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16408
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| Year |
1
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| Semester |
S2
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| ECTS Credits |
6
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| Workload |
T(30H)/TP(30H)
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| Scientific area |
Design de Moda
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Entry requirements |
Does not apply.
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Learning outcomes |
This course aims to provide a broad perspective of the History of Fashion, covering its most important periods and thus allowing the student to understand when and why this story truly begins, differentiating it from a more generic route of the way of dressing.
At the end of the course unit the learner is expected to be able to identify and locate (in space and time) the periods that marked the history of clothing and fashion; characterize each period according to its context and understand the importance of that contextualization; understand when and why this history of fashion truly begins, differentiating it from a more generic history of the way of dressing understand the arbitrariness inherent to the practices, forms and concepts worked by fashion; work, individually and in groups, showing understanding for the established parameters; be concerned with the quality of the work presented (orally and in writing) and the achievement of the proposed objectives.
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Syllabus |
Differentiation between History of Clothing and History of Fashion -Characterization of Fashion as a phenomenon
- Identification of its timeline in Western History
- Open Society / Closed Society
- Mechanisms of diffusion and contagion
14/15th century
- Specificities and their importance for the History of Fashion.
- Socio-cultural and aesthetic differentiation between the pre and post- medieval periods. Main sources for the study of the period, historical context, working class costume, costume of the bourgeoisie, noble and royal classes.
16-19h century
- Fashion as a mechanism for building public image and projection of power. Male and female costume bourgeoisie, nobility and royalty + Class dynamics: discussion in class - reading a chapter of the book "History of clothing in the West" - Boucher, F.
- Fashion at the confluence of aesthetics, ethics and politics
18th/19th centuries
- The importance of the French and Industrial Revolutions
- Democratisation of Fashion
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Main Bibliography |
BALDINI, M. (2005). A Invenc¸a~o da Moda. As teorias, os estilistas, a histo´ria. Lisboa: Edic¸o~es 70.
BOLTON, Andrew. (2020). About Time: Fashion and Duration. METMuseum.
COSGRAVE, B. (2013). Histo´ria da indumenta´ria e da moda. Da antiguidade aos dias actuais. Lisboa: Editorial Gustavo Gili. DESLANDRES, Y. (1998). El Traje, imagem del hombre. Barcelona: Tusquets.
HAUSER (1989). A histo´ria social da arte. Lisboa: Ed. V eja/Estampa.
SQUICCIARINO, N. (1998). El vestido habla. Madrid:
KOHER, C. (1993). Histo´ria do vestua´rio. S. Paulo: Ed.
Martins Fontes.
LAVER, J. (1982). Breve historia del traje. Madrid: Ediciones
Ca´tedra.
LIPOVETSKY, G. (1987). O impe´rio do efe´mero. Lisboa: Edic¸o~es 70.
SQUICCIARINO, N. (1998). El vestido habla. Madrid:Ediciones Ca´tedra.
YARWOOD, D. (1988). The encyclopaedia of world costume. London, Batsford.
Acervos digitais de instituic¸o~es museolo´gicas pelas plataformas: MET, V&AM, KCI, Google Arts and Culture, Europeana, Matriznet (PT)
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Teaching Methodologies and Assessment Criteria |
The theoretical classes will be based on the projection and analysis of primary sources such as illuminations and paintings, as well as drawings, photographs and parallel projection of film clips that reflect the respective periods. Discussion and the posing of questions concerning the different subjects and the development of the work will be stimulated. The aim is to communicate to the student an integrative vision of the history of clothing and fashion in particular and will be indicated, within the bibliography and webgraphy, chapters of books and specific articles, digital collections of international museums and filmography. The final mark will then be awarded according to the following plots: Attendance/Participation-5%; Attendance/Attendance-5%; Image dossier to be carried out in group- 75%; Presentation of the Predominant Topic in the dossier-15%. The assessment, at exam time, will consist of a written test.
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Language |
Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.
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