2023
Introduction to Art Studies
Name: Introduction to Art Studies
Code: VIS12750L
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
This subject is structured in two moments that can be taught in an interleaved way. The first has as its primary
objective to provide knowledge of the general lines of the various aesthetic trends over time, interconnecting
basic concepts of Art History, Culture, Mentalities and Visual Studies. In order to stimulate and develop critical
thinking, imagination, reflective thought and analysis, the timelines convey multidisciplinary thematic content
that transverse times and societies taking into account social, political and artistic national and international
phenomena. The second moment provides basic methodological devices for the elaboration of a research essay.
It is intended that students assimilate the knowledge provided, that they obtain a wide and informed visual
culture and that they are able to develop autonomously a research work useful for subjects of practical and
theoretical nature.
objective to provide knowledge of the general lines of the various aesthetic trends over time, interconnecting
basic concepts of Art History, Culture, Mentalities and Visual Studies. In order to stimulate and develop critical
thinking, imagination, reflective thought and analysis, the timelines convey multidisciplinary thematic content
that transverse times and societies taking into account social, political and artistic national and international
phenomena. The second moment provides basic methodological devices for the elaboration of a research essay.
It is intended that students assimilate the knowledge provided, that they obtain a wide and informed visual
culture and that they are able to develop autonomously a research work useful for subjects of practical and
theoretical nature.
Contents
1. Timelines
1.1. Side by Side with Humor: History and Herstory: for a Parity History
1.2. The menir of the Almendres, the Relicário of Clara Menéres and the Broken Obelisk of Barnett Newman
1.3. Pyramids: Egypt, Latin America and the pyramidal success of contemporary Chinese artists
1.4. The Classics and the notion of «Neo»: Temple of Delphos, Roman Temple of Évora, Renaissance Temples
1.5. Cathedrals: Notre Dame, Cologne, Monet, Delaunay, Bauhaus
1.6. Baroque and Expressionists
1.7. Other latitudes and appropriations:
1.7.1. Japanese; Chinoiseries
1.7.2. Africa, Oceania and some Modernisms
1.8. Duchamp: what is the value of a Source?
1.9. Modernisms and reactions to modernisms in Portugal
1.10. 'Return to order': case studies up to World War II
2. How to prepare a research paper?
2.1. Initiation to the modalities and sources of information
2.2. Ethics and deontology in the use of sources
2.3. How to present written works according to the rules that govern university practice.
1.1. Side by Side with Humor: History and Herstory: for a Parity History
1.2. The menir of the Almendres, the Relicário of Clara Menéres and the Broken Obelisk of Barnett Newman
1.3. Pyramids: Egypt, Latin America and the pyramidal success of contemporary Chinese artists
1.4. The Classics and the notion of «Neo»: Temple of Delphos, Roman Temple of Évora, Renaissance Temples
1.5. Cathedrals: Notre Dame, Cologne, Monet, Delaunay, Bauhaus
1.6. Baroque and Expressionists
1.7. Other latitudes and appropriations:
1.7.1. Japanese; Chinoiseries
1.7.2. Africa, Oceania and some Modernisms
1.8. Duchamp: what is the value of a Source?
1.9. Modernisms and reactions to modernisms in Portugal
1.10. 'Return to order': case studies up to World War II
2. How to prepare a research paper?
2.1. Initiation to the modalities and sources of information
2.2. Ethics and deontology in the use of sources
2.3. How to present written works according to the rules that govern university practice.
Teaching Methods
Classes will take place through a theoretical exposition, using audiovisual means to stimulate learning. We will
appeal to participation, reading, reflection, analysis of updated texts, visit to exhibitions. The evaluation will be
continuous, by analyzing the following elements: 1. A proposal for oral communication of 30 minutes. Students
who are not selected for the oral presentation will have to prepare a research paper; 2. One or two tests; 3. Work,
attendance, punctuality and participation in the course of the classes. The criteria are: quality and quantity of
work; capacity to evolve through their own skills and the integration of acquired knowledge; assiduity of the
student as a guarantee of learning. The percentages of calculation of the evaluation are organized as follows:
50% tests; 30% work; 20% attendance and participation. There is the possibility that the evaluation can be done
through a final exam.
appeal to participation, reading, reflection, analysis of updated texts, visit to exhibitions. The evaluation will be
continuous, by analyzing the following elements: 1. A proposal for oral communication of 30 minutes. Students
who are not selected for the oral presentation will have to prepare a research paper; 2. One or two tests; 3. Work,
attendance, punctuality and participation in the course of the classes. The criteria are: quality and quantity of
work; capacity to evolve through their own skills and the integration of acquired knowledge; assiduity of the
student as a guarantee of learning. The percentages of calculation of the evaluation are organized as follows:
50% tests; 30% work; 20% attendance and participation. There is the possibility that the evaluation can be done
through a final exam.
Teaching Staff
- Ana Maria Garcia Nolasco da Silva [responsible]
