Note: A placement exam will be required when you arrive on site.

Intermediate

This course is designed for students who have completed or tested out of a minimum of two semesters (or three quarters) of college-level Spanish. However, students must take a placement exam to determine the course level into which they will be able to enroll.

Advanced

This course is designed for students who have completed or tested out of a minimum of four semesters (or six quarters) of college-level Spanish. However, students must take a placement exam to determine the course level into which they will be able to enroll.

FALL STUDENTS WILL HAVE THE FOLLOWING COURSE DESCRIPTION:

Objective

To provide a vision into the principal artistic manifestations of the Iberic Peninsula from the prehistoric time until the Islamic art.

Program

The first artistic manifestations: the cave art in the Iberic Peninsula
The art of the first colonies: Fenicians, Greeks, and Carthaginians
Art from the Iberic and celtic towns
The roman art in Spain
The Visigoth art
The Asturian art and their different periods.
The Islamic art
The mosque Arabic art.

WINTER STUDENTS WILL HAVE THE FOLLOWING COURSE DESCRIPTION:

Objective

To take a close look at the romantic, gothic, and mudejar art.

Program

The romantic art in the Iberic Peninsula: origin and evolution
The romantic architecture and its evolution in Cataluña, Aragón, and Navarra
The romantic architecture and its road to Santiago
The romantic art and the reign in León
The romantic art in Castilla
The romantic portraits
The romantic sculptures
The Cistercian art in Spain
The romantic block art: The Mudejar art
The gothic architecture in Castilla: the big cathedrals of the XIII century
The gothic art of the XV century in the peninsular reigns
The gothic portraits
The sculptures