Galicia PAU History of Art case studies
Galicia PAU History of Art · Put your knowledge to work in context.
The PABAU History of Art exam is the Galician university-access test in art history, taken by Bachillerato students and by older candidates entering through the access route for people over 25 or 45. It is a written, handwritten exam in which you choose between two options (A or B), each built around reproductions printed in the paper, and answer short and essay questions on the images and on the syllabus. The Galicia PAU History of Art case studies are 5 cases and about 2,657 words.
1The Unprovenanced Marble Head: Date, Label, and Due Caution
A municipal museum in A Coruña is offered a marble portrait head, 31 cm high, said to have been found in the 1970s during building work near an unidentified villa site. The nose, neck, and part of the right ear are restored in plaster; the surface has been aggressively cleaned, removing most encrustation.
569 words, about 3 min2Polychromy under Limewash: Conservation Choice in a Rural Church
The parish priest of a small Romanesque church in inland Lugo wants the interior 'returned to its original appearance'. On the north wall, a late-12th-century relief of the Anastasis has been covered by at least three campaigns of limewash; the latest, from the 18th century, includes painted faux marbling and a now-faded inscription.
537 words, about 3 min3Workshop or Master? An Annunciation with Inconsistent Hands
A regional gallery owns an Annunciation panel, 92 × 68 cm, transferred from a private chapel in 1963. Dendrochronology dates the oak support to 1495–1510.
536 words, about 3 min4Four Landscapes, One Wall: Chronology and Style Labels
A small museum in Santiago is rehanging four nineteenth-century landscape paintings donated together in 1952. None has a permanent label.
501 words, about 3 min5Variable Installation after the Quarry Closed
A contemporary art centre in Vigo has acquired a 2011 installation by a living artist: 300 kg of slate shards sourced from a local quarry, arranged on the floor in a shallow oval; a single-channel video projected onto the wall; and a one-page certificate specifying that the slate must be 'replaced every five years with material from the same quarry' and that the video be shown 'at low volume, looped'. The quarry has closed.
514 words, about 3 min