2023
Introduction to Art History
Name: Introduction to Art History
Code: HIS02714L
6 ECTS
Duration: 15 weeks/156 hours
Scientific Area:
History of the Art
Teaching languages: Portuguese
Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese
Regime de Frequência: Presencial
Presentation
This course aims to present basic, introductory perspectives on the knowledge of periods and stylistic trends of manifestations classified within the field of Arts, especially visual and architectural arts. It also intends to promote aesthetical reflection as an indispensable training resource.
Sustainable Development Goals
Learning Goals
To understand the evolution of the artistic forms from the Pre-History to the 21st century, in the context of the time and the space of its creation.
To be capable of identify, characterized and distinguished the aesthetic values of the main currents, styles and trends of the Occidental Art History.
To known fundamental art works and authors of the artistic periods.
To known the dominant principals and theories of the artistic cultural of each historic period.
To be capable of identify and analyzed iconographical and iconological themes, meanings and motifs.
Methodological dominance of concepts and research.
To be capable of discuss the concepts of Art and its utility in the perception and the organization of a worldview.
To be capable of identify, characterized and distinguished the aesthetic values of the main currents, styles and trends of the Occidental Art History.
To known fundamental art works and authors of the artistic periods.
To known the dominant principals and theories of the artistic cultural of each historic period.
To be capable of identify and analyzed iconographical and iconological themes, meanings and motifs.
Methodological dominance of concepts and research.
To be capable of discuss the concepts of Art and its utility in the perception and the organization of a worldview.
Contents
The Pre-History, Proto-History and first civilizations arts as an introduction to the Art History.
The Greek world and the Roman Art
From the Late Antiquity to the Middle Ages. The Romanesque. The Gothic and the Late Gothic.
Renaissance and Mannerism. The new social status of the artist and the treatises emergence. The classic ideal paradigm and its overcoming in architecture and sculpture. The individual, the nature, the experience, the science and the space of representation.
Baroque and Rococo: between faith, emotion and reason.
The 19th century: tradition, transgression, revolution and progress. Neoclassicism and Romanticism. From Realism to the Post-Impressionism. Symbolism and Expressionism. Arts and Crafts, Art Noveau and Art Deco. The Chicago School.
Avant-Gardes and the new architectonic international tendencies.
From the Post-War to the beginning of the 21st century. Between Informalism and Action. The return to the Figuration. The New Abstraction. Conceptual Art. Technology and Mega-structures.
The Greek world and the Roman Art
From the Late Antiquity to the Middle Ages. The Romanesque. The Gothic and the Late Gothic.
Renaissance and Mannerism. The new social status of the artist and the treatises emergence. The classic ideal paradigm and its overcoming in architecture and sculpture. The individual, the nature, the experience, the science and the space of representation.
Baroque and Rococo: between faith, emotion and reason.
The 19th century: tradition, transgression, revolution and progress. Neoclassicism and Romanticism. From Realism to the Post-Impressionism. Symbolism and Expressionism. Arts and Crafts, Art Noveau and Art Deco. The Chicago School.
Avant-Gardes and the new architectonic international tendencies.
From the Post-War to the beginning of the 21st century. Between Informalism and Action. The return to the Figuration. The New Abstraction. Conceptual Art. Technology and Mega-structures.
Teaching Methods
The teaching will be expository teaching of the themes, using technological means leading to the visualization of artistic achievements. There will be a targeted monitoring of learning and strategy development, including personal preparation, promotion of joint debate and public presentation tasks. Teaching will preferably be face-to-face, but activities may be planned, subject to conditions, either by visits to museums or galleries in the local network, or by longer routes, which may be registered as OT sessions.
Teaching Staff
- Manuel Francisco Soares do Patrocínio [responsible]
