Pombaline Lisbon and Cities of the Enlightenment
Code
722061072
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
História da Arte
Credits
10
Weekly hours
3 letivas + 1 tutorial
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
a) To learn, analyze and discuss the range of measures, proposals and achievements that characterized the rebuilding of Lisbon after the earthquake of 1755.
b) To consider the architecture and urban layout of Pombaline Lisbon in the context of the citys development between the Restoration period and the beginning of the 19th century.
c) To learn, analyze and discuss the various historical approaches on the Pombaline Lisbon.
Prerequisites
None
Subject matter
The rebuilding of Lisbon after the earthquake of 1755: urban layout, architecture and main legislative measures.
Pombaline architecture and town planning within the framework of Lisbon´s urban growth between the mid-17th century and the early 19th century.
The Enlightenment and the city: conceptual approach and urbanistic models.
The historiographical heritage of Pombaline Lisbon.
Bibliography
AAVV, O Terramoto de 1755: Impactos Históricos. Lisboa: Horizonte, 2007
BERGDOLL, Barry, European Architecture 1750-1890. Oxford: University Press, 2000
França, José-Augusto, Lisboa Pombalina e o Iluminismo. - Lisboa: Bertrand, 1987 [1965]
Leal, Joana Cunha, Arquitectura privada, política e factos urbanos em Lisboa. Lisboa: FCSH-UNL, 2005 (dissertação de doutoramento)
Murteira, Helena, A place for Lisbon in Eighteenth Century Europe: Lisbon, London and Edinburgh, a town planning comparative study. Edinburgh: The University of Edinburgh, 2004 (dissertação de doutoramento)
Teaching method
Theoretical and practical subject that combines classroom lectures with the analysis of texts and images.
Evaluation method
The evaluation focuses on the assessment of a written essay supported by specific bibliography and documentary sources, following an autonomous research work (65%). It is also taken into account the work carried out in the classroom: oral presentation of the essay and discussion of a selection of primary and secondary sources (35%). Attendance is taken into account.