Decorative Arts

Year
0
Academic year
2022-2023
Code
01012646
Subject Area
Área Científica do Menor
Language of Instruction
Portuguese
Mode of Delivery
Face-to-face
Duration
SEMESTRIAL
ECTS Credits
6.0
Type
Elective
Level
1st Cycle Studies

Recommended Prerequisites

NA

Teaching Methods

Theoretical and practical sessions. The presentation of theoretical contents will be accompanied by the analysis of images and, occasionally, texts that must be discussed by students. Whenever possible, practical sessions will include visits to local museums, monuments and particular works of art.

Learning Outcomes

Students will be able to

– recognize the historical, aesthetic and documental value of the decorative arts throughout the History of Western Art, in their obvious links with other cultural and geographic areas and over a period extending from the 8th to the 21st centuries;

– position themselves in the discussion (always latent) of major and minor arts, understanding the coincidence of techniques, concepts, and artistic values in the decorative arts and painting, sculpture or arquitecture;

– describe and analyse a work of decorative art, as well as recognize the main dynamics behind its creation and fruition in a specific cultural and historical context;

– apply the knowledge obtained through thematic studies and case studies to the art-historical realities addressed in other courses;

– reflect on the relationship between decorative arts and the body, intimacy, aesthetic judgement, status and identity.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

I. Introduction to the Decorative Arts

1. Problematization and contextualization:

    1.1. Critical approach to their heteronyms: applied, ornamental, sumptuary, minor arts

    1.2. The historical coming of age of the “minor arts”: From Vasari to Morris

     1.3. Current methodological approaches: classification, sources, description, analysis

2. Creation, circulation and consumption

     2.1. Patrons and artists

     2.2. Materials and techniques

     2.3. Marketing circuits.

     2.4. Activation contexts.

II. Decorative arts in Europe from the 8th to the 21st centuries: Topics

1. From exterior to interior: the decorative object between public display and intimacy

2. Dressing up space: decorative, narrative and (de)constructive values of ornament

3. From dust to work of art: ceramics, terracotta, porcelains, tiles and glass

4. Decoration and illusion:  molding, simulation, performativity and ephemeralness

5. Objects of desire: treasures, exoticisms and curiosities.

Head Lecturer(s)

Joana Filipa da Fonseca Antunes

Assessment Methods

Continuous evaluation
Research work: 50.0%
Frequency: 50.0%

Final evaluation
Exam: 100.0%

Bibliography

GOMBRICH, E. H., The Sense of Order: A Study in the Psychology of the Decorative Art, London, Phaidon, 1992.

 

GRUBER, Alain (dir.),  L’Art Décoratif en Europe, 2 vols, Paris, Citadelles & Mazenod, 1993-1995.

 

HEITMANN, Bernhard, “Migration and Metamorphosis: The Transformation of Shapes, Ornaments, and Materials”, Metropolitan Museum Journal, Vol. 37, New York, MET, 2002.

 

HOURIHANE, Colum, From Minor to Major: The Minor Arts in Medieval Art History, Princeton, Princeton University Press, 2012.

 

MORRIS, William, As artes menores e outros ensaios, Lisboa, Antígona, 2003.

 

PEREIRA, João Castel-Branco (coord.), Arte Efémera em Portugal, Lisboa, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, 2000.

 

PIMENTEL, António Filipe (coord.), A Arquitetura imaginária: pintura, escultura, artes decorativas, Lisboa, MNAA/Imprensa Nacional Casa da Moeda, 2012.

 

SOUSA, Gonçalo de Vasconcelos e, Matrizes da Investigação em Artes Decorativas, 3 vols., Porto, CICTA-UCP, 2010-2012.