Modernism and Modernisms in 20th Century Art
Code
722170109
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
História da Arte
Credits
10
Teacher in charge
Margarida Brito Alves
Weekly hours
3 letivas + 1 tutorial
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
a) To provide a thorough understanding of the main problems posed to national artistic production in the first decades of the 20th century.
b) To work on concepts that historiographically define \"modern\", \"modernity\" and \"modernism\" in Portuguese art.
c) To analyse the relations between modern art and political power during the 1930s and 1940s, setting out the role of painting, sculpture and architecture on the consolidation of Salazars Estado Novo image.
d) To locate and discuss, in the scope of that action, the contributes´ implications of the so-called \"second generation of modernist\" artists.
e) To verify the importance of Surrealism and Neorealismo´s proposals in the context of Portuguese art during those years.
Prerequisites
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Subject matter
1) From Humorism to Modernism.
2) Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso, Almada Negreiros and Futurism.
3) The dilution of Futurism. The dispute of Sociedade Nacional de Belas Artes in 1921. Art and the State. The role of Magazines in the introduction of a new taste. Cafe Brasileira do Chiado and its paintings.
4) Independents Exhibition in 1930 and the role of architecture in that presentation.
5) Política do Espírito and Bom Gosto. The action of António Ferro through SPN/SNI: salons and awards. Modernism and Nationalism. Modern art and folk art.
6) Architecture in1930s and 1940s. The new city of Lisbon and the role of architects in its construction. The competitions for the monument in Sagres. The architectonical definition of The Portuguese World Exhibition . The exhibition 15 Years of Public Building and the I National Congress of Architecture in 1948.
7) Architecture versus Painting in 1948. Diogo de Macedo and the Portuguese Museum of Contemporary Art. Surrealism and Neorealism.
Bibliography
ACCIAIUOLI; Margarida, Exposições do Estado Novo, Lisboa, Livros Horizonte, 1998.
FRANÇA, José-Augusto, A Arte em Portugal no século XX, Lisboa, Bertrand, 1991.
FRANÇA, José-Augusto, Amadeo e Almada, Lisboa, Bertrand, 1985.
O surrealismo em Portugal, 1934-1952, catálogo da exp., Lisboa, Museu do Chiado, 2001.
Os anos quarenta na arte portuguesa, catálogo da exp., Lisboa, FCG, 1982
Teaching method
Theoretical-practical weekly classes. Teaching is complemented by the analysis of artworks presented in classes and by weekly discussions of selected texts from the bibliography.
Evaluation method
Presentation and discussion of texts during classes.
Presentation of 1 final research work (15 pages).