History of Non-Western Art
Code
711061026
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
História da Arte
Credits
6
Teacher in charge
Foteini Vlachou
Weekly hours
4
Teaching language
Português e Inglês
Objectives
This course will offer a broad survey of the arts of various geographical regions, such as the ones mentioned, but not limited to, in the content section. The course will provide students with the analytical tools to approach objects produced outside the Western world, and will also concentrate on the exhibitions and display practices that have formed much of our current understanding of the culture of these regions.
Prerequisites
Not applicable.
Subject matter
African Ivories and Sculpture; Chinese Ceramics and Chinese Export Porcelain; Pre-Columbian Art; Chinese Painting and Calligraphy; Indian Carpets and Court Painting; Japanese Art; Asian, African, and Latin American Modern and Contemporary Art.
Bibliography
1. Paul Wood, Western Art and the Wider World, Wiley Blackwell, 2014
2. Encompassing the Globe. Portugal and the World in the 16th and 17th Centuries, Lisbon: Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga, 2009
3. Partha Mitter, Decentering Modernism: Art History and Avant-Garde Art from the Periphery, The Art Bulletin, vol. 90, no. 4, December 2008, pp. 531-548
4. Various exhibition catalogues on the arts of the geographic regions covered by the course
Teaching method
The course will be taught with an extensive recourse to visual material, but it will insist on students participation, with questions and observations requested at each step. On-line research will be encouraged early on, as well as the actual, physical searching for books and articles in various libraries. A lot of importance will be placed on the knowledge of foreign languages, especially English, which is why a lot of the reading material will be in English. The students will also be asked to write a number of short texts, as exercises in classroom or at home. An important part will also be the encouraging of students to speak publicly, which is why a series of presentations in museums will be organized, instead of simply presenting their written assignments in the classroom.
Evaluation method
Evaluation will depend on a combination of attendance and participation, grading of written paper and final exams.