Modernism and Modernisms in 20th Century Art in Portugal
Objectives
1. To deepen and consolidate knowledge on the artistic production developed in Portugal throughout the 20th Century, taking as reference some of the main dynamics, experimentations, proposals, positions and debates that determine it, and taking into account its socio-political and cultural context.
2. To develop a critical and grounded perspective on the concept historiographically defined as "modernism", informed by the specificities of the Portuguese artistic context, but also by the articulation it establishes with a broader international scope.
3. To apply the acquired knowledge and to develop critical and research skills, through the discussion of selected texts and the elaboration of na essay.
General characterization
Code
02113457
Credits
10.0
Responsible teacher
Joana Esteves da Cunha Leal
Hours
Weekly - 3
Total - 280
Teaching language
Portuguese
Prerequisites
N/A
Bibliography
- AAVV, Os Anos Quarenta na Arte Portuguesa. Lisboa: FCG, 1982
- AAVV, Depois do Modernismo. Lisboa: SNBA, 1983
- AAVV, Arte Portuguesa nos Anos 50. Lisboa: FCG, 1992
- AAVV, Anos 60, Anos de Ruptura: Uma perspectiva da Arte Portuguesa nos Anos Sessenta. Lisboa: Livros Horizonte, 1994
- AAVV, O Surrealismo em Portugal,1934-1952. Lisboa: Museu do Chiado, 2001
- M. ACCIAIUOLI, Exposições do Estado Novo. Lisboa: Livros Horizonte, 1998
- M. ACCIAIUOLI, António Ferro. A Vertigem da Palavra, Lisboa: Bizâncio, 2013
- B.P. ALMEIDA, Arte Portuguesa no Século XX. Uma História Crítica, Matosinhos: Coral Books, 2017
- P.V. ALMEIDA, A Arquitectura no Estado Novo: Uma Leitura Crítica, Lisboa: Livros Horizonte, 2002
- J. FERNANDES (coord), Perspectiva: Alternativa Zero. Porto: Fundação de Serralves, 1997
- J.-A. FRANÇA, A Arte em Portugal no século XX. Lisboa: Bertrand, 1974
- N. ROSMANINHO, A Deriva Nacional da Arte. Portugal, Séculos XIX-XXI. V. N. Famalicão: Húmus, 2018
Teaching method
This curricular unit is based on sessions that regularly combine an exposition component and a group debate that addresses each topic of the programme. 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 referential texts previously selected by the teacher.
The final evaluation is based both on the students performance concerning the preparation and participation in the regular class debates (30%), and on the development of an individual final essay (70%).
Evaluation method
Continuous Assessment - Development of an individual final essay(70%), Students performance concerning the preparation and participation in the regular class debates(30%)
Subject matter
1. The transition dynamics of the beginning of the 20th century. From Humourism to Modernism.
2. Futurism. The 1920s and the role of magazines in the introduction of a new sensibility.
3. The "Independentes" exhibition in 1930 and the "balance" of the modernist movement
4. "Politics of the Spirit" and "Good Taste". António Ferro´s action in SPN/SNI. Modernism and Nationalism.
5. Architecture in the 1930s and 1940s. The new Lisbon and the role of the architects in its construction. The architectural definition of the "Exposição do Mundo Português" (1940)
6. The Post War II context and the "Exposições Gerais de Artes Plásticas" (1946-1956). Neo-realism versus Surrealism. The Figuration / Abstraction tensions.
7. The "ruptures" and experimentalisms of the 1960s. and 1970s Ernesto de Sousa and the "Alternativa Zero" exhibition (1977).
8. The exhibition "Depois do Modernismo" (1983) and the opening lines of 1980s and 1990s.