Modern and Contemporary Art Studies II

Code:

EAMC302

Acronym:

EAMCII

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Art Sciences

Instance: 2019/2020 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Ciências da Arte e do Design
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	88	Official Study Plan 2011	3	-	6	64	162

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

The unit aims to study and provide understanding of the visual arts in the second half of the 20th century, namely:

Analysis of the work of artists who are at the origin of artistic movements, transformations and ruptures that defined the artistic practices of this historical period; to establish relationships with works and artists that preceded and succeeded them.

 Understand and know the materials, processes and practices that led to a change in the forms of production and reception of artistic works, which in turn caused a continuous redefinition of art and its values.

To provide knowledge about the diversity of artistic practices and processes, their relationship and crossing with other artistic domains (inter and multidisciplinary);

Contextualize and relate the works, artists and movements with the artistic system (theory and criticism of art, exhibitions and museums) and its historical moment.

 Practices and exercices for understanding and analyzing art works.

 Deepen the capacity for analytical, critical and comparative study of art history through exercises in interpreting works and texts by artists and art history / criticism.

Learning outcomes and competences

Having successfully completed the course, the student is expected to know the artists, movments and artworks that shaped the history of art for the post war period; to be able to identify, relate and contextualize them, identifying the main developments and transformations that occurred in this period and how they fit into the broader framework of art history.

Working method

Presencial

Program

The course examines a variety of artists, movements and art practices from the postwar period until the present, placing them in historical contexts, especially social, political and technological, as well as in the cultural and artistic contexts that surround them and sustain. The history of these developments and artistic transformations is traced through the approach and study of the most recognized artists, movements and exhibitions, as well as of the predominant artistic centers, examined in parallel with movements and artists from more peripheral geographies and divergent artistic approaches. Throughout the program, “the expanded field” focuses on the unprecedented diversity of materials, practices and artistic processes of the second half of the 20th century (body, photography, documentation, film and video, electronic and digital media, political and social actions) , large scale projects), the dissolution of disciplines, the crossing and contamination of visual arts with other arts, such as cinema or dance.

 Abstract expressionism and geometric abstraction / neoconcretism; pop art; counterculture and underground movements; minimalism and conceptualism; post-minimalism; procedural art; performance, off-site, site specific, environments and installation, raw art / outsider; photography, film and the projected image; postmodernism.

Mandatory literature

Foster Hal; Art since 1900. ISBN: 0-500-23818-9 69.76
Fundação de Serralves Museu de Arte Contemporânea; Circa 1968
Kristine Stiles; Theories and documents of contemporary art. ISBN: 978-0-520-25718-4
Michael Archer; Art since 1960. ISBN: 0-500-20298
Simon Marchan Fiz; Del^arte objetual al arte de concepto. ISBN: 84-7600-105-3
Lucy R. Lippard; Six years. ISBN: 0-520-21013-1
Alexander Alberro; Conceptual art. ISBN: 0-262-01173-5
Martha Buskirk; The^contingent object of contemporary art. ISBN: 0-262-52442-2
Roselee Goldberg; A^Arte da performance. ISBN: 978-989-95565-0-8
Claire Bishop; Installation art. ISBN: 978-1-85437-518-6
Nicolas de Oliveira; Installation art. ISBN: 0-500-27828-8

Complementary Bibliography

Foster Hal; The return of the real. ISBN: 0-262-56107-7
Thomas Crow; The^rise of the sixties. ISBN: 0-8109-2731-4

Teaching methods and learning activities

Classes with oral presenation of contentes with practical moments of analysis of works, bibliography and filmography. The bibliography is presented in Portuguese, but mainly in English (if there is a translation of the bibliography, the texts in Portuguese will be indicated). Mandatory reading and analysis texts in class are identified in previous classes. The program of each class and the specific bibliography are indicated in the respective summary.

NOTE: This course should be understood as a platform for inquiry, debate and awareness. It is moved by the activities and events of the local and international artistic community and whenever possible looks forward to establish direct contact with their protagonists.

Evaluation Type

Evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Exame	100,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	98,00
Frequência das aulas	64,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

Written exam; 2 hours

Calculation formula of final grade

Final exam grade (0-20 points).

Observations