História e Experiência da Paisagem na Arte Contemporânea (not translated)
Code
722061077
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
Formação ao Longo da Vida
Credits
10
Weekly hours
3 letivas + 1 tutorial
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
This is a post-graduate Gardens and Landscape program subject with the objective of endowing students with a profound understanding of the various problems posed by landscapes.
The founding of Natural Parks and the role of gardens on the reconstructions of post-World War cities are also included in the class syllabus.
Prerequisites
None.
Subject matter
1. Landscape as an introduction to contemporary art
2. Antique models and new references in representing nature
3. The cult of the “natural” and landscape art in France
4. The “Barbizon School” and excluded from civilization: Théodore Rousseau, Jules Dupré, Diaz de la Peña and C. Troyon
5. The daguerreotype and the new look at objects. Experiences of Time and place. Realism and photography
6. Charles Baudelaire, «modern life» and the urban landscape
7. Mondrian and «the new image of the world».
8. The New York School and pedagogy through “Action Painting”.
9. “Land Art” and the practical and theoretical legacy of landscape concept
10. The invention of Natural Parks and their identity
11. The power of gardens and the reorganization of post-World War cities
Bibliography
BERQUE, Augustin (dir.), Cinq Propositions pour une Théorie du Paysage, Seyssel,
Champ Vallon, 1994;
CAUQUELIN, Anne, L’Invention du Paysage, Paris, Ed. Plon, 1989;
LORZING, Han,The Nature of Landscape: A Personal Quest, O1O. Rotterdam, 2001
MITCHELL, W. J. T., Landscape and Power, Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 2002
(1994);
MUSÉE D’ART MODERNE DE LA VILLE DE PARIS, La Beauté Exacte. Art des Pays-Bas, XX
Siècle, de Van Gogh à Mondrian, Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, 1994 ;
MUSÉE DES BEAUX-ARTS DE LYON, L’École de Barbizon: Peindre en Plein Air avant
L’Impressionnisme, Lyon, Réunion des Musées Nationaux, 2002
TIBERGHIEN, Gilles A., Land Art, Paris, Carré, 1993.
Teaching method
Theoretical/practical classes in which student participation is expected. Understanding of class presented images. Discussion and interpretation of theoretical texts selected from the bibliography and presented in classes. Learning is supplemented by visits to museums and exhibition centers.
Evaluation method