PAU History of Art (Extremadura) case studies
PAU History of Art (Extremadura) · Put your knowledge to work in context.
The PAU History of Art paper in Extremadura is the art-history option within the university access exam taken by students in the region, and it is also useful to private candidates and adult learners returning to study. It is a written examination in which you answer on works reproduced in the exam paper itself: you identify and analyse images, define terms, and develop a longer essay on a movement, period or artist. The PAU History of Art (Extremadura) case studies are 5 cases and about 3,234 words.
1A Marble Head Without Context in Mérida
A museum in Mérida is preparing a small gallery on Roman portrait and memory. A private donor has lent a marble head, 27 cm high, found in a rural villa in the Guadiana valley without stratigraphic records.
713 words, about 4 min2Whitewash, Wall Paintings and a Wedding in the Jerte Valley
The parish church of a village in the Valle del Jerte has a 13th-century nave with a wooden roof, a 16th-century side chapel, and an 18th-century bell tower. During repairs, workers remove whitewash from the north wall and expose a painting cycle: ochre and red figures with thick dark outlines, a knight holding a shield, St Michael weighing souls, and a border with pseudo-Kufic script.
662 words, about 3 min3Plateresque or Mannerist? A Palace Façade in Cáceres
The council of Cáceres is restoring the stone façade of a 16th-century palace. The lower storey has round arches, deep rustication, and medallions of Roman heroes; the upper storey has elongated rectangular windows, grotesque ornament, broken pediments, and a coat of arms added in the 1580s.
617 words, about 3 min4A Gilded Altarpiece and a Donor's Condition in Badajoz
The parish church of a town near Badajoz has a 1740s altarpiece, 9 m high, carved wood, gilded and polychromed with estofado, with salomonic columns and a densely ornamented cornice. A donor offers 30,000 euros on condition that the altarpiece is stripped of gilding and painted white 'to brighten the church'.
631 words, about 3 min5A 1958 Market in Badajoz: Rationalist or Ordinary Shed?
A 1958 municipal market in Badajoz is scheduled for demolition. It has a thin-shell concrete roof, a glazed corner tower, brick infill, and an open-plan hall.
611 words, about 3 min