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A – General Description

Course Title – Plastic Arts – Painting and Intermedia

Qualification awarded – First cycle degree (BSc degree) (180 ECTS)

Admission requirements – General admission procedures, re-enter and special admission schemes for candidates older than 23. The general admission system requires one of the following exams: Drawing; Culture and Art History; Descriptive Geometry. Regional preferences are established for Castelo Branco, Leiria, Lisboa, Portalegre and Santarém.

Educational and Professional Goals – The degree in Plastic Arts – Painting and Intermedia confers a higher-level comprehensive professional profile (licenciatura) qualifying the graduates to perform professional functions with accuracy and sociotechnological actuality in the different domains of culture, particularly in the plastic arts domain.

Both subject fields are based on a number of varied skills designed to provide a wide range of career opportunities in similar circumstances to those offered by renowned European higher education institutions.

Through Contemporary Art Seminars, students have the opportunity to contact with renowned artists, art critics, curators and contemporary producers and programmers in relevant subject fields and benefit from their artistic practices, critical thought and derivative concepts.

Access to Further Studies – The degree in Plastic Arts – Painting and Intermedia allows access to second-cycle degrees in the field or in related fields.

Course structure diagram with credits (60 per year) – Three-year course (six semesters, 30 ECTS credits each):

Course Title Year Semester Number of credits

Introduction to Plastic Arts 1 Annual 20

Drawing as a Thinking Tool 1 1 8

Art History I 1 1 7

Colour Studies 1 1 3

Space Representation Systems 1 1 2

Drawing I 1 2 8

Art History II 1 2 7

Artistic Project Methodology 1 2 2

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Digital Processes for Space Representation 1 2 3

Painting 2 Annual 18

Drawing II 2 Annual 14

Art and Composition Studies 2 1 4

Art History III 2 1 3

Aesthetics I 2 1 3

Art and Natural Environment (Human Figure)

2 1 4

Image Theory and Critics 2 2 4

Art History IV 2 2 3

Aesthetics II 2 2 3

Art and Natural Environment (Landscape)

2 2 4

Painting Project 3 Annual 20

Drawing Project 3 Annual 10

Contemporary Art Seminar 3 Annual 6

Portuguese Art History 3 Annual 4

Gravure and screen printing (optional) 3 Annual 10

Photography and Video (optional) 3 Annual 10

Art in Public Spaces (optional) 3 Annual 10

Museum Services and Curatorship (optional) 3 Annual 10

Illustration and Scientific Illustration (optional) 3 Annual 10

Computer Graphics and Net Art (optional) 3 Annual 10

Final examination, if any – Not applicable.

Continuous and Final Assessment regulations – final examination not required; examination and assessment defined for each individual course unit

ECTS departmental co-ordinator – Prof. Maria Joana Sousa Guedes

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B – Description of individual course units

Course title Introduction to Plastic Arts

Course code 96431

Type of course Annual

Level of Course NA

Year of study First

Semester/trimester Annual

Number of credits 20

Name of lecturer Ana Margarida Jerónimo Alexandre

Objectives of the course (preferably expressed in terms of learning

outcomes competences)

Introduction to painting practices – classical technologies and experimental practice. Development of the speculation ability enabling articulation between project, execution and critics. Workshop proposals seek to promote an experimental and speculative attitude that can value the creative process itself.

Prerequisites Basic knowledge of painting and drawing.

Course contents Introduction: space in pictorial language and its interrelationships. Painting equipments and materials. Reading methods: representation and presentation; enhancement and levelling. Two-dimensional structure – composition: plan/framing/weight. Three-dimensional structure: perspective. Colour: contrast/harmony/properties/dimension. Time/movement/rythm perception and representation. Space and personal expression. Space in human figure. Effects and tricks: textures and volumes.

Recommended reading Smith, Ray. Manual prático do Artista – Equipamento materiais procedimentos técnicas. Civilização Editores, 2003 Arnheim, Rudolf, Arte & Percepção Visual – Uma psicologia da visão criadora, pioneira Thomson, São Paulo 1980

Teaching methods Lectures including description and illustrative examples of different painting and drawing techniques. Practical classes in which application exercises are proposed and solved.

