Landscape in Art
Code
711061043
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
História da Arte
Credits
6
Teacher in charge
Margarida Acciaiuoli de Brito
Weekly hours
4
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
Provide students a general reflection on History of Contemporary Art, based on the concept of landscape painting.
Prerequisites
None.
Subject matter
1. The theme of landscape as an introduction to the History of Contemporary Art.
2. Old models and new references in the representation of nature: Dutch painting of the 17th century and English landscape painting of the 18th century.
3. The cult of the \"natural\" and landscape art in France: From Georges Michel and Michallon to Paul Huet. The Salon of 1824.
4. Corots aesthetical situation.
5. The artistic horizon of the French Academy, the images of progress and the exiles from civilization: Th. Rousseau, C.F. Daubigny, Diaz de la Peña and the \"school\" of Barbizon.
6. G. Courbet and J.F. Millet and the paths of realism. The role of photography in the assertion of paintings new values.
7. Painting of everyday life and urban landscape. From the utopian plans of the 1840s to the definite acclaim of Paris image as \"capital of the world\".
8. Baudelaire and the painter of modern life.
9. Manet and Cézanne or painting as sensation and thought.
10. Mondrian and the new image of the world.
Bibliography
BERQUE, Augustin (dir.), Cinq propositions pour une théorie du paysage, Seyssel, Champ Vallon, 1994
CLARK, Kenneth, Landscape into Art, Lisboa, Ulisseia,1969 (1ª ed.1949)
CAUQUELIN, Anne, LInvention du paysage, Paris, Ed. Plon, 1989
DeLUE, Rachel Ziady; ELKINS, James, Landscape Theory, New York / London, Routledge, 2008
MITCHELL, W. J. T., Landscape and Power, Chicago, The University of Chicago Press, 2000 (1ª ed. 1994)
Teaching method
Theoretial-practical classes that include the analysis of artworks and weekly discussion of selected texts from the bibliography.
Evaluation method
Presentation and discussion of 1 work.
Final written test (2 hours).