Exhibition Spaces and History of the Exhibition as a Device

Recommended Prerequisites

1st cycle in Architecture, Fine Arts, Art Studies, Philosophy, Art History, Sociology or other relevant academic, cultural, artistic or professional curriculum.

Teaching Methods

The teaching methodologies will be theoretical and practical. They will include text analyses, visits to exhibitions and museums and subsequent reports. The evaluation will be continuous, through papers and reports.

Learning Outcomes

1. To develop knowledge in the field of exhibition strategies in contemporary art.

2. To promote a critical thought on the ideological implications of the different exhibition models in art.

3. To develop an awareness of the paradigms present in each museological model.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1. The History of the Exhibition since the 18th century.

2. The birth of the museum and the shaping of the exhibition as an art device.

3. The birth of the Modern Art Museum and the beginning of a new paradigm.

4. The Contemporary Art Museum and the notion of Global Art.

Head Lecturer(s)

Nuno Alberto Leite Rodrigues Grande

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Report of a seminar or field trip: 25.0%
Research work: 25.0%
Synthesis work: 50.0%

Bibliography

1. Rico, Juan Carlos, Museus, Arquitectura, Arte: los espacios expositivos, Silex, Madrid, 1999.

2. Schubert, Karsten, The Curator’s Egg: The evolution of the museum concept, One-Off Press, Londres, 2000.

3. Kantor, Sybil Gordon, Alfred H. Barr, Jr and the intellectual origins of the Museum of Modern Art, MIT Press, Cambridge,

Massachusetts, 2002.