Offered only in the first semester, the Latin-American Art course aims to provide the students of the Centre of Modern Languages with knowledge of the main artistic achievements in America during the colonial period (XVI-XVIII centuries). These should be understood as a projection of the Iberian Peninsular culture on the other side of the Atlantic, but also understood in their own characteristic evolution and originality, which, on occasions, excel the exported models from Europe. The syllabus is focused on the most significant periods and works which show the rich American patrimony and provide a schematic overview of the great Latin-American culture.

SYLLABUS

Introduction: America in the colonial period.
Latin-American Urbanism. Characteristics and basic functions.-European and American antecedents.- The American systemization: Santo Domingo.- The urbanization in New Spain: Mexico.- The case of Cuzco.- The Plaza Mayor.
The route of the Indies and the fortifications. The system of navigation.- Notions of Poliorcetic.- The Caribbean Islands: Puerto Rico and Cuba.- The Mexican fortifications.- Cartagena of the Indies and its fortifications.
Religious architecture in Mexico. The constructive evolution.- The model of San Agustin of Acolman.- Designs at the end of the XVI century.- The architecture of the conversion.
Latin-American cathedrals. Spanish antecedents.- The cathedrals of Mexico and Puebla.- Other Mexican cathedrals: Guadalajara and Merida.- The South-American Lima and Cuzco.
Baroque architecture in America. Baroque in America.- The constructions in New Spain.- The New Kingdom of Granada.- The viceroyalty of Peru.
Civil constructions in Latin-America.- Dominican palaces.- Institutional architecture.- Mexican achievements.- Colombian architecture.- Peruvian projects.
Mudejar in America. Definition of Mudejar.- Mudejar churches in the Caribbean.- Mexican constructions.- Mudejar in Colombia.- Architecture in South America.
The plastic arts in America.- The Paths of Art.- The subjects represented.- Mural paintings.
Vice-royal painting.- Colonial paintings in Mexico.- The painting in the New Kingdom of Granada.- The paintings in the High Court of Quito.- The paintings in the vice-royalty of Peru.
American sculpture.- Sculpture in New Spain.- Colombian sculpture.- The school of Quito.- Sculpture in the south Andean: Peru.

ACTIVITIES

As well as attending the classes a trip is proposed to the Museum of America in Madrid which will provide a synthesis of the artistic manifestations, but also as an explanatory framework for social, economic, linguistic and cultural aspects. This visit will complement perfectly the course content, as well as classifying correctly cultural phenomena which may not have been dealt with in depth.

ASSESSMENT

- Attention and participation in class 20%

- Visit to the Museum of America 20%

- Presentation of an essay after the visit to the Museum of America 10%

- Mid-term exam 25%

- Final exam 25%

BIBLIOGRAPHY

GUTIÉRREZ, Ramon, Arquitectura y urbanismo en Iberoamérica, Madrid, Cátedra, 1983.

GUTIÉRREZ, Ramon, (Coordinator) Pintura, Escultura y Artes Útiles en Iberoamérica, 1500-1825, Madrid, Cátedra, 1995.

ANGULO IÑIGUEZ, Diego, MARCO DORTA, Enrique and BUZCHIAZZO, Mario, Historia del Arte Hispoamericano, Barcelona, Salvat, 1945-1956.

BAYÓN, Damián, et al, Historia del Arte Colonial Sudamericano, Barcelona, Poligrafa, 1989.

BERCHEZ, Joaquin, Arquitectura Mexicana de los siglos XVII y XVIII, Mexico, Azabache, 1992.

BERNALES BALLESTEROS, Jorge, Historia del Arte Hispoamericano, Siglos XVI a XVIII, Madrid, Alhambra, 1987.

BURKE, Marcus, Pintura y Escultura en Nueva España. El Barroco, Mexico, Azabache, 1992.

CASTEDO, L., Historia del Arte y la arquitectura Latinoamericana, Barcelona, Pomaire, 1969.

SEBASTIAN LÓPEZ, Santiago, MESA FIGUEROA, José, and GISPERT DE MESA, Teresa, Arte iberoamericana desde la colonización a la Independencia, “Summa Artis” Volumes XXVIII-XXIX, Madrid, Espasa-Calpe, 1985-1989.