Class Theories of Painting

In this theoretical-practical course, which focuses specifically on Painting, we seek to stimulate critical thinking and the ability to argue, encouraging students to formulate and articulate their own interpretations and analyses, which occurs through readings, analysis and interpretation of images, audiovisual resources, organization of debates and scheduling of individual presentations in which each student is responsible for researching and presenting content.

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I. Western Genealogy of the Notion of Painting Pictura and Etymologies Ut pictura poesis: Fundamental Texts Movements and Value   II. Painting: Necessity, Drive, Gesture Self-Representation Mirror, Specularity, Visuality Genealogies of the Studio Autotelia and Artist's Writings   III. Expanded Painting The Bodies of Painting: Pigment and Light, Stones and Walls, Boards, Plaques and Altars, Pages, Fabric, Painting, Canvas, Photography, Performing Arts, Cinema

In this Curricular Unit, a transdisciplinary perspective is adopted, seeking a dialogue between art theory and other areas of knowledge, such as literature, philosophy, sociology, psychology, and politics. During classes, the analysis and discussion of paintings and the selected theoretical texts are complemented with audiovisual resources, through the projection of images, film fragments, videos, or interviews. The aim is to stimulate critical thinking and the ability to debate, encouraging students to formulate and articulate their own interpretations and analyses, which happens through the organization of debates and the scheduling of individual presentations in which each student is responsible for researching and presenting previously agreed content.

ADORNO, T.  (2017) A arte e as artes. Rio de Janeiro: Bazar do tempo, 14-48. BATAILLE, G. (2015) O Nascimento da Arte. Lisboa: Sistema Solar. BECKETT, S. (1989) Le monde et le pantalon. Paris: Les Éditions de Minuit. BERGER, J. (2018) Modos de ver. Lisboa: Antígona. BERGER, J. (2015) Portraits: John Berger on artists. London: Verso.DUCHAMP, M. (2002) Engenheiro do tempo perdido. Lisboa: Assírio & Alvim. GASQUET, J. (2012) O que ele me disse… Lisboa: Sistema Solar. FOSTER, H.; KRAUSS, R.; BOIS, Yves-Alain; BUCHLOH, B. (2004) Art Since 1900: Modernism, Antimodernism and Postmodernism. London: Thames & Hudson. HARRISON & WOOD (Ed.) (2000; 2002; 2003) Art in Theory, 3 vol. Oxford: Blackwell. HOLANDA, F.  (2019). Do Tirar pelo Natural. Lisboa: Sistema Solar | Documenta. MONDZAIN, Marie-José (2015) Homo Spectator. Lisboa: Orfeu Negro. STILES & SELZ (Ed.) (2012) Theories and Documents of Contemporary Art: A Sourcebook of Artists? Writings. Berkeley, Los Angeles, London: University of California Press.