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Criticism and Aesthetics

Code	15175
Year	4
Semester	S2
ECTS Credits	5
Workload	TP(45H)
Scientific area	Human Sciences
Entry requirements	Not applicable.
Learning outcomes	This CU aims to: • Inquire about the traces of a reinscription of the notion of aesthetics and criticism in the context of architecture; • Identify elements for reflection and criticism of architecture from an aesthetic point of view
Syllabus	Presentation: teacher, students, program, work materials, methodology and evaluation. Around the notions of Aesthetics and Criticism. 1. AESTHETICS: THE CONCEPTUAL AND THE EXPERIENTIAL - R. Scruton: aesthetics of architecture; G. Simmel: appreciation of aesthetic experience. 2. THEORETICAL CONFIGURATION OF CRITICISM - Kant: analysis of the Beautiful and analysis of the Sublime. 3. BODY, MOVEMENT AND ARCHITECTURAL SPACE - L. Umbelino: the spatial side of memory. 4. AESTHETIC MODEL OF THE RHIZOME: THE CONSTRUCTION UNDER CONSTRUCTION – Deleuze and Guattari: The aesthetic idea. Architecture and rhizome. CONCLUSION. Existential aesthetics: Maggie Centers.
Main Bibliography	BEARDSLEY, M. C., HOSPERS, J., Estética, Historia y Fundamentos, Madrid, Ediciones Cátedra, 1997. DELUZE, G. e GUATTARI, F., Mille Plateaux, Paris, Lés Édition de Minuit, 1980. KANT, Crítica da faculdade do juízo [Kritik der Urteilskraft, 1790], Lisboa, Imprensa Nacional-Casa da Moeda, 1992. KIVY, P., Blackwell guide to aesthetics, Malden, Blackwell, 2004. LLANO, A., La nueva sensibilidad, 2aed., Madrid, Espasa-Calpe, 1989. LOPES, D. S., Melancolia e arquitetura em Aldo Rossi, Lisboa, Orfeu Negro, 2016. MONTANER, J. M., Arquitectura y crítica, Barcelona, Gustavo Gili, 1999. SCRUTON, R., Estética da Arquitectura, Lisboa, Ed.70, 1980. SIMMEL, G., A estética e a cidade, Coimbra, Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra, 2010. UMBELINO, L.A., Memorabilia, o lado espacial da memória (na esteira de Merleau-Ponty), Ilhéus - Bahia, Editus, 2019.
Teaching Methodologies and Assessment Criteria	1) 4 class questions on each module of the program and following its presentation. The three best classifications count – weighting: 10%+10%+10%=30%; 2) Original, individual or group written work (8-10 pages) – weighting: 60%. The work must be submitted on the Moodle platform by May 21st and will be subject to oral presentation and discussion (40% written; 20% oral). Two options for this work: 1. Express your own position on one of the theses presented; 2. Analyze one of the referenced texts. 3) The remaining 10% will be considered in terms of active participation and relevant oral interventions;
Language	Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.