Portuguese Art C1+

Recommended Prerequisites

N/a

Teaching Methods

Theoretical and practical sessions. The presentation of theoretical contents will be accompanied by the analysis of images and, occasionally, texts to be discussed by the students. Whenever possible, practical sessions will include visits to local museums and spaces where students can observe relevant works of art.

Learning Outcomes

The fundamental goal of this course is to to enable students to acquire a basic knowledge of Portuguese art in a broad chronological frame, between the 12th and the 20th centuries. Through a comprehensive and inclusive approach to the many influences and specificities that shaped Portuguese art over these centuries, it is expected that students will be able to identify and understand the basic characteristics of its various periods, relating them to the geographical, historical, and cultural context in which they developed, and also that they become acquainted with works and authors of reference. By encouraging a critical approach to the topics of study, and promoting direct contact with works of art, it is intended that students will be able to interconnect the knowledge acquired in other courses of this program, and to experience Portuguese art and heritage in an informed way.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1. The Building of Power after the Council of Trent

1.1. Jesuit architecture and the experience of the Baroque.

1.2. The classical / anti-classical debate.

2. Fascinations of Color and Brightness: Glazed Tiles

3. Centuries of Gold

3.1. Gilded woodwork and goldsmithing.

3.2. The economic situation and the interest in an artistic culture.

4. Reliving the Past: Renaissances and Revivalisms

4.1. The return to the past and its reinvention between the 16th and 20th centuries.

4.2. The renaissances of the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries.

4.3. The revivals of the 19th and 20th centuries.

5. Experiences of Modernity

5.1. Art Noveau.

5.2. Art Deco.

5.3. Vanguards in Portugal.

6. Art in Individual Mode

6.1. The individualism of postwar Portuguese art.

6.2. What questions for art and what responses through it?

6.3. Paradigmatic artists and works.     

Head Lecturer(s)

Vítor Manuel da Silva Costa

Assessment Methods

Continuous Assessment
attendance (minimum of 75% of classes) and active participation in class: 30.0%
oral presentation on one of the topics of the syllabus: 30.0%
written report on the topics taught throughout the semester: 40.0%

Bibliography

ALMEIDA, Carlos Alberto Ferreira de, e BARROCA, Mário Jorge, História de Arte em Portugal: O Gótico. Lisboa: Presença, 2002.

ALMEIDA, Carlos Alberto Ferreira de, História de Arte em Portugal: O Românico. Lisboa: Presença, 2001.

CARVALHO, José Alberto Seabra, Estética barroca II: pintura, arte efémera, talha e azulejo. Porto: Fubu Editores, 2009.

CRAVEIRO, Maria de Lurdes, A arquitectura "ao Romano". Porto: Fubu Editores, 2009.

PEREIRA, José Fernandes, Estética barroca I: arquitectura e escultura. Porto: Fubu Editores, 2009.

PEREIRA, Paulo, Arte portuguesa: história essencial. Lisboa: Temas e Debates, 2011.

RODRIGUES, Maria João Madeira; SOUSA, Pedro Fialho de; BONIFÁCIO, Horácio Manuel Pereira (coord.), Vocabulário técnico e crítico de arquitectura. Lisboa: Quimera, 2005.

TEIXEIRA, Luís Manuel, Dicionário ilustrado de belas-artes. Lisboa: Presença, 1985.

TOSTÕES, Ana, Arquitectura moderna e obra global a partir de 1900. Porto: Fubu Editores, 2009.