquire a series of competencies that will be of great use to them in the professional practice of History of Art, given the important presence of contents on history of architecture and its authors and in the theoretical debate and its application within the framework of cities and societies.

Art del Renaixement Art del Renaixement Renaissance art   (3102G05070)

Introduction to the visual arts and architecture of the Renaissance in Europe through a panoramic look The common thread will involve monitoring the be the conception of a new paradigm for the arts in several 15th-century Italian courts and on the spread and varied assimilation of this new model of theory and practice of the visual arts and architecture in the rest of Europe from the end of the 15th century and during the 16th century.The most important artistic centres, ideas and authors will be shown, by examining them in their historical and cultural context, particularly in their connection with the spectacular phenomenon of Humanism.The objects, ideas and authors will be analysed from a broad methodological and critical range with the aim of enriching students’ decision-making competencies for history of art: historiography, analysis of techniques, languages, subjects, genders, functions, reception, visual culture and comparative readings.Students will enter a dialogue with an exciting period, whether because of the nature of its artistic episodes or because of the transcendence that the artistic code of the Renaissance has had for the nature of the h

Art del segle XIX Arte del siglo XIX Nineteenth century art   (3102G05071)

General study of the history of art throughout the 19th century, from the French Revolution to 1900.The subject focuses mainly on European art, taking account of our university’s context, and deals with the main artistic disciplines: painting, sculpture and architecture, with special emphasis on photography and urban planning.The subject's approach is chronological; after an introduction on Rococo and the Enlightenment, it will deal with the main artistic movements of the period: neoclassicism, romanticism, realism, impressionism, symbolism and art nouveau.A series of selected artists are presented whose works express the most identifiable traits of each movement.Special emphasis is put on the institutions and structures that characterise the period, to enable students to understand the evolution of artistic activities (the academies, the Hall, the birth of art galleries and so on),and also on gender aspect, presenting the most important women artists of the period and highlighting issues relating to iconography or patronage.

Art del Barroc Arte del Barroco Baroque art   (3102G05072)

Introduction to the visual arts and architecture of the Baroque period in Europe and its colonies throughout the 17th and 18th centuries.The most important artistic centres and authors will be presenting, by examining them in their historical and cultural contexts: the absolutist monarchies, the Church of the Counter-Reformation, the Dutch Republic, the protestant principalities, the processes of colonisation, etc.Considerable attention will be dedicated to showing this period as a time of very diverse and characterised coexisting artistic trends.The objects, ideas and authors will be analysed from a broad methodological and critical range with the aim of enriching students’ decision-making competencies for history of art: historiography, analysis of techniques, languages, subjects, genders, functions, reception, visual culture and comparative readings.In addition to encouraging the development of the students’ critical senses, it will promote their analytical thinking and communication skills.Finally, it will propose reflection on the impact of this great cycle through history and up to the present-day world.

Art del segle XX Arte del siglo XX Twentieth century art   (3102G05073)

General study of the history of art through the first half of the 20th century, from the turn of the century to the end of the Second War World.The subject focuses mainly on European art, taking account of our university’s context, though it will maintain a broad look at activities occurring in other spaces.It will deal with the main artistic disciplines: painting, sculpture and architecture, though it will also introduce concepts relating to other, newer techniques, such as photography and cinema, and the progressive multi-mediality of the period studied.The subject’s approach is chronological; it begins by dealing with what we call post-impressionism and then moves on to the main avant-garde movements of the period: Expressionism, cubism, fauvism futurism and the beginning of abstraction regarding the first avant-garde; and the Russian avant-garde, neoplasticism, Dadaism and Surrealism, the new figuration and Bauhaus and modern architecture, regarding the period of the second avant-garde.

Teoria de l'art Teoria del arte Art Theory   (3102G05074)

It is an indispensable subject in the historian of art's training, as it allows them to acquire knowledge of the various theories and methodologies for analysing works of art. It provide students with indispensable conceptual tools for introductions in the field of theoretical reflection on what, through the western tradition, has been visualised as “works of art”. Based on the three systems of identifying the arts in the west: it develops the image system, mimetic system and aesthetic system, especially the latter, which still prevails, with all the nuances, the discipline of history of art. The three great issues that have underlying artistic theoretical reflection are broken down: what is a work of art, who is the artist and what is the relationship between art and truth?