Assessment methods Continuous assessment through coursework carried out in class.

Language of instruction Portuguese

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Course title Drawing as a Thinking Tool

Course code 96432

Type of course One-Semester course

Level of Course NA

Year of study First

Semester/trimester First

Number of credits 8

Name of lecturer José Maia



Introduction to Drawing as a thinking tool. An approach to drawing as a structure for artistic creation in Painting and Sculpture, both formally and conceptually. An insight on the creative thinking structure of artists relative to Art History.

Prerequisites Basic knowledge of drawing.

Course contents Introduction: the line as a drawing basis. Analysis of line-based works of art. The creative thinking structure of artists relative to Art History.

Recommended reading Revista TATE the art magazine, nº 22 /2000 “Close Encounters by Simon Morley. Richard Morphet, Eecounters New Art From Old, Reino Unido ed. National Gallery 2000. Será indicada uma bibliografia adequada a cada aluno de acordo com desenvolvimento do seu trabalho.

Teaching methods Lectures including practical examples and theoretical-practical classes for application of knowledge acquired.

Assessment methods Continuous assessment of the practical component - 70% of final grade. Theoretical component: students will have to take a periodic written exam – 20% of final grade. Research assignments: 10% of final grade


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Course title Art History I

Course code 96433


Level of Course I

Year of study First


Number of credits 7

Name of lecturer Maria Joana V. P. A. Sousa Guedes



Recognise essential aspects of Art History with special emphasis to technical aspects related to the authors of the greatest accomplishments in the periods under study.

Prerequisites Basic knowledge of History

Course contents Art History in Prehistory. Art History in Pre-Classical Age. Art History in the Classical Age. Paleaochristian Art History. Art History in the Bizantine Age.

Recommended reading E. H. Gombrich, A História de Arte, Zahar Editores, Rio de Janeiro, 1985.�2 H. W. Janson, História de Arte, Fundação� Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisboa, 2005

Teaching methods Lectures on subjects matters with illustrative images.

Assessment methods A periodic written test with minimum mark of 10 (ten) as passing score. A final exam for the students who failed in periodic the assessment or to those who have passed, but wish to improve their grade. The students may be offered the possibility of an optional assignment with implications on final grade.


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Course title Colour Studies

Course code 96434


Level of Course NA

Year of study First


Number of credits 3

Name of lecturer Carla Marina do Carmo Duarte Gomes



Acquire theoretical and operative knowledge on colour theory; colour and light phenomena; analysis and deconstruction of colour; processes and roles of ght and visual thinking and their interactions with the creative process.

Prerequisites NA

1. Colour physics: electromagnetic spectrum. Optical spectrum. White light decomposition. Colour surface. 2. Colour reproduction; additive synthesis (colour/light). Subtractive synthesis (colour/light and colour/pigment). 3. Colour metrics. Tone. Brightness. Saturation. 4. Chromatic and achromatic scales. 5. Colour contrast: general colour contrast. Light-dark contrast. Warm-cold contrast. Complementary colours contrast. Simultaneaous contrast. Successive contrast. Quality contrast. Quantity contrast. 6. Colour harmony. Monochromatic harmony. Harmony of neigbouring tones in the colour circle. Harmony of complementary colours. Saturation harmony.

Recommended reading Modesto Faria, Psicodinâmica das cores em comunicação. Editora Edgard Blucher LTDA. 1990, S. Paulo, Brasil.

Teaching methods Lectures including practical examples and theoretical-practical classes for application of knowledge acquired.

Assessment methods Periodical or final written “open book” examination. All practical coursework carried out during the semester.


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Course title Space Representation Systems

Course code 96435


Level of Course NA

Year of study First


Number of credits 2

Name of lecturer Inês Serrano



The students should become familiar with the traditional representation systems, in particular with conic projection, and understand the significance of the change of point of view, distance and observer’s position. Three-dimensional representation using computer-aided drawing tools. At the end of the semester, the students should be able to interpret, describe and produce rather complex objects with accuracy and reliability.

