Publication in the Diário da República: Despacho nº 10072/2012 - 25/07/2012
4 ECTS; 1º Ano, 1º Semestre, 30,0 T + 5,0 OT , Cód. 964526.
Lecturer
- Valter Nuno Garcez da Silva Ventura (2)
(1) Docente Responsável
(2) Docente que lecciona
Prerequisites
Not applicable.
Objectives
The students should acquire visual culture that will allow them to identify and discriminate between the different creative languages across history and understand the use of image across time as a vehicle for power, spirituality and how its codes accumulated and subsist to the present day.
Program
Antiquity the codification of reality, Art in the construction of empires, cosmogony. The Middle Ages - he Kingdom of Heaven in the Kingdom of Men, the power of symbols. The Modern Age - the reinvention of History, the profane and the sacred, communicating by metaphors, art as a profession. Contemporary Age - modern art for a modern world, the machine world and the industrial image.
Evaluation Methodology
Continuous assessment. One mid-term test and/or final exam.
Bibliography
- Calinescu, M. (1999). As Cinco Faces da Modernidade. Lisboa: Vega
- Gombrich, E. (1995). The Strory of Art. Londres: Phaidon Press
- Huyghe, R. (1998). O Poder da Imagem. Lisboa: Edições 70
Teaching Method
Lectures.
Software used in class
