Representations of War: Art and Icinografhy

Recommended Prerequisites

NA

Teaching Methods

The teaching of this course is based on theoretical and theoretical-practical classes, supported by iconographic materials, analysis of texts, group work, readings and individual work.

Learning Outcomes

This course provides an overall perspective on representations of war in the context of Art History (Portuguese, European and trans-European), using case studies in painting, engraving, tapestry, bas-relief, miniature, design, 'ex-votos', textiles, posters, and military, civil and religious architecture, exploring in historical, iconographic and iconological terms the plural meanings of works that are considered representative.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1. Artistic representations of war: a synthesis.

1.1. Scenography;

1.2. Narration;

1.3. Protagonists;

1.4. View of the Other;

1.5. Styles.

2. Warfare in Antiquity.

2.1. Mesopotamia;

2.2. Ancient Egypt;

2.3. Greece;

2.4. Rome.

3. Medieval warfare.

3.1. Christian “Reconquista”;

3.2. Feudal wars;

3.3. Hundred Years War;

3.4. Crusades.

4. Modern wars.

4.1. New strategies;

4.2. A suitable fortification for new fire technologies;

4.3. View of the Other;

4.4. Lepanto;

4.5. The Thirty Years' War.

5. Warfare in the contemporary age.

5.1. The French Revolution;

5.2. The First World War;

5.3. The Second World War;

5.4. The liberation wars of the colonies;

5.5. Regional conflicts.

6. The war as liberation from tyranny.

6.1. The symbolism of the 'Trojan War'.

6.2. Classical mythology and literature and the defense of peoples.

Assessment Methods

Assessement
Research work: 100.0%

Bibliography

1. BARROCA, Mário Jorge; João Gouveia Monteiro (coord.), Pera Guerrejar. Armamento medieval no espaço português, Palmela, Câmara Municipal de Palmela, 2000.

2. HALE, John Rigby, Artists and Warfare in the Renaissance, New Haven, London, Yale University Press, 1990.

3. PORTER, Pamela, Medieval Warfare in Manuscripts, Toronto, University of Toronto Press, 2000.

4. SERRÃO, Vítor, «Portugal y las artes de la guerra», catálogo da exposição El Viaje a Compostela de Cosme III de Médicis, comissariada por Xosé A. Neira Cruz, Xunta de Galicia, 2004, pp. 539-551.

5. VENTURA, Margarida Garcez, José Varandas, Inês Meira Araújo, «Representações dos modelos clássicosmilitares no rei medieval português», História (São Paulo), vol. 31, nº 1, Janeiro/ Julho 2012.