História dos Jardins e Paisagem (not translated)
Code
722061074
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
Formação ao Longo da Vida
Credits
10
Weekly hours
4
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
a) To gain a broad but deep understanding of the most important moments in gardens history and to identify the differences and changes in the art of gardens over time.
b) To enhance student knowledge of visual, theoretical and methodological issues enabling them to engage with this field of artistic studies.
c) To develop the sense of the esthetic experience lived in a garden and the criteria for critical judgment.
d) To stimulate the research into the art of gardens and overcome a serious historiographic shortcoming, by means of Masters Degree and Doctoral Degree theses.
Prerequisites
None.
Subject matter
Bibliography
ARAÚJO, Ilídio, Arte Paisagista e Arte dos Jardins em Portugal, Lisboa: Ministério das Obras Públicas. Direcção Geral dos Serviços de Urbanização, 1962, 2 vols.
GOTHEIN, Maria Luise, A History of Garden Art from the earliest times to the present day in two volumes, New York: Hacker Art Books, 1966.
GROMOT, Georges, Lart des jardins: une courte etude densemble sur lart de la composition des jardins daprès des exemples empruntés a ses manifestations les plus brillantes, Paris: Vicent Freal, 1934, 2 vols.
HUNT, John Dixon, Greater Perfections, the practice of Garden Theory, London: Thames & Hudson, 2000.
MOSSER, Monique e TEYSSOT, Georges, The History of Garden Design- The Western Tradition from the Renaissance to the Present Day, London: Thames & Hudson, 1991.
Teaching method
During theoretical classes, the lecturer conveys the content fundamental to knowledge on the history of gardens supported by a deep and extensive range of images (collected from all around the world). In each lesson, class debates are expected after text or primary sources analysis.
Evaluation method
The evaluation takes into consideration class participation; the exam grade and a final research paper. Exam: 40%; final paper: 60% of total grade.