Prerequisites NA

Course contents Cylindrical and parallel projection systems. Conic or central projection systems. Computer-aided drawing.

Recommended reading CUNHA, L. Veiga da, Drawing Técnico. Lisboa: Ed. Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, 2002. GILL, Robert W. – Drawing de Perspectiva. Lisboa: Ed. Presença, s/d. RIBEIRO, Carlos Tavares – Geometria Projectiva. Lisboa: Ed. Europress, 1991 SILVA, Arlindo; DIAS, João; SOUSA, Luís – Drawing Técnico Moderno. Lisboa: Lidel, 2002. WHITE, Gwen – Perspectiva. Lisboa: Ed.Presença, 2000 PANOFSKY, Erwin- A perspectiva como forma simbólica. Lisboa: Ed.70, 1999.

Teaching methods Lectures involving presentation of concepts and topics. Practical classes involving concept application and exercise solving.

Assessment methods Written tests and class exercises


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Course title Drawing I

Course code 96436


Level of Course I

Year of study First

Semester/trimester Second

Number of credits 8




Develop conceptual abilities that enable the students to have a good command over drawing as an integral part of plastic language.

Prerequisites NA

Course contents 1 – Development of an individual project focused on a study item within the municipality of Tomar. 2 – Research, description and contextualization of the study item. 3 – Analysis, recreation and reinterpretation of the abovementioned item. 4 – Production of a project book including research studies and appendices of the different issues developed during the project. 5 – Project presentation

Recommended reading Massironi, Manfredo – Ver pelo Desenho, Lisboa, Edições 70, 1982. Munari, Bruno – Fantasia: Invenção, Criatividade e Imaginação, Lisboa, Editorial Presença.

Teaching methods Lectures focusing on the description and illustration of course content and practical classes involving concept application and exercise solving.

Assessment methods Continuous assessment and coursework carried out in class.


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Course title Art History II

Course code 96437


Level of Course II

Year of study First


Number of credits 7




Recognise essential aspects of Art History with special emphasis to aspects related to the authors of the greatest accomplishments in the periods under study.


Course contents Pre-Romanic Art History. Romanic Art History.

Recommended reading E. H. Gombrich, A História de Arte, Zahar Editores, Rio de Janeiro, 1985. H. W. Janson, Art History, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisboa, 2005. Flavio Conti, Connaître l’Art, Editions du Comptoir - Comptoir du Livre, Paris, 1998.

Teaching methods Lectures including illustrative examples.

Assessment methods A periodic written test with minimum mark of 10 (ten) as passing score. A final exam for those students who failed in periodic assessment or, having passed, wish to improve their grade. The students may be offered the possibility of an optional assignment with implications on final grade.


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Course title Art Project Methodology

Course code 96438


Level of Course NA

Year of study First


Number of credits 2




Provide the students with the knowledge and skills required by the creation process and art production so that the students can develop their projects in a systematized and organized way, both in conceptual and in formal terms.

Prerequisites NA

Course contents Concept of project, work series, project methodology, concept, form, scale and technology. Structural organization and presentation of the project.

Recommended reading Bono, Eduard – O Pensamento Lateral, Ed. Pergaminho, Lisboa, 2005. Bono, Eduard – Os seis Chapéus do Pensamento, Ed. Pergaminho, Lisboa, 2005.

Teaching methods Lectures including concept presentation with illustrative examples for the methods of resolution of matter-energy balances and theoretical-Practical classes in which exercises are proposed and solved.

Assessment methods All coursework carried out over the semester.


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Course title Digital Processes for Space Representation

Course code 96439


Level of Course NA

Year of study First


Number of credits 3

Name of lecturer Inês Serrano



The students should become familiar with digital representation systems. Two-dimensional and three-dimensional object representation using virtual computer-aided drawing tools. At the end of the semester, the students should be able to read, describe and produce rather complex objects using digital tools.

Prerequisites NA

Course contents Object representation using digital resources: (2D) Computer-aided drawing and (3D) Computer-aided drawing.

