Image Theory

Code:

TI201

Acronym:

TI

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Fine Arts/Painting

Instance: 2015/2016 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Fine Arts Department
Course/CS Responsible:	Fine Arts

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
AP	46	Official Study Plan 2011	2	-	3	34	81

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

Learning outcomes and competences

Development of visual literacy from a diverse set of theories of images: art history, psychoanalysis, critical theory, semiotics and deconstruction. By the end of the semester, students must be able to write a critical essay on the subject of an image, using at least one of the theoretical approaches that are taught during the course.

Working method

Presencial

Program

1. Historical and philosophical precedents


- Brief history of the image


- From Kant to school of suspicion

2. Theories of images


- Art History


- Ideology and critical theory


- Psychoanalysis


- Structuralist semiotics


- The post-structuralist deconstruction: feminism, post-colonialism and queer theories.

Mandatory literature

Joly Martine; Introdução à análise da imagem. ISBN: 972-44-0989-9
Kress Gunther; Reading images. ISBN: 0-415-10600-1
Mitchell W.J.T.; Iconology. ISBN: 978-0-226-53229-5
Sunil Manghani, Arthur Piper, Jon Simons; Images: a reader, SAGE, 2006. ISBN: 978-1412900454

Teaching methods and learning activities

Generally speaking, throughout the semester various methods of teaching will be used- expository, interrogative, demonstrative, and active - in order to enable better acquisition of the diverse content. In concrete terms, we will use a combination of different pedagogical strategies, in accordance with the material:



- theoretical lectures followed by debates;

- analysis of texts and images;

- documentary film screening;

- occasionally, debates with experts (artists, designers, and other professionals).


The final examination is replaced by an essay as agreed with the students at the beginning of the semester. The work may not exceed 2000 words. On the day of the examination (regular season or other) students should submit the essay by email to the teacher.

keywords

Humanities
Humanities > Philosophy > Semiotics
Social sciences > Communication sciences > Media studies > Audiovisual studies
Humanities > Arts
Humanities > Arts > Visual arts

Evaluation Type

Evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Participação presencial	10,00
Trabalho escrito	90,00
Total:	100,00

Calculation formula of final grade

The final examination is replaced by an essay as agreed with the students at the beginning of the semester. The work may not exceed 2000 words. On the day of the examination (regular season or other) students should submit the essay by email to the teacher.