20th Century Art History
Objectives
1) To know the main movements, proposals and debates that define 20th century art and architecture.
2) To understand the importance of the first avant-gardes on 20th century artistic production.
3) To relate the proposals of the first avant-gardes with further artistic developments.
4) To recognize the fundamental questions raised by modernist architecture and to problematize its subsequent repercussions and revisions.
5) To relate artistic production with 20th century socio-economical, political and cultural aspects.
General characterization
Code
711061053
Credits
6.0
Responsible teacher
Ana Margarida Duarte Brito Alves
Hours
Weekly - 4
Total - 168
Teaching language
Portuguese
Prerequisites
Available soon
Bibliography
ARGAN, Giulio, Arte Moderna. Do Iluminismo aos Movimentos Contemporâneos. - São Paulo: Companhia das Letras, 1992
BENEVOLO, Leonardo, Historia de la Arquitectura Moderna. - Barcelona: Gustavo Gilli, 2005
BOIS, Yve-Alain; BUCHLOH, Benjamin; FOSTER, Hal; KRAUSS, Rosalind; Art since 1900. Modernism. Antimodernism. Postmodernism. - London: Thames & Hudson, 2004
CHIPP, Herschel B. Theories of Modern Art: A Source Book by Artists and Critics. -Berkeley: University of California Press, 1994.
DIDI-HUBERMAN, Georges, Devant l’ Image. – Paris: Minuit, 1990
ELKINS, James, Stories of Art. - New York / London: Routledge, 2002
FRAMPTON, Kenneth, Modern Architecture: A Critical History. - London: Thames & Hudson, 1992
GRENIER, Katherine, Les Anées Pop. - Paris: Centre Georges Pompidou, 2001
HARRISON, Charles, WOOD, Paul (editors), 1900-2000: Art in Theory - An Anthology of Changing Ideas. - Oxford/ Cambridge: Blackwell Publishers, 2002
Teaching method
This curricular unit is based on sessions that privilege an expositive component conducted by the teacher, complemented by debates with the students analyse thar and discuss previously selected texts. The aim of this methodology is to deepen and consolidate the acquired knowledge and ensure the students´ critical and active involvement in the discussion of the fundamental issues that structure the programme.
Evaluation method
a final written test (50%), the elaboration and presentatioin of a final reserach work (40%), the student´s participation in the classoroom´s discussions (10%)
Subject matter
1. The representation issue. Photography versus Painting.
2. The first avant-gardes: continuities and ruptures. Fauvism, Expressionism, Abstraction, Cubism, Dada and Surrealism.
3. Modernism in Architecture: Rationalism and Functionalism. Chicago School and European dynamics.
4. Realisms between World Wars and Totalitarian Regimes.
5. Neo-avant-gardes: Informalisms and New Figurations. Pop Art and Nouveau Réalisme. Conceptual Art and Performativities.
6. Architecture after World War II. Modernism versus Post-Modernism.