AESTHETICS AND ART HISTORY FOR EDUCATORS (Module 2)
The course seeks to encourage participants to reflect on issues related to aesthetics and art history based on the analysis of images and reading short texts that connect art, culture and philosophy. Participants will have the support of the teacher to develop their own projects, and thus be able to better meet the specificities of their students.
objectives
To train or expand the knowledge of professionals and other interested parties to make use of aesthetics and art history as a resource for the creative, emotional and social development of young people and adults.
Target Audience
Educators - Artists - Art-Educators - General Public
Methodology
Reading and discussion of texts. Projection and analysis of images. We will seek to creatively relate the ideas and images presented, focusing not only on pre-established content, but above all on a "reflective dynamics" during classes. Inspired by the methods of the plastic artist and art-educator Helio Rodrigues, we will seek to prioritize "occurrences" that are characteristic of each class.
Program content
Class 1 - Course presentation: From the division of the arts to the "total work of art"
Lesson 2 - The modern look of Paul Cézanne
Lesson 3 - Purism, abstraction, "formalisms"
Class 4 - Arts in an expanded field
Class 5 - Final debate, discussion of proposals, closing
Bibliography
GREENBERG, Clement. “Towards a newer Laocoon”, in Clement Greenberg and the Critical Debate, Jorge Zahar, Rio de Janeiro, 1996.
KRAUSS, Rosalind. "Sculpture in the Expanded Field", in Paths of Modern Sculpture, S. Paulo, Martins Fontes, 2001.
LESSING, G. E. Laocoon: Or On the Frontiers of Painting and Poetry, S. Paulo, Iluminuras, 2011.
MERLEAU-PONTY, Maurice. "Cezanne's Doubt", in The visible and the invisible, trad. A. Gianotti, S. Paulo: Perspectiva, 1992.
Information
-In addition to the classes given live once a week (via zoom) and the content available on the platform, the teacher also supports online students throughout the course;
- Professor Thomas Simões.
Architect and Urban Planner (University of Brasilia)
Master in Cultural History (Pontifical Catholic University, Rio de Janeiro)
Doctor in History and Civilizations (École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris)
Certificate
Participation of at least 70% of the course is required to receive the certificate.
Cerificationissued byBrazil Action Artwith extension level.
Duration
This course lasts for5 weeks (12 hours), containing:
- Classes by Zoom
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Consultation Materials
- Exchanges of Experiences
- Final work
day and time
Wednesdays from 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm - Live class via Zoom
Prerequisites
There are no prerequisites for taking this course.
It is not necessary to have taken module 1 to take module 2.