Recommended reading NETO, Pedro Leão – Autocad 14: [depressa & bem]. Responsabilidade. Lisboa: FCA-Editora Informática, 1997 SANTOS, João – Autocad 14: em 3 dimensões – curso completo. Lisboa: FCA – Editora Informática, 1997 SILVA, Arlindo; DIAS, João; SOUSA, Luís – Drawing Técnico Moderno. Lisboa: Lidel, 2002.

Teaching methods Lectures involving concept presentation and practical classes including exercise solving.

Assessment methods Written tests and exercises carried out in class.


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Course title Painting

Course code 964310


Level of Course NA

Year of study Second



Name of lecturer José Maia



The students should gain aesthetical autonomy and improve technical skills. They should also make theoretical research so that they can position their work in the chronological sequence of Western Art from the cultural, social and artistic point of view.

Prerequisites Basic knowledge of painting techniques.

Course contents The first work will be inspired in a work of art from the Western Art History. Students will have to carry out 12 works, 8 on an 80X100 cm tensioned or rigid canvas, on acrylics or oil. Works will be produced according to the students’ individual choices and they will periodically report and justify their options on the course of execution.

Recommended reading Burger, P., Teoria da Vanguarda, Universidade Minnesota, 1992. Nairne, S., State of The Art, Chatto & Windus, 1987.

Teaching methods Interactive classes (comments, comparisons, demonstration) on specific matters that may have arisen during the execution of works. Reference to works of art related to topics or techniques selected by the students. The aim is to promote in students a constant insight on the work being performed and on their own artistic positioning, thus encouraging artistic risk.

Assessment methods Continuous assessment.


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Course title Drawing II

Course code 964311


Level of Course II




Name of lecturer Rita Gaspar Vieira



Develop skills for the analysis and graphic representation of complex structures. The students should find out their own form of expression within the sphere of drawing articulating it with the experience gained in the Painting course so that they can define a starting point for their own creative process.

Prerequisites One-year training in drawing.

Course contents Use of drawing as an instrument for the interpretation and configuration of ideas. Development of graphic elements and structures: scales, proportions, axes, framings. Development of individual variants of plastic expression leading to the creation of an individual visual language. Development of skills to analyse and interpret visual elements.

Recommended reading BARRO, David, Imagens (Pictures) para uma Representação Contemporânea, Mimesis, 2003. BROOKE, Xanthe (org.), Mantegna to Rubens, Merrel Holberton, London, 1998.

Teaching methods Varied exercises will be suggested to students, which will give rise to the development of plastic proposals or simple drawing projects.

Assessment methods Continuous assessment through theoretical-practical exercises developed over the academic year.


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Course title Art and Composition Studies

Course code 964312


Level of Course NA



Number of credits 4




Acquire theoretical and operative knowledge of composition and its possibilities, composition methods, the processes and roles of sight and visual thinking and their interactions with the creative process.

Prerequisites NA

Course contents Elements for the composition of visual messages. Composition techniques. Perception and integration as means of knowledge.

Recommended reading Munari, Bruno – Design e Percepção Visual, Ed. 70, Lisboa, 1978. Arnheim, Rudolf – Arte e Percepção Visual, Pioneira, S. Paulo, 2001.

Teaching methods Theoretical-practical classes involving the presentation of course contents and proposal and resolution of application exercises.

Assessment methods All coursework carried out throughout the semester.


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Course title Art History III

Course code 964313


Level of Course III



Number of credits 3




Recognise essential aspects of Art History with special emphasis to aspects related to the authors of the greatest accomplishments in the periods under study.


Course contents Gothic Art History. Art History of the Renaissance. Mannerist Art History.

Recommended reading E. H. Gombrich, A História de Arte, Zahar Editores, Rio de Janeiro, 1985. H. W. Janson, Art History, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisboa, 2005 Flavio Conti, Connaître l’Art, Editions du Comptoir - Comptoir du Livre, Paris, 1998

Teaching methods Lectures involving presentation of course content and including illustrative examples.

