Artes dos Jardins (not translated)
Code
722061076
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
Formação ao Longo da Vida
Credits
10
Weekly hours
4
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
a) Study of the different garden and landscape features, such as architecture, sculpture, painting (fresco and tiled finishings) and the esthetical effects expected from the waterworks and ephemeral art structures especially conceived to specific occasions.
b) To ascertain the appropriate vocabulary for the morphological description of any piece.
c) To acknowledge throughout the interpretation of the most appropriate iconographic subjects within the garden context and to deepen the program interpretation where existing.
d) To integrate the study of garden features into the landscape as a whole.
Prerequisites
None
Subject matter
I The evolution of the concept of garden and its constituent features
Inventory account of historical gardens and their respective features
II Botany
The vocabulary
The different types of parterres, from the heraldic to the broderie
The art of box and camellia topiary
III The esthetical usages of water
Hydraulic systems from the construction of aqueducts to cascades
Standing water and the water mirror effect
The water in movement and water jokes
IV Garden architecture
4.1. From pavilions to pagodas, from temples to chapels
4.2. The function of garden architecture and its landscape distribution
V Garden sculpture
Garden sculpture specificity
Garden sculpture history
The various garden sculpture typologies
VI The Portuguese azulejo tile in the garden
The importance of Portuguese garden azulejo tiles
The artistic values of garden azulejo tiles
VII Garden iconography/iconology
The Decorum principle and the iconographic subjects appropriate to gardens
The existence or otherwise of a decorative arts program vehicle
Current themes in garden sculpture and azulejo tiles: the pagan gods and episodes from their lives; river-god personifications and four season allegories
VIII The art of embrechado shell-finishing
The techniques of embrechado shell-finishing
The most important usages and the esthetical effects of embrechado shell-finishing
Bibliography
BÉNETIÈRE, Marie-Hélène e CHATENET, Monique e MOSSER, Monique, e BLONDEL, Nicole e GUEISSAZ, Catherine, Jardin: vocabulaire typologique et technique - Principes danalyse scentifique, [Inventaire general des monuments et des richesses artistiques de la France], Paris: Ed. Du patrimoine, 2000
RODRIGUES, Ana Duarte, A Escultura de Jardim nas quintas e palácios dos séculos XVII e XVIII em Portugal, Textos Universitários das Ciências Sociais, Lisboa: Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia e Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, 2011.
Teaching method
Evaluation method
The evaluation incorporates class/conference participation, written exam (50%); and a final research paper of 15/20 pages (50%).