2023
History of Contemporary Art
Name: History of Contemporary Art
Code: HIS02463L
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
Sustainable Development Goals
Learning Goals
To understand the evolution of the artistic forms in time, in a spatial context and in the historic circumstances of its creation from the end of the 18th to the 21st centuries.
To be capable of identify, characterized and distinguished the aesthetic values of the main currents, styles and trends of the Contemporary Art History.
To known fundamental art works and authors of the different styles, movements and artistic trends.
To be capable of identify and analyzed iconographical and iconological themes, meanings and motifs.
To known the dominant principals and theories of the artistic cultural of each historic period.
To be capable of discuss the concepts of Art and its utility in the perception and the organization of a worldview.
Methodological dominance of concepts and research.
To be capable of distinguish contemporary from modernity, modernism and avant-garde.
To be capable of identify, characterized and distinguished the aesthetic values of the main currents, styles and trends of the Contemporary Art History.
To known fundamental art works and authors of the different styles, movements and artistic trends.
To be capable of identify and analyzed iconographical and iconological themes, meanings and motifs.
To known the dominant principals and theories of the artistic cultural of each historic period.
To be capable of discuss the concepts of Art and its utility in the perception and the organization of a worldview.
Methodological dominance of concepts and research.
To be capable of distinguish contemporary from modernity, modernism and avant-garde.
Contents
Neoclassicism and Romanticism.
From Realism to Post-Impressionism. Photography. Barbizon School, Manet and the Impressionists. The
Expressionism.
Architecture and urbanism in the industrial context. The Iron Architecture. The model of Paris. The Chicago
School.
Art Noveau and Art Deco.
The Avant-Gardes. Fauvism, Die Brücke, Der Blaue Reiter and Abstractionism. Cubism, Futurism,
Constructivism, Metaphysic Painting, Dada Movement, Surrealism. De Stijl and Bahaus.
The new international architectonic languages. Frank Lloyd Wright, Le Corbusier., Mies Van Der Rohe e Alvaro
Aalto.
Between Informality and Action. Action Painting. Happening. Performance.
The Return to figuration. Neo-Realism. Pop Art. Hipper-Realism. New-Figuration.
Knew Abstraction. Abstract Expressionism. Post-picture Abstractionism. Op Art. Kinetic Art. Minimalism.
Conceptual Art the Installation. Body Art. Land Art. Arte Póvera.
Technology and Mega-structures: new urban and architectonic utopias.
Post-Modernism? A debate.
From Realism to Post-Impressionism. Photography. Barbizon School, Manet and the Impressionists. The
Expressionism.
Architecture and urbanism in the industrial context. The Iron Architecture. The model of Paris. The Chicago
School.
Art Noveau and Art Deco.
The Avant-Gardes. Fauvism, Die Brücke, Der Blaue Reiter and Abstractionism. Cubism, Futurism,
Constructivism, Metaphysic Painting, Dada Movement, Surrealism. De Stijl and Bahaus.
The new international architectonic languages. Frank Lloyd Wright, Le Corbusier., Mies Van Der Rohe e Alvaro
Aalto.
Between Informality and Action. Action Painting. Happening. Performance.
The Return to figuration. Neo-Realism. Pop Art. Hipper-Realism. New-Figuration.
Knew Abstraction. Abstract Expressionism. Post-picture Abstractionism. Op Art. Kinetic Art. Minimalism.
Conceptual Art the Installation. Body Art. Land Art. Arte Póvera.
Technology and Mega-structures: new urban and architectonic utopias.
Post-Modernism? A debate.
Teaching Methods
Expository teaching of key content, using teaching aids, leading to confrontation with the artistic achievements.
Oriented monitoring of the learning progress and the expression of knowledge. Study Visits.
The student can choose between the continuous assessment and the exam. The continuous assesment includes
a test (50%), a paper (30%) and thematic or iconographic studies and reviews (20%).
Oriented monitoring of the learning progress and the expression of knowledge. Study Visits.
The student can choose between the continuous assessment and the exam. The continuous assesment includes
a test (50%), a paper (30%) and thematic or iconographic studies and reviews (20%).
Teaching Staff
- Paulo Alexandre Rodrigues Simões Rodrigues [responsible]