Assessment methods A periodic written test with minimum mark of 10 (ten) as passing score. A final exam for the students who failed in periodical assessment or for those who have passed, but wish to improve their grade. The students may be offered the possibility of an optional assignment with implications on final grade.


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Course title Aesthetics I

Course code 964314

Type of course Semestral

Level of Course I



Number of credits 3




Raise questions, concepts and conceptual relationships that help understand and interpret art objects and art practices. The students will be provided with tools capable of promoting the willingness to investigate.

Prerequisites NA

Course contents 1 – The origin of philosophy and aesthetics 2 – Art History and aesthetics. 3 – The aesthetic experience. 4 – Plutus: the recognition of the affective nature of art. 5 – The Pre-kantians.

Recommended reading Support Material in the course webpage: Bayer, Raymond – History da Estética, Colecção Teoria da Arte, Editorial Estampa, Lisboa, 1979. Huisman, D. – A estética, Ed. 70, Lisboa, 1997.

Teaching methods Lectures involving presentation of course contents.

Assessment methods Theoretical assignment on a topic proposed by the lecturer. Periodic written test without consultation material or final examination.


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Course title Art and Natural Environment (Human Figure)

Course code 964315


Level of Course NA



Number of credits 4

Name of lecturer Victor Dinis Carita de Jesus



Study of human anatomy for a better understanding of Human Figure through practical figurative exercises, making use of several techniques and materials and developing skills to observe and represent real objects. Practical exercises of representation of the human figure and drawing from a nude model in order to acquire and develop drawing skills.

Prerequisites NA

Course contents Basics of anatomy. Practical representation exercises of static models. Model drawing. Practical exercises of representation of the human figure. Drawing from a nude model. Practical exercises for the representation of a nude model.

Recommended reading HOGARTH, B., O Desenho da Figura Humana sem dificuldade, Evergreen, 1998. MASSIRONI, M., Ver pelo Desenho, Lisboa, Edições 70, 1982.

Teaching methods Varied exercises will be suggested to students, which will give rise to the development of plastic proposals or simple drawing projects. Duration of these projects will be established by the lecturer in agreement with the students. Theoretical and practical contents will be provided in all stages of creation including interpretation, configuration and execution.

Assessment methods Continuous assessment and coursework carried out in class and a theoretical-practical assignment (individually or as part of a group) on muscle morphology (10% of final grade).


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Course title Image Theory and Critics

Course code 964316


Level of Course NA



Number of credits 4

Name of lecturer João Seguro



Promote reflection and critical skills through the relationships established between social, economic and technological development and the constant changing of values, which is the basis for modern dialectics. Articulation between aesthetic and visual culture theories concerning the significative and communicative function of art as a basis for critical understanding of the connections between art, society, the individuals and thinking from a multidisciplinary perspective.

Prerequisites Basics of Modern and Contemporary Art and elementary concepts of Aesthetics and Art History.

Course contents The taste revolution and the redefinition of work of art. Modernism and Post-Modernism.

Recommended reading Adorno, T., Teoria Estética, Viseu, Ed. 70, 1988. Almeida, B.P., O Plano da Imagem, Lisboa, Assírio & Alvim, 1996. Berman, M., Tudo o que é Sólido se Dissolve no Ar – A Aventura da Modernidade, Lisboa, Ed. 70 (colecção Signos #49), 1999 Calinescu, M., As 5 Faces da Modernidade: Modernismo-Vanguarda-Decadencia-Kitsch-Pós-Modernismo, Lisboa, Veja (colecção Artes/Ensaio, 1999. Deleuze, G., A Filosofia Crítica de Kant, Lisboa, Ed. 70 (colecção O Saber da Filosofia), 2000

Teaching methods Lectures involving presentation of course contents.

Assessment methods Theoretical assignments and a periodical written test/examination (50%). A final assignment (50%).


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Course title Art History IV

Course code 964317


Level of Course NA



Number of credits 3




Recognise the fundamental issues of Art History with special emphasis to aspects related to the authors of the greatest accomplishments in the periods under study.


Course contents Barroque and Rococo Art History. Neoclassical Art History. Romanic Art History. Realism Art History. Impressionism Art History.