Art Medieval Hispànic Arte Medieval Hispano Spanish Medieval Art   (3102G05075)

Introduction to the most significant artistic expressions in the Hispanic territories during the 7th to 15th centuries, covering the High Middle Ages (Visigothic, Asutrian, Leonese), Al-Andalus (from the emirate, the caliphate, the taifas and the Almohad and Nasrid eras), the Romanesque and Gothic periods in the domains of the Navarrese monarchy, the Crown of Castile and the Crown of Aragon, with a significant impact on the Catalan sphere. For each of them, we will analyse a series of key works and creators from multiple, complementary perspectives that question the processes and factors involved in artistic creation.The course will combine different pathways for observing and analysing the trajectory of works of major historical and cultural significance, the role of patrons and the most disruptive artists, as well as the processes of meaning formation and the transfer and re-interpretation of spatial forms and structures for ecclesiastical and civil use. Students will acquire an essential, relevant and always contextualised foundation for understanding and working with the medieval artistic heritage of their geographical and cultural environment.

Història de la Música Historia de la Música History of Music   (3102G05076)

General study of the history of the Western music, musical styles and the contexts in which it has been produced and consumed. The course offers a chronological approach to the history of Western music, from the Baroque era to 1900. Organised around three major musical and cultural periods (Baroque, Classicism, Romanticism), we will study the shift from modality to tonality, the history of instruments, the history of different styles and genre, the concept of virtuosity, the evolution of orchestras and audition spaces, and musicians’ role in society. This foundational approach, covering major composers and their works, helps students recognise and understand the aesthetic and cultural contexts that have shaped the history of Western music. The educational activities make it possible to acquire skills that can be applied to professional careers and gain a comprehensive understanding of art that integrates visual and musical arts and provides students with the critical thinking capacity they need to analyse works.

Historia i teoria del cinema I.Classicisme Historía y teoría del cine I. Clasicismo History and theory of cinema I. Classicism   (3102G05077)

This course will focus on understanding the history of cinema during the early years of film, with an emphasis on the period when classic Hollywood cinema was established. The goal is for students to understand how cinema works by studying the creation of its system of institutional expression and its economic machinery, mainly the system of studios, and to understand the relationship between films and the history of the 20th century. This course will focus on concept of classicism and its narrative models in Hollywood fiction cinema. Students will combine theoretical knowledge with a series of practical sessions that will involve watching films at home and then analysing them together in class. Students will acquire a series of skills that allow them to connect cinema with other disciplines they have studied over the course of the History of Art bachelor’s degree programme. Their ability to connect theoretical discourses with a critical and analytical approach to the films will be evaluated.

Historiografia i metodologia Historiografía y metodología Historiography and methodology   (3102G05078)

This course will focus on analysing and producing the discourses about art from its origins to the present day. Based on theoretical foundations and reading and commenting on texts, we will establish, from a critical standpoint, the main perspectives used in the past and present to write about the history of art: temporal and cultural, symbolic and iconographic, social and political, post-colonial, gender and LGBTIQ+ perspectives, and more. We will examine basic methods such as attributional, philological, formalist, historicist, iconographic, sociological, psychological and structuralist methods, as well as other current trends. Making efficient use of information and sources relating to the history of art in general and its historical and theoretical foundations in particular, the course will enable students to recognise, analyse and produce texts and understand the development of discourses on art as more than a set of methodologies with variable orientations and objectives, in a tradition rooted in leading names such as Winckelmann, Berenson, Von Schlosser, Riegl, Burckhardt, Warburg, Hauser, Arnheim, Von Weinberg, Butler, Didi-Huberman, Paglia, etc.

