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ID108

The Mirror of the Art

Barcelona Campus
Mar 13, 2023 - Mar 31, 2023
The idea of this course is to go into the essential questions of mankind (love, desire, fears, history, revolution, war...) and see how creativity has played a key role.
Barcelona Campus
Mar 13, 2023 - Mar 31, 2023
Leonardo Martínez Arias

Faculty

Leonardo Martínez Arias

Professor and Lecturer, Cultural centers and other private spaces

Course length

3 weeks

Duration

3 hours
per day

Total hours

45 hours

Credits

4 ECTS

Language

English

Course type

Offline

Fee for single course

€1500

Fee for degree students

€750

Skills you’ll learn

Public SpeakingCreativityCritical ThinkingArt HistoryInteraction with local Art Scene
OverviewCourse outlinePrerequisitesMethod & grading

Overview

Art is not just a question of intellectual understanding but of living. Art is a way to access our soul and reality, as well as the reality and the selves of the people around us. Art is a mirror in which we can recognize the long travel of humanity into the consciousness of its possibilities, its greatness, and miseries. This mirror is our mirror.

The idea of this course is to go into the essential questions of mankind (love, desire, fears, history, revolution, war...) and see how creativity has played a key role to express, reflect, and even confront these questions. The artists and the artistic movements we are going to study are really an excuse for making our own process and being more self-aware and better at seeing what surrounds us. Jumping through the looking-glass, we’ll see a world full of surprises, ideas, and challenges.

Learning highlights

  • Connecting art to essential questions of mankind.
  • Putting works of art with history in context.
  • Analyzing works of art and the creative process of artists.
  • Researching about a particular subject.
  • Relating all this knowledge to one's own interests.

Course outline

15 classes

Dive into the details of the course and get a sense of what each class will cover.
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Monday
1

WHAT IS ART?

Introductory session.

Tuesday
2

BEAUTY

Ancient Greece and the paradigm of beauty. Comparison with paradigms from other cultures.

Wednesday
3

FAITH

Byzantine Art, Michelangelo and non-western ways of depicting Divinity.

Thursday
4

DEATH

The Black Death and the end of the Medieval world. What about death in modern society?

Friday
5

NATURE

Romanticism and Land Art: sublimity and ecology.

Monday
6

UNCONSCIOUS

The convulsive beauty of Surrealism.

Tuesday
7

DESIRE

From Rubens to Bacon: views on eroticism.

Wednesday
8

PAIN

The Frida Kahlo Case: creating within pain

Thursday
9

REVOLUTION

Germany between wars: an aesthetic laboratory

Friday
10

WAR

Goya, Capa and how to represent the cruelty and the violence of war.

Monday
11

20th CENTURY HISTORY

Cartier-Bresson in the midst of the storm.

Tuesday
12

FASHION

Postcards from the world of fashion. Final group pitches.

Wednesday
13

CONTEMPORARY LIFE

Street Art: new spaces for creation. Final group pitches.

Thursday
14

Session 14

Final oral presentations.

Friday
15

Session 15

Final oral presentations.

Prerequisites

A very basic knowledge about art and artists.

Desire to know more about the subject.

Methodology

Interactive lectures.

Individual assignments.

Teamwork: interviews with local artists.

Final project

Grading

The final grade will be composed of the following criteria:
30% - Participation (including individual assignments)
20% - Teamwork
50% - Final project
Leonardo Martínez Arias

Faculty

Leonardo Martínez Arias

Professor and Lecturer, Cultural centers and other private spaces

Born in Argentina, I studied History in the National University of Cuyo, initially specialized in Political Ideas. After coming to Spain to do a Master in the International University of Andalucia, I reorientated my carrer into History of Art and History of Culture. For my Ph.D. in Pompeu Fabra University I was researching about terror in modern art, from the end of medieval times to the present, working with an interdisciplinary approach including anthropology, philosophy, art and history. I defend the idea of knowledge in a holist way as the best way to understand (or try to understand) the intrincate and uncertain reality in which we live.

I always worked as a professor, first in schools, and later in private spaces in Barcelona. That gave me the possibility to interact with my students ́interests and beliefs in the building of a shared community of knowledge, paying attention not only to the information (which is the starting point) but to the inner development, personal and social (which is the key to learning and to live). For me, History or Art are not only a question of cultural institutions but a way of living in our present, and living in the best way. As Voltaire said, I don ́t know if we are in a perfect world but I try to take care of my garden,

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The Mirror of the Art

by Leonardo Martínez Arias

Total hours

45 Hours

Dates

Mar 13 - Mar 31, 2023

Fee for single course

€1500

Fee for degree students

€750

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FAQ

Will I receive a certificate after completion?

Yes. Upon completion of the course, you will receive a certificate signed by the director of the program your course belonged to.

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This depends on your case. Please check with the Spanish or Thai consulate in your country of residence about visa requirements. We will do our part to provide you with the necessary documents, such as the Certificate of Enrollment.

Can I get a discount?

Yes. The easiest way to enroll in a course at a discounted price is to register for multiple courses. Registering for multiple courses will reduce the cost per individual course. Please ask the Admissions Office for more information about the other kinds of discounts we offer and what you can do to receive one.