Class History of Art

The Curricular Unit aims to provide a broad knowledge on History of Art, understanding it as a fundamental field for our cultural and social constitution. It is understood that artefacts and artworks are heritages, testimonies of the evolution of human civilisation and constitutive of contemporary society. Eastern civilisations are included, avoiding the restriction to the West. From the understanding that the current artistic field requires knowledge about what preceded it, the artistic production of the past is observed, highlighting some artistic movements such as the Renaissance and the modernist avant-gardes, after which contemporary art is explored, already including digital technologies.  Also highlighted, the Bauhaus, a fundamental school in artistic progress and central to the field of Design, related to Communication Design.

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1 - Introduction to the History of Art. - Prehistory and Antiquity. - The History of Art as a Western construction. - Civilizations and Cultures of the East.   2 - Man and Art. - Medieval Era. - From Ancient Greece to Rome. - Renaissance. - Impressionism, Neo and Post.   3- Modernism. - A new world of Art in Europe. - After the Avant-Gardes.  - The Bauhaus.   4- Contemporary Art. - The USA and American Realism. - From Abstract Expressionism to Pop Art. - Minimalism and Conceptual Art. - The body as a medium. Happenings and performances. - Digital Art, New Media.

  This CU's main methodology is the presentation of theory based on fundamental references in the field of study in question, and case studies. Recognizing that the arts are necessarily learned through images, visual content and materials are used. Videos are also included, namely about artists and exhibitions.

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