Recommended reading E. H. Gombrich, A História de Arte, Zahar Editores, Rio de Janeiro, 1985. H. W. Janson, Art History, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisboa, 2005. Flavio Conti, Connaître l’Art, Editions du Comptoir - Comptoir du Livre, Paris, 1998.

Teaching methods Lectures including illustrative examples.

Assessment methods A periodic written test with minimum mark of 10 (ten) as passing score. A final exam for the students who failed in periodic assessment and for those who passed, but wish to improve their grade. The students may be offered the possibility of an optional assignment with implications on final grade.


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Course title Aesthetics II

Course code 964318


Level of Course II



Number of credits 3




Raise questions, concepts and conceptual relationships that help understand and interpret art objects and art practices. The students will be provided with tools capable of promoting the willingness to investigate.

Prerequisites NA

Course contents 1 – Kant. 2 – Hegel. 3 – Nietsche. 4 – As vanguardas modernas.

Recommended reading Ferry, Luc – Homo Aestheticus, A invenção do gosto na era democrática, Almedina, 2003. Perniola, Mario - A estética do séc. XX, Editorial Estampa, 1998.

Teaching methods Lectures involving presentation of course contents by means of illustrative examples.

Assessment methods Theoretical assignment on a topic proposed by the lecturer. Periodic “open book” test or final examination.


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Course title Art and Natural Environment (Landscape)

Course code 964319


Level of Course NA



Number of credits 4

Name of lecturer Ana Margarida Jerónimo Alexandre



Provide the students with theoretical-practical knowledge that enables execution of projects addressing the concept of landscape. Topics proposed are painting as “a window looking into the world”; perspective as a regulating element of an image and the perspectograph and space visualization machines.

Prerequisites Basic knowledge of Drawing.

Course contents Introduction: space in pictorial language. Space and colour in landscape. The colour palette: colour limitation. Indoor light. Moonlight landscape. Water reflexes. Nightlife: cafés, bars, balconies. Avenues and monuments. View of a coastal village. First lights in the night.

Recommended reading Smith, Ray. Manual prático do Artista – Equipamento materiais procedimentos técnicas. Civilização Editores, 2003 Asunción, Josep, Colour – Pintura Criativa. Editorial Estampa, Lisboa 2005 Asunción, Josep, Espaço – Pintura Criativa. Editorial Estampa, Lisboa 2005

Teaching methods Lectures including description and illustrative examples of different drawing techniques. Practical classes in which application exercises are proposed and solved.

Assessment methods Continuous assessment through practical coursework carried out in class.


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Course title Painting Project

Course code 964320


Level of Course NA

Year of study Third



Name of lecturer Nuno Sousa Vieira



Acquire knowledge on the means and techniques of artistic production as well as individual abilites to promote research and reflection upon Plastic Arts. The students should be able to carry out projects that allow them to apply and improve the methods and concepts learned.

Prerequisites Two-year workshop practice. Good command over the different plastic art techniques.

Course contents Works proposed are to address a given topic or concept in artistic production terms. Topics will be selected according to students’ individual research preferences with reference to their own historical, cultural and social environment.

Recommended reading Bibliography will be recommended according to the needs of each project.

Teaching methods Workshop classes. Presentation and discussion of the work accomplished.

Assessment methods Theoretical work that will serve as a basis of practical coursework. Implementation and practical execution of an individual project.


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Course title Drawing Project

Course code 964321


Level of Course NA

Year of study Third



Name of lecturer Rita Gaspar Vieira



The students should be able to develop drawing projects in an autonomous way and in an interdisciplinary perspective so that they can, through the projects they are performing, create and improve a language of their own as to different types of drawing.

Prerequisites Two-year drawing practice. Good command over the different plastic art techniques.

Course contents Each student should develop his/her own drawing project. This course allows approach of the drawing topics associated with plastic arts and particularly with contemporary art production. In view to this, each individual experience will be taken into account in the execution of project.

Recommended reading AA. VV, Entre Linhas. Desenho na Colecção da Fundação Luso- Americana, Lisboa, 2005. AA. VV, O Génio do Olhar. Desenho como Disciplina 1991-1999.