Història de les idees estètiques Historia de las ideas estéticas History of Aesthetic Ideas   (3102G05079)

Analysis and understanding, from a historical perspective, of the main aesthetic categories for reflecting on works of art, paying special attention to the relationship between theoretical texts in which these categories were theorised and the works of art or artistic practices from the periods in which these theories were developed. Specifically, we will analyse the historical development of aesthetic ideas of beauty, ugliness, the sublime, the sinister and the banal, not only in the period and cultural context in which they appeared, but also with special attention to their variations over time. In this regard, the course will address a theoretical dimension in the philosophical reflection of these ideas through texts, but also an applied dimension in order to articulate the relationship between these ideas and the artistic practises of each period, within the methodological framework of a cultural history of mentalities. This education will equip students to explore philosophically complex texts, as well as to establish connections between the artistic works of their time and the cultural context in which they find appropriate meaning.

Història i teoria del cinema II. Avantguardes i modernitat Historia y teoría del cine II. Vanguardia y modernidad History and theory of cinema II. Avant-garde and modernity   (3102G05080)

While the first part of the History of Film analyses the classical period, basically Hollywood cinema, the second part focuses on the function that in the different movements that have been separated from the institutional model throughout history. These include avant-garde cinema, post-revolution Soviet cinema, 1920s German cinema, Italian neo-realism, the Nouvelle Vague, finally offering a reflection on the concept of cinematographic modernity. The subject will be able to relate the theoretical classes to the viewing of a series of key films to discover each of these periods. Each of these films will be analysed and discussed in class. Students must assume a series of skills that allow them to connect the artistic movements of the 20th century with the different cinematographic movements, it is also important to establish a link between key developments in the history of the 20th century and the way they have influenced cinema. A key skill is to foster students' critical ability to see how it is possible to establish links between theory and practice, between the texts t

Renaixement i Barroc a Espanya Renacimiento y Barroco en España Renaissance and Baroque in Spain   (3102G05081)

Introduction to the visual arts and architecture from the 16th to 18th centuries in Spain.The most important artistic centres, ideas and authors will be shown, examining them in their historical and cultural context. The course will focus on observing the slow transformation of the Gothic paradigm in the Renaissance; on the relationship between peninsular artistic phenomena and Europeans, observing the channels for the exchange and transmission of ideas, forms and motifs in the arts; in the analysis of the differences between the manifest artistic behaviour promoted in power centres (political, economic or religious) and the form that characterised the most distant territories of these and the avant-garde formulae; and, finally, in the episodes of artistic collecting.The objects, ideas and authors will be analysed from a broad methodological and critical range with the aim of enriching students’ decision-making competencies for history of art: historiography, analysis of techniques, languages, subjects, genders, functions, reception, visual culture and comparative readings.

Art a Catalunya Arte en Cataluña Catalan art   (3102G05087)

Art i poder Arte y poder Art and Powers   (3102G05092)

Estètica de la fotografia Estética de la fotografía Aesthetics of Photography   (3102G05099)

Música i arts escèniques Música y artes escénicas Music and scenic arts   (3102G05103)

Darreres tendències de l'art contemporani Últimas tendencias del arte contemporáneo Contemporary art from 1960   (3102G05107)

Pràctiques externes Prácticas externas External Practicals   (3102G05110)

Work placements that allow students to apply the theoretical knowledge acquired during the bachelor’s degree in companies and/or external institutions through an agreed and scheduled work plan. The aim is to provide them with an initial contact with professional environments so that they can work independently and as part of a team and participate in their synergies.

Art contemporani a la Península Ibèrica Arte contemporáneo en la Península Ibérica Contemporary art in the Iberian Peninsula   (3102G05082)

General study of the history of art on the Iberian Peninsula throughout the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries, in the period between the Peninsula War and the present day. It focuses on the geographical context in which our university is located, paying special attention to the relationships established between artists and their practises throughout the peninsula compared to what we can find in other European and international contexts. The main artistic disciplines are discussed, namely, painting, sculpture, and architecture, with a unique focus on new practices as we approach the contemporary era. The approach is chronological and follows the main artistic movements that were manifested during the period studied, We start with neo-Classicism and Romanticism, and realist, symbolist and Art Nouveau trends in the nineteenth century, followed y the Iberian contributions to avant-garde movements up to the Civil War, and conclude with a final block focussed on art created in exile and Spain during the Franco period, finishing with the artistic practises that have been developed from the democratic Transition to the present day.

