Memory and Image Medieval Funerary Sculpture in Portugal
Code
722061061
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
História da Arte
Credits
10
Teacher in charge
Joana Ramôa Melo
Weekly hours
3 letivas + 1 tutorial
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
a)To become acquainted with the phenomenon of funerary sculpture in Portuguese Middle Ages;
b)To relate the evolution and main characteristics of funerary sculpture to the mental and cultural context of Portugal in the 13th-15th centuries;
c)To identify all different types of representation materialized in funerary effigies;
d)To know the most important iconographical proposals shaped on tombs;
e)To apply all the knowledge and competences acquired in a written texto/dissertation about funerary sculpture in Portugal.
Prerequisites
None.
Subject matter
1. Funerary sculpture as a matter in Portuguese historiography of art the state of the art; Introduction to the study of funerary art concepts and problems
2. The medieval ´monument´, between the preparation of death and the celebration of life, between envisioning salvation and the displaying of social status
3. The effigy: emergence, forms and meanings
4. Social representation and ´individualism´: the construction of a memory through image, in a funerary context
5. The proposals of 13th and 14th centuries: iconographical programmes and formal models
6. The novelties and transformations of 15th century: the Batalha paradigm and the results of a changing society
7. Specific cases within Portuguese funerary art of the Middle Ages monographical studies: solutions, models, particularities and problems.
Bibliography
FERNANDES, Carla Varela Poder e Representação. Iconologia da Família Real Portuguesa. Primeira Dinastia. Séculos XII a XIV.. Tese de Doutoramento em História da Arte. Lisboa: Faculdade de Letras de Lisboa, 2004, 2 vols.; RAMÔA MELO, Joana O Género Feminino em Discussão. Re-presentações da mulher na arte tumular medieval portuguesa: projectos, processos e materializações. Tese de Doutoramento. Lisboa: Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas da Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Dezembro 2012; ROSA, Maria de Lurdes A morte e o Além. História da Vida Privada em Portugal. Dir. José Mattoso. Vol. I A Idade Média. Coord. Bernardo Vasconcelos e Sousa. Círculo de Leitores e Temas e Debates, Set. 2010, pp. 402-417; ROSSI VAIRO, Giulia O mosteiro de S. Dinis, panteão régio (1318-1322). Encontro do CITCEM. Família, Espaço e Património (26-27 de Novembro de 2010). Coord. Carlota Santos. Actas. Guimarães: Sociedade Martins Sarmento, 2012, pp. 1-14; SILVA, José Custódio Vieira da Memória e Imagem, Reflexões sobre Escultura Tumular Portuguesa (séculos XIII e XIV). Revista de História da Arte. 1. Lisboa: Instituto de História da Arte da Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas da Universidade Nova de Lisboa, pp. 47-81.
Teaching method
Theoretical-practival lessons, with audiovisual material and the use of teaching methods and instruments, such as: texts; images and drawings. The study and preparation for this curricular unit shall be done through constant reading of recommended bibiliography and the support of the material provided in class.
Evaluation method
The evaluation is based on three written works: one book/article review; one research work; one written test.