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History of Art and Design

Code 12741
Year 1
Semester S1
ECTS Credits 6
Workload T(30H)/TP(15H)
Scientific area Design
Entry requirements No requirements.
Mode of delivery Face-to-face
Learning outcomes It is intended with this discipline to provide the student with knowledge about the historical antecedents that were the basis of the appearance and evolution of Design in Portugal,and international context, acquiring bases for an essential visual culture in project practice. The comprehensive study of architecture, interiors, furniture, artifacts, tiles, fabrics, and clothes produced from its origins to the present day, may lead to a deeper knowledge of the factors and indications that have provided turning moments throughout history, in an anthropological perspective integrating the various branches, from the points of view of their formal, hierarchical and symbolic relations.
Syllabus Early civilizations: Primitive art, Ancient Egypt, Crete, Greece, Etruscans and Rome. From Romanesque to Late Gothic. Influences of Mudejar Art and the East. The Manuelino Style. Renaissance, Maneirismo and Jesuit Baroque. Spanish-influenced costumes. Louis XIII styles to Louis XIV and the triumph of French fashion. Indo-Portuguese and Barroco Joanino. Queen Anne and Georgian styles in the English context, Louis XV in France. Rocaille. The creation of national manufactures. The dissemination of publications dedicated to fashion. Neoclassicism in the reigns of D. Maria and Louis XVI. Styles Directory and Empire. Eclecticism and revivalism. The birth of Haute Couture. New currents: Aesthetic Movement, Arts and Crafts, Art Nova and Secession. The search for a national style. Art Deco, De Stijl and Constructivism. Portugal seen through national and international exhibition. Bauhaus. Consumption in the post-war period. The modern movement.
Main Bibliography Cappellieri, A. (2010). Twentieth-century Jewellery: From Art Nouveau to Contemporary Design in Europe and the United States. Skira Editore S.p.A, Italy.
Dempsey, A. (2011). Styles, Schools & Movements (Second Edition edition). London: Thames & Hudson.
Köller, Carl. (2001). História do vestuário. Trad. Jefferson Luiz Camargo. Martins Fontes, São Paulo.
Janson, H.W. (1992). História de Arte. Lisboa: Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian.
Laver, James. (1996). Costume and fashion: a concise history. London : Thames and Hudson.
Margolin, V. (2015). World history of design. London: Bloomsbury.
Pevsner, N. (1992). Los orígenes de la arquitectura y el diseño modernos. Barcelona: Ediciones Destino.
Praz, M. (2008). An Illustrated History of Interior Decoration from Pompeii to Art Nouveau. 3rd ed. New York: Thames & Huds.
Souto, M. H. et al. (2015). Design português 1960/1979. 8 Vol. Coord. José Bártolo. Colecção exclusiva do Jornal O Público. Vila do Conde: Verso da História-Edição e Conteúdos, SA
Teaching Methodologies and Assessment Criteria The theoretical classes will be based on the projection and analysis of primary sources such as illuminated manuscripts and paintings, as well as drawings, photographs, and parallel projection of excerpts from films that mirror their epochs. Debate and questions will be encouraged on the different subjects and the development of the works. It is intended to communicate to the student an integrative vision of the history of art and particularly fashion design and in the scope of bibliography and webliography, chapters of books and specific articles, digital collections of international museums and filmography. The final classification will then be assigned according to the following criteria: Attendance-10%; two individual works and a last one to be carried out in a group -30 % each. The evaluation, at the time of examinations, will consist of a written test.
Language Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.
Last updated on: 2023-01-27

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