Teaching methods Tutorials enabling the development of an individual project. Presentation and discussion of the work developed for the abovementioned project.

Assessment methods Continuous assessment through theoretical and practical work and its periodical presentation in class.


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Course title Contemporary Art Seminar

Course code 964322


Level of Course NA

Year of study Third


Number of credits 6




Promote knowledge of renowned contemporary artists. Seminars should serve as a link between academic and practical knowledge. Experts are invited to talk about their professional experiences in visual art matters and discuss with students the need for confrontation between theory and practice.

Prerequisites Basics of Art History and Aesthetics. General knowledge of matters related to artistic and workshop practices.

Course contents Contemporary art – theory and practice. Contemporary art circuits. Introduction to the creation and development of contemporary art museums spaces. The significance of contemporary art critics. Art and philosophy. Art and art history. Art and journalism. Art, the artist and the artistic field.

Recommended reading AA.VV., Iniciação à Museologia, Lisboa, Univ. Aberta, 1993. ADORNO, T., Teoria Estética, Viseu, Ed. 70, 1988.

Teaching methods Seminar including lectures by visiting professionals, lectures and tutorials.

Assessment methods Practical classes and reports on seminar contents. Student assiduity and involvement throughout the year will be important assessment items.


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Course title Portuguese Art History

Course code 964323


Level of Course NA

Year of study Third


Number of credits 4

Name of lecturer Maria Joana V.P.A. Sousa Guedes



A general overview of Portuguese art enhancing its original aspects.


Course contents Before Portugal: Visigothic and Mozarabic art. Romanic Age. Gothic Age. Lusitanian Art. Portuguese Renaissance Art. Maneirism Art. Baroque and Rococo Art. Neoclassical Art. Romantism and Naturalism. Naturalism and Modernism Art.

Recommended reading Ana Lídia Pinto, Fernanda Meireles e Manuela Cernadas Cambotas, História de Arte Ocidental e Portuguesa, das Origens ao Final do Século XX, Porto Editora, Porto, 2001. Pedro Dias (direcção de) – História de Arte em Portugal, Publicações Alfa, 1986 Reynaldo dos Santos, Oito Séculos de Arte Portuguesa, Lisboa, s/ d. (1966).

Teaching methods Lectures including illustrative examples and images.

Assessment methods A periodical test in each semester requiring a minimum mark of 10 (ten) to pass with 8 (eight) as the minimum admission mark. A final written exam for the students who failed periodical assessment and for those who passed, but wish to improve their grade.


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Course title Gravure and Screen Printing

Course code 964324

Type of course Annual (optional)

Level of Course NA

Year of study Third



Name of lecturer Victor D. Carita de Jesus, Paula Alexandra da Costa L. P. Pereira



Gravure: theoretical knowledge of the different technical processes for artistic gravure, practical domain of etching techniques.

Screen-printing: practical domain of screen-printing techniques, not only as an art process but mainly as an industrial process for the production of printed matter.

Prerequisites NA

Course contents Theoretical knowledge of the different technical processes for relief gravure. Theoretical knowledge of the different technical processes for planographic gravure. Theoretical knowledge of the different technical processes for calcogravure. Basic advantages of screen-printing; differences between systems; potential and applications.

Recommended reading Course materials prepared by the lecturer. BAGILHOLE, ROBIN – Guia prático de Gravura, Editorial Estampa, Lisboa, 1996. Anthony Kinsey, Serigrafia, Editorial Presença / Martins Fontes Albert Kosloff, Photographic screen printing, Seventh Edition

Teaching methods Lectures and laboratory classes.

Assessment methods Continuous assessment and class coursework.

Language of instruction Portuguese.

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Course title Fotography and Video

Course code 964325


Level of Course NA

Year of study Third






Develop the ability to analyse and reflect upon contemporary art practices, which make use of video and photography.

Prerequisites Basics of Art History and Aesthetics. Basic command of computer systems and handling of photo and video cameras.

