Cursos / 1º Ciclo / Faculty of Architecture and Arts :: Design

HISTÓRIA DA ARTE - 2025/2026

1º curricular year
Semestralidade: 2nd semester
ECTS: 2

Teachers

Leading Teacher: Prof. Doutor Alberto Estima
Assistant Professor: Prof. Doutor Alberto Estima

Class type and School hours

Teórica : 2 Horas

Teaching Language

Portuguese

Main Aims/Objectives

Stimulate the capacity for critical articulation between various scientific domains inherent to Theory and History, related to the scientific domain of design;
Understand the place of Art History in the development of human thought and in the specific context of Design.

Specific Aims/Objectives

Equip students with tools and knowledge that allow them to produce scientific knowledge in the field of design;
Knowing how to identify movements, authors and strategic lines of each of the main movements that generated groups and/or schools, trends addressed, considering the context;
Understand Art History within the broader context of cultural, social, political and economic development.

Skills to be acquired

Identify and relate specific concepts of the History of Art;
Understand the nature of an artistic object;
Knowing how to analyze an artistic object in aesthetic and historical terms;
Understand the evolution of Art in a socio-cultural perspective;
Identify, analyze and understand artistic movements and currents, as well as their main mentors.

Teaching Procedures

Expositional method with use of examples of works of art, followed by critical analyze and reflection.

Programme

1- Introduction to the fundamental concepts of Art History: The Artistic Object in a diachronic perspective.
2- The French Revolution and the Contemporary Age (1789-);
3- The historical and cultural context of the 20th and 19th centuries: Photography and its role in Art;
4- Main artistic movements of the 20th and 19th centuries;
5- The historical and cultural context of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The Art Nouveau, Cubism, Dadaism, Surrealism, and De Stijl movements;
6- Post-World War II Art. Main movements;
7- The Prelude to Art in the 19th and 21st Centuries.

Evaluation Type

It will be in accordance with the General Regulation of Knowledge Assessment of Universidade Lusíada, through two written tests and one frequency at the end of the semester.

Teaching Resources

Digital documentation;
Internet;
Books.

Sustainability Objectives

Faced with the climate emergency, the loss of biodiversity and social inequalities and asymmetries, the proposed Program aims to contribute to the achievement of SDG 4 (Quality Education), ensuring that all students acquire the knowledge and qualifications necessary to promote sustainable development ; and for SDG 11 (Sustainable Cities and Communities), promoting attitudes of preservation, protection and conservation of all built and natural cultural heritage.
Therefore, greater emphasis will

Keywords

Art;
Emotion;
History;
Contextualization;
Contemporaneity.

Main Bibliography

Complementary Bibliography