Agustí, Francesc (Date of defense: 2022-11-30)
Joseph Bernard Flaugier was born in Martigues, Bouches-du-Rhône, on December 10, 1757. On January 23, 1775, the Escola Gratuïta de Dibuix of Barcelona was inaugurated and Flaugier was one of the first ...
Maurici, Ferdinando (Date of defense: 2021-09-13)
The long fourteenth century in Sicily can begin with the revolt of the Sicilian Vespers (1282) and end with the Congress of Caspe, the arrival of the first viceroy on the island and the defeat of the ...
Parramon Rubio, Pere (Date of defense: 2021-01-25)
Distinguishing between “marvellous art”, “fantastic art” and what we call “daimonic art”, the first objective of this doctoral thesis consists of elaborating a functional definition of fantastic art ...
Farguell Magnet, Josep (Date of defense: 2020-09-22)
The purpose of this research work is focused on the archaeological practice that was carried out from the archaeological associations in Catalonia. The Renaixença cultural movement claimed a glorious ...
Vázquez Vives, Adrià (Date of defense: 2022-11-17)
This research paper focuses on the study of the professional career of the painter Antoni Peitaví and his workshop. Furthermore, it presents a critical analysis of his artistic culture. Born in Toulouse ...
Paocarina Albuja, Fabián (Date of defense: 2021-09-06)
The thesis: "Camilo Egas, the precursor of indigenism and instigator of the avant-garde in Ecuador (1889-1962)", exposes a comprehensive study of the painter's author career in two dimensions of ...
Mutos Xicola, Céline (Date of defense: 2022-06-27)
The charity institutions of the early modern Europe have not traditionally been seen as spaces with an economic, and particularly manufacturing, dimension. Although they housed a variety of craft workshops ...
Ventura Almeda, Helena (Date of defense: 2020-02-21)
Sluguilla Lawash is the site with a higher concentration of open air prehistoric rock art of Western Sahara. It has 1143 engraved slabs with 2087 motifs, among which the 99% have an incised stroke, with ...
Pitarch Fernández, Daniel (Date of defense: 2021-10-01)
This dissertation studies the thought of filmmaker and essayist Jean Epstein, focusing on the motif of the body and the organism in his writings and incorporating his unpublished work into the object ...
Zamora Bretones, Montserrat (Date of defense: 2020-11-20)
At the end of Middle Ages, Barcelonese authorities had extended their authority over areas which, in principle, were exclusive competence of the Church, such as charity, morality or education. This ...