Drawing and the graphic arts (theory and practice in Early Modern Europe)
Objectives
Understanding the importance of planning and improvisation in early modern art graphic practices and techniques, from graffiti to photography. Understanding the principles of geometric/linear drawing, as applied to architecture (lineamenta) and object-making (pre-modern design) Knowing about the centrality of draughsmanship in the history of Western graphic techniques from ca 1500 to the 19th century Reading and exegetical exercise on theoretical and critical texts on art making and on drawing Understanding the relevance of this tradition for wester art and architectural making.
General characterization
Code
01106876
Credits
6.0
Responsible teacher
Sabina de Cavi
Hours
Weekly - 4
Total - 168
Teaching language
Portuguese
Prerequisites
N/A
Bibliography
A.Grafton, Inky fingers: the making of books in early modern Europe, Cambridge MA, 2020
C. Neilson (ed.), Practice and theory in the Italian Renaissance workshop: Verrocchio and the epistemology of making art, Cambridge U. Press, 2019
Chris Fischer (ed.), Art in the making , Copenhagen 2018
F. Providência (ed.), Desejo, desígnio e desenho: Francisco de Holanda 1517-2017., Lisbon 2017
M. Cole (ed.), The early modern painter-etcher, The Pennsylvania State U. Press, 2006
D. Rosand, Drawing acts: studies in graphic expression and representation, Cambridge U. Press, 2001
F. Ames-Lewis, Drawing in early Renaissance Italy , Yale Univ. Press, 2000
C. Bambach, Drawing and painting in the Italian Renaissance workshop: theory and practice, 1300 - 1600., Cambridge Univ. Press, 1999
S. Currie, Drawing, 1400 - 1600: invention and innovation. Ashgate, 1998
F. Negri Arnoldi, Il disegno nella storia dell’arte italiana, Rome, 1986
Teaching method
Classes have both a theoretical and a practical component. Theoretical contents will be developed through the contact with images, encouraging the observation skills of the student. Practical exercises will consist of text analysis reports and reports based on the observation and description of images. Whenever is possible, study visits to museums and archaeological sites will be carried out, privileging direct contact with artworks.
Evaluation method
Continuous assessment - A dossier of classes(45%), A final research paper(55%)
Subject matter
1) Graphics: shaping visual and sensorial experience (human activity, history, myth)
2) Graphics and the Western World: why does it matter and what does it mean
3) Linear and geometric drawing: mathematics, perspective, and abstraction in early modern Europe
4) Figurative drawing: phantasy and imagination in early modern Europe
5) Theoretical thinking on drawing, workshop and academic practice in early modern Italy
6) Theoretical thinking about drawing, workshop and academic practice in early modern Europe
7) Engraving and the press industry: a new era for reading and planning images
8) From engraving to photography: graphics as sign
9) Graphics as emotional response and drawing acts: graphic style, graphic mode in early modern Europe