Theory and Criticism of Art I

Code:

MEATCAI

Acronym:

TCAI

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Art Studies

Instance: 2021/2022 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Ciências da Arte e do Design
Course/CS Responsible:	Master in Art Studies

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MEA	5	Study Plan since 2011	1	-	9	60	243

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

The discipline intends to prepare students on the practic of discourese on History, Theory and Art Critic that became, through Modernity and Modernism the axes of a cristical vision.
Through the study of some key artist and works or movemnts we will try to establish the productive relationship between theory and artistic practicies, analising the transfoprmation of the artistic field in the XXth and XXIth century art.

Learning outcomes and competences

Students will be considered as prepared when they can do on their own an essay of approach to the conceptions above.

Working method

Presencial

Program

1) The great currents in Art Critic along thge XXth Century
2) Analising critical textes
3) Art critic and Creation inside Modernism
4) The contemporary and its paradoxalities

Mandatory literature

Belting, Hans, ; The Invisible Masterpiece, Reaktion Books
Almeida, Bernardo Pinto de; Arte e Infinitude, RELÓGIO D'ÁGUA

Teaching methods and learning activities

Students will be evaluated on their participation in the classes discussion and on a paper on one of the subjects above, p+reviously acorded.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Apresentação/discussão de um trabalho científico	65,00
Participação presencial	35,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Apresentação/discussão de um trabalho científico	0,00
Elaboração de projeto	12,00
Elaboração de relatório/dissertação/tese	6,00
Total:	18,00

Eligibility for exams

There will be no exam unless in special cases.

Calculation formula of final grade

Participation 35%
Essay 65 %

Observations

Bibliography

Harrison Charles 340; Art in theory. ISBN: 0-631-16575-4
Stangos Nikos 340; Concepts of modern art. ISBN: 0-500-20268-0
Foster Hal; Art since 1900. ISBN: 0-500-23818-9 69.76
Belting, Hans, The Invisible Masterpiece, Reaktion Books
Almeida, Bernardo Pinto de, ARrte e Infinitude, Relógio D'Agua, Lisboa, 2018.