Methodologies in Art History
Code
73206100
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
História da Arte
Credits
10
Teacher in charge
Margarida Acciaiuoli de Brito
Weekly hours
2
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
The aim of this seminar is to enable students to know historiographic traditions from several areas of Art History and relevant bibliography both national and international. The seminar will also discuss the main and more recent historiographic debates as well as research questions concerning art history.
Prerequisites
None
Subject matter
This seminar will discuss theoretical approaches related to research that are common to all Art History.
Bibliography
DEBRAY, Regis, Introducción a la Mediología, Barcelona: Paidós, 2001.
DUNLEAVY, Patrick, Authoring a PHD: How to Plan, Write and Finish a Doctoral Thesis or Dissertation, Basingstoke & New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2003.
ELKINS, James, Stories of Art, London: Routledge, 2002.
________Visual Studies. A Skeptical Introduction, New York & London: Routledge, 2003.
HARRIS, Jonathan, Art History: Key Concepts, Abingdon & New York: Routledge, 2006.
HOLLY, Michael Ann, Panofsky and the Foundations of Art History, New York: Cornell University Press, 1985.
VATTIMO, Gianni, En torno a la Posmodernidad, Barcelona: Anthropos, 2012.
NOTA: No final de cada sessão será indicada bibliografia específica sobre cada um dos temas tratados.
Teaching method
The sessions involve a presentation by the invited teachers staff and experts. The presentation will be followed by a debate with the doctoral students, stimulated by their current research activities.
Evaluation method
Evaluation includes a monthly working paper on one of the topics covered in the sessions (5 pages) and a final essay at the end of the seminar (15 pages).