The Arts and the Colonial Experience
Objectives
Understanding of the key concepts, movements and artistic production in the territories of the Portuguese empire in Early Modern Period (late 15th to mid 18th century)
To acquire knowledge and a critical approach about societies and artistic productions in different geographies, promoting interdisciplinary debate
To stimulate critical and creative reflection on the relationship between artistic objects, material culture, and the built with time, space and the circumstances in which they were produced
Acquire theoretical and methodological skills and knowledge of documentary sources (written, visual, material) related to the History of Art
Acquire knowledge and skills that allow problem solving from a spatio-temporal and comparative perspective;
Provide involvement with the research and science communication developed in the associated RUs
Develop research skills and autonomy necessary to carry out a dissertation
General characterization
Code
722051343
Credits
10.0
Responsible teacher
Carla Cristina Alferes Salgado da Silva Pinto
Hours
Weekly - Available soon
Total - 280
Teaching language
Portuguese
Prerequisites
First degree holders or legal equivalent
Bibliography
Moreira, Rafael – “As Formas Artísticas”. In História dos Portugueses no Extremo Oriente: De Macau à Periferia. A.H. de Oliveira Marques (dir.). Lisboa: Fundação Oriente, 1998, vol. 1, tomo I, pp. 449-502.
Moreira, Rafael e Curvelo, Alexandra – “A circulação das formas. Artes portáteis, arquitectura e urbanismo”. In História da Expansão Portuguesa: Do Índico ao Atlântico, 1570-1697. Francisco Bethencourt e Kirti Chaudhuri (eds.) Lisboa: Círculo de Leitores, 1998, vol. 2, pp. 532-570.
Portugal e o Mundo nos Séculos XVI e XVII (cat. exp.). Lisboa: Instituto dos Museus e da Conservação/Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga, 2009.
Sobral, Luís de Moura – “A Expansão das Artes: Transferências, Contaminações, Inovações”. In A expansão marítima portuguesa, 1400-1800. Francisco Bethencourt e Diogo Ramada Curto (dir.). Lisboa: Edições 70, Lda., 2010, pp. 403-468.
Teaching method
The teaching of this course is provided in an asynchronous e-learning regime supported by the use of Moodle - provision of written resources (texts, questions, links to libraries, archives, and online resources; discussions related to the syllabus) and visuals resources (videos, powerpoints with images, links to image repositories, museums, collections, videos at the minute of museological institutions) - and Colibri platforms (shared and/or individual sessions, with image and sound), fostering the reading of texts and the discussions of the topics raised by the syllabus and by doubts of the students.
Evaluation method
Available soon
Subject matter
1 - Introduction to Colonial Art: Concepts and Methodologies
2 - Agents; Geographic, social, and cultural spaces; Production centers, diffusion and acquisition circuits.
3 - The architectural heritage in the Portuguese colonial world: urbanism and military, religious, and civil architecture.
3 - The religious artistic heritage in the Portuguese colonial world: missionary art - program, typologies, models -; liturgical implements and devotional objects.
4 - The artistic heritage in the Portuguese colonial world: indigenous production and the command of art: textiles, ivories, furniture, ceramics and jewelery.
5 - The historical-artistic relationship between European powers and their overseas empires; Impact of the Colonial Art in the Kingdom: reception and consumption, collecting, influences on production and taste.