2024
Art Studies and Media I
Name: Art Studies and Media I
Code: VIS12760L
3 ECTS
Duration: 15 weeks/78 hours
Scientific Area:
Arte Multimédia, Artes Plásticas
Teaching languages: Portuguese
Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese, English
Regime de Frequência: Presencial
Sustainable Development Goals
Learning Goals
To provide students with an understanding of the central moments and main protagonists and debates in the
international artistic creation since the Impressionism and the first artistic vanguards from the XXI century. Such
knowledge will be strengthened through a program of theoretical discussions and debates centered on the
various logics and dynamics of cultural and artistic creation. Focusing on the transition from modern to contemporary
art, the course will approach the mechanisms of thought, production, diffusion and exhibition of art
works, raising such essential questions as the specificity of contemporary creation, as well as the multiplicity,
plurality and contamination that characterize it. Students will be endowed with a set of analytical tools that will
enable them to develop critical perspectives on the proposals and specificities of art and artists, in its continuities
and differences. Furthermore, students will be introduced to the creative universe of some major artists.
international artistic creation since the Impressionism and the first artistic vanguards from the XXI century. Such
knowledge will be strengthened through a program of theoretical discussions and debates centered on the
various logics and dynamics of cultural and artistic creation. Focusing on the transition from modern to contemporary
art, the course will approach the mechanisms of thought, production, diffusion and exhibition of art
works, raising such essential questions as the specificity of contemporary creation, as well as the multiplicity,
plurality and contamination that characterize it. Students will be endowed with a set of analytical tools that will
enable them to develop critical perspectives on the proposals and specificities of art and artists, in its continuities
and differences. Furthermore, students will be introduced to the creative universe of some major artists.
Contents
- What is Art? Logical boundaries of belonging to the category of art.
- From the idea of the transcendence of art to the question but who created the creators?: aesthetics readings
and sociology readings.
- Avant-Gardes and new media in the first half of the 20th century: strategies of creation.
- Modern Art and the specificity of the medium according to Clement Greenberg.
- Avant-Gardes of the 60th and 70th and the transformation of artistic practices. The refusal of form as an
aesthetic purpose, dematerialization of the object and intermedia art.
- The expanded field of artistic creation according to Rosalind Krauss.
- Modernism, postmodernism and the allegorical impulse according to Craig Owens.
- Contemporary Art, ontological rupture and post-medium condition.
- From the idea of the transcendence of art to the question but who created the creators?: aesthetics readings
and sociology readings.
- Avant-Gardes and new media in the first half of the 20th century: strategies of creation.
- Modern Art and the specificity of the medium according to Clement Greenberg.
- Avant-Gardes of the 60th and 70th and the transformation of artistic practices. The refusal of form as an
aesthetic purpose, dematerialization of the object and intermedia art.
- The expanded field of artistic creation according to Rosalind Krauss.
- Modernism, postmodernism and the allegorical impulse according to Craig Owens.
- Contemporary Art, ontological rupture and post-medium condition.
Teaching Methods
The program consists of exercises, theoretical presentations of the contents and study visits. The evaluation is continuous taking into account: attendance; commitment; creativity; evolution, and; knowledge domain. There will be a continuous evaluation and a final assessment evaluated by a jury composed of the subject teacher and teachers of the course.
In the NORMAL SEASON assessment students can opt for the Continuous Evaluation or Final Evaluation schemes. The RECOURSE, SPECIAL and EXTRAORDINARY seasons are governed by the Final Evaluation scheme.
1. CONTINUOUS EVALUATION:
a) Participation in classes: 20%;
b) Work done in the classes with the teacher follow-up and submitted at least to a periodic evaluation: 40 %;
c) Presentation and defense of the work done during classes: 40%.
Classification: sum of a), b) and c).
2. FINAL EVALUATION:
a) Work done in the classes with the teacher follow-up: 40%;
b) Exam about the subject contents: 60%.
In the NORMAL SEASON assessment students can opt for the Continuous Evaluation or Final Evaluation schemes. The RECOURSE, SPECIAL and EXTRAORDINARY seasons are governed by the Final Evaluation scheme.
1. CONTINUOUS EVALUATION:
a) Participation in classes: 20%;
b) Work done in the classes with the teacher follow-up and submitted at least to a periodic evaluation: 40 %;
c) Presentation and defense of the work done during classes: 40%.
Classification: sum of a), b) and c).
2. FINAL EVALUATION:
a) Work done in the classes with the teacher follow-up: 40%;
b) Exam about the subject contents: 60%.
Teaching Staff
- Vanda Maria das Neves Gorjão Duarte [responsible]
Certificações
