Publication in the Diário da República: Despacho nº 3359/2013 - 01/03/2013
4.5 ECTS; 1º Ano, 2º Semestre, 45,0 TP + 3,0 O , Cód. 96448.
Lecturer
            - João Manuel de Sousa Nunes Costa Rosa  (2)
(1) Docente Responsável
(2) Docente que lecciona
Prerequisites
          
Objectives
          I Demonstrate visual ability to interpret and describe 
II Acquire critical skills  
III  Value doubt, error, hypothesis and argumentation   
IV  Become familiar with image analysis procedures 
V  Enhance visual communication as text 
VI  Value visual text creation 
Program
          1 Image as a mirror or as the superseding of material reality 
2  Expression vs content 
3 Morphological and expression elements; syntax
4  Visual rhethoric procedures
5  Image reading and creation, visual literacy
Evaluation Methodology
          Exercises demonstrating skills and mastery of content;
End-of-semester test consisting in the presentation of the proposed exercises.
Test grade is the arithmetic mean of the proposed projects.
Exam exemption: a pass mark of 10/20 
Bibliography
          (1989). Pensar la imagen. Madrid:  Cátedra
(1989). Retorica general. MadridBarcelona:  Ediciones Paidós
(1996). Principios de teoría General de la Imagen. Madrid:  Pirâmide
(2002). Teoría de la Imagen Periodística. Madrid:  Ediciones Pirámide
Teaching Method
          A) Expository lessons using examples to illustrate concepts   
B) Reading of projected images   
C) Experimental exercises  
D) Analysis and discussion of printed advertising; visual rhetoric 
Software used in class
          

















