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Contemporary Artistic Movements

Code 6017
Year 1
Semester S2
ECTS Credits 6
Workload OT(15H)/TP(45H)
Scientific area Art and Design
Mode of delivery Face-to-face.
Work placements Not applicable.
Learning outcomes This CU aims to explore the transformation suffered by art through the XXth Century, focusing on the action of a set of contemporary artistic movements particularly relevant to that change. At the end of the semester, the student must be able to identify and locate (both in space and time) contemporary art’s most relevant movements; characterize each period regarding its global context; relate styles, artists and works of art; understand the relativity of the practices, forms and concepts invoked by art; work, both individually and in group, demonstrating to understand the established parameters; worry with the quality of the presented work and with the respect of the defined goals.
Syllabus 1. Introduction
1.1 The work of art in the age of ist technical reproduction (W. Benjamin)
1.2 From objects to concepts
1.3 The ‘death’ of art
2. The new places of art
2.1 XXth begins avant-garde
2.2 Post-War: Abstract Expressionism – the first big American movement
2.3 Pop Art: the American way of life
2.4 Conceptual art
3. Time and space in art: metamorphosis
3.1 Kinetic art
3.2 From Performance to Happening
3.3 Minimalism
3.4 Land Art
4. The post-modern condition
4.1 Video art
4.2 Installation
4.3 Interaction vs. Immersion
Main Bibliography 1. Main references:
FELSHIN, N. (ED.) (1995). BUT IS IT ART?, LONDON: BAY PRESS.
MARCHÁN FIZ, S. (2001). DEL ARTE OBJETUAL AL ARTE DE CONCEPTO, MADRID: EDICIONES AKAL.
STILES, K.; SELZ, P. (ED.) (1996). THEORIES AND DOCUMENTS OF CONTEMPORARY ART, (CA): UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS.

2. Further reading:
BENJAMIN, W. (1992): “A OBRA DE ARTE NA ERA DA SUA REPRODUTIBILIDADE TÉCNICA”, IN SOBRE ARTE, TÉCNICA, LINGUAGEM E POLÍTICA, RELÓGIO D'ÁGUA, LISBOA.
BONET, E. (1995). LA INSTALACIÓN COMO HIPERMEDIO (UNA APROXIMACIÓN), EN MEDIA CULTURE, BARCELONA: L'ANGELOT.
CHIPP, H. B. (S/D). TEORIAS DA ARTE MODERNA, LISBOA: MARTINS FONTES.
GRAU, O. (2003). VIRTUAL ART, FROM ILLUSION TO IMMERSION, (MA): THE MIT PRESS.
GUASCH, A. M. 82003). EL ARTE ÚLTIMO DEL SIGLO XX. DEL POSMINIMALISMO A LO MULTICULTURAL, MADRID: ALIANZA EDITORIAL.
POPPER, F. (1968). ORIGINS AND DEVELOPMENT OF KINETIC ART, (NY): NEW YORK GRAPHIC SOCIETY.
RAMIREZ, J. (S/D). DUCHAMP, MADRID: SIRUELA.
Language Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.

Instructors

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Catarina Grácio de Moura

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Last updated on: 2012-05-11

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