Estètica de la producció i de la recepció de l'obra d'art Estética de la producción y de la recepción de la obra de arte Aesthetics of production and reception of the work of art   (3102G05083)

Study and analysis of the main aesthetic ideas that have been used to reflect on the figure of the artist from a historical perspective, from Greek thought to the present day, and of the theoretical problems linked to how works of art are received, from the appearance of the problem of taste in the 18th century to the articulation of reception and relational aesthetics in the 20th century. The first part of the course examines the analysis of the different conceptualisations of the figure of the artist: the craftsman, the artist, the genius and the producer, to the contemporary forms linked to the collective artist, the collector and the multidisciplinary artist. The second part (Aesthetics of Reception) deals with key notions in the formation of modern subjectivity, such as taste, aesthetic judgement, the play of faculties, the problem of interpretation, the question of reception, visibility and the gaze. The course prepares students to approach and analyse theoretical texts of a certain theoretical complexity, as well as to discover their relationship with artistic practices.

Gestió i difusió del Patrimoni Cultural Gestión y difusión del Patrimonio Cultural Cultural Heritage management   (3102G05084)

Exploring Cultural Heritage further, it presents the main models of Cultural Heritage Management in the national and international spheres. Offering the necessary skills and tools for understanding the administrative framework in which the conservation, documentation, exhibition, and dissemination of Cultural Heritage are carried out. It equips students with theoretical and practical knowledge that will enable them to enter the field of cultural management professionally.

Músiques del món contemporani Músicas del mundo contemporáneo Contemporary World Music   (3102G05085)

Study of 20th century music following Western musical tradition and establishing its links with popular and improvised music such as jazz or techno in order to ultimately address music in the era of globalisation. Organised around ten themes, the course highlights the main musical styles and contributions of the different musicians to the evolution of the musical language of this period. Social and technological contexts, as well as the blurring of the boundaries between the different artistic disciplines, are the keys to this complex stage of a history of music where cultured and popular music establish an unprecedented dialogue. The educational activities make it possible to acquire skills that can be applied to professional careers related to the history of art and, secondly, to gain a comprehensive understanding of art that integrates visual and musical arts and provides students with the critical thinking capacity they need to analyse works critically.

Art a Catalunya Arte en Cataluña Catalan art   (3102G05087)

Art i poder Arte y poder Art and Powers   (3102G05092)

Estètica de la fotografia Estética de la fotografía Aesthetics of Photography   (3102G05099)

Música i arts escèniques Música y artes escénicas Music and scenic arts   (3102G05103)

Darreres tendències de l'art contemporani Últimas tendencias del arte contemporáneo Contemporary art from 1960   (3102G05107)

Pràctiques externes Prácticas externas External Practicals   (3102G05110)

Work placements that allow students to apply the theoretical knowledge acquired during the bachelor’s degree in companies and/or external institutions through an agreed and scheduled work plan. The aim is to provide them with an initial contact with professional environments so that they can work independently and as part of a team and participate in their synergies.

Treball de Fi de Grau Trabajo de Fin de Grado Degree Final Project   (3102G05111)

In the bachelor's thesis, students will demonstrate most of the skills they have acquired over the course of the degree programme.It can be about any aspect of the discipline, either theoretical or practical, but always with the intention of presenting the results of an original piece of research that demonstrates the knowledge, aptitudes and attitudes that the student has acquired during their training and in the social environment in which it is situated.

Art a Catalunya Arte en Cataluña Catalan art   (3102G05087)

Art i poder Arte y poder Art and Powers   (3102G05092)

Estètica de la fotografia Estética de la fotografía Aesthetics of Photography   (3102G05099)

Música i arts escèniques Música y artes escénicas Music and scenic arts   (3102G05103)

Darreres tendències de l'art contemporani Últimas tendencias del arte contemporáneo Contemporary art from 1960   (3102G05107)

Pràctiques externes Prácticas externas External Practicals   (3102G05110)

Work placements that allow students to apply the theoretical knowledge acquired during the bachelor’s degree in companies and/or external institutions through an agreed and scheduled work plan. The aim is to provide them with an initial contact with professional environments so that they can work independently and as part of a team and participate in their synergies.