Course contents Study of some contemporary audiovisual items such as photography, video and installation. Visualization of some contemporary cinema items. Film and video structure: pre-production, production and post-production. Script and storyboard. Basic film production and lighting exercises. Digital capture and edition. Video and audio output formatting (DVD authoring). Execution of authoring short films in which the student’s technical knowledge articulates with his/her own theoretical interests.

Recommended reading Benjamin, Walter, Sobre Arte, Técnica, Linguagem e Política, Lisboa, Relógio d’ Água, 1992. Foster, Hall, The Return of the Real, The Avant-Garde at the End of the Century, MIT Press, Massachusetts, London, 1996.

Teaching methods Lectures and tutorials.

Assessment methods Coursework during class periods.


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Course title Art in Public Spaces

Course code 964326


Level of Course NA

Year of study Third



Name of lecturer Nuno Sousa Vieira



Provide the students with conceptual tools that enable them to develop, not only critical insight as to public spaces, but also a practical ability, which is determining to develop a public space-oriented artwork. The students will be provided with theoretical and practical skills to understand art installation projects.

Prerequisites Good command of the different plastic expression techniques.

Course contents This course aims at strengthen the students' project autonomy. Articulating with the Painting Project course, the students should find out their own path for the development of their work and be able to reflect upon formal and conceptual issues related to a public space-oriented execution of the project such as installation and site-specific installation.

Recommended Reading Bibliography is defined according to the needs of every project.

Teaching methods Lectures and practical classes. Project execution.

Assessment methods Continuous assessment. Project work. Periodical test and/or theoretical assignment.


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Course title Museum Services and Curatorship

Course code 964327


Level of Course NA

Year of study Third






Analyse some exhibits and events of Contemporary Visual Art and related areas. Raise explanatory questions and concepts to develop creative exhibit projects according to best museum practices.

Prerequisites Elementary knowledge of Modern and Contemporary Art, Aesthetics and Art History.

Course contents Study of the main visual art exhibitions carried out since the beginning of the twentieth century. Observation and analysis of exemplary museum and curatorial practices. Critics on exhibitions and its content, significance of themes and scientific and creative points of view. Development of exhibition projects; model viewing and production; object, document and artifact display.

Recommended reading PUTNAM, James; Art and Artifact: The Museum as Medium; Thames & Hudson, London, 2001 ELSENER, John, CARDINAL, Roger; The Cultures of Collecting; Reaktion Books, London, 1994 BENNETT, Tony; The Birth of the Museum: History, Theory, Politics; Routledge, London, 1995

Teaching methods Lectures and interactive practical classes.

Assessment methods Theoretical/practical exercises carried out throughout the academic year and a final assignment (50%).


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Course title Illustration and Scientific Illlustration

Course code 964328


Level of Course NA

Year of study Third



Name of lecturer Carla Marina do Carmo Duarte Gomes e Victor Dinis Carita de Jesus



Theoretical and operative knowledge on the interrelationship between written language and visual syntax, the conceptual and formal implications of materials and relevant application techniques, technical applications and variations as applied to scientific drawing.

Prerequisites NA

Course contents Visual communication and its syntax. Illustrative image. Didactic and functional illustration. The illustration/support relationship.

Recommended reading Arnheim, Rudolf - Arte e Percepção visual, Pioneira, 2001. S, Paulo. Brasil Munari, Bruno – Design e Comunicação visual, Edições 70, 1968. Lisboa. Portugal

Teaching methods Lectures presenting course content and tutorials with exercise solving.



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Course title Computer Graphics and Net Art

Course code 964329


Level of Course NA

Year of study Third


Number of credits 10,0




Theoretical and practical knowledge of specific graphics software in order to master the techniques used in graphic design, edition and processing.

Prerequisites NA

Course contents Vectorial drawing software; image, multimedia content and 3D content processing software as applied to digital and non-digital graphic concepts and practices.

Recommended reading Moles, Abraham – Arte e Computador, Edições Afrontamento, 1990. Porto. Portugal.

Teaching methods Lectures presenting course content and tutorials focusing on exercise solving.



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