Learn How to Analyse Art – This online course aims to lay the foundation for the art analysis focusing more directly on painting, but also exploring the art analysis of sculpture and architecture.
The techniques of Art Analysis are explained in detail and applied to the practical analysis of works of art
Distinguishing concepts of interpretation of art and description when reading a work of art.
◌ Identifying and describing characters and scenarios in an objective and clear way.
◌ Distinguishing objective reading of subjective reading.
◌ Identifying and recognising the importance of literary and graphic sources for the interpretation of works of art and art analysis .
◌ Identifying the necessary elements for the description and interpretation of a work of art, according to its nature (painting, sculpture or architecture).
How to analyse art – Practical analysis of works of art: painting, sculpture and architecture.
Who should take this Online Course
The course is addressed to students and professionals of the world of the arts, critics, historians and art historians, conservationists and restorers and all those interested in learning How to Analyse Art
No access requirements
Certificate
At the end of the online course , a training certificate will be issued .
The course price (a single payment) includes all content, assessment and certificate. The value is exempt from VAT under paragraph 10 of Article 9 of the CIVA.
Learning
The Art Analysis online course is organized in parts or modules in order to facilitate the learning sequence.
However, you can freely browse the entire course without any restrictions 24 hours a day, according to your interests and your own work method.
The course price includes the evaluation and Certificate.
Value your knowledge!
Program
1. Analysing Art
Reading / Interpreting
Writing about Art: concepts of visual rhetoric and visual literacy
2. Painting
Elements of formal analysis
1. Identification;
2. Technical data;
3. Thematic;
4. Function;
5. Structure (basic and essential considerations);
Composition
Contents: iconography and symbolism
Thematic categories in painting
Practical analysis of a painting
(Mrs. Richard Brinsley Sheridan, by Thomas Gainsborough)
3. Sculpture
Elements of formal analysis
1. Identification;
2. Technical and structural data;
3. Thematic;
4. Function;
Composition.
Types of sculpture
Practical analysis of a sculpture (Funerary lion (unknown author; c. 350 BC).
4- Architecture
Elements of formal analysis
1. Identification;
2. Construction function or purpose;
3. Structure;
Relationship between function and structure;
Relationship between the history and geography of the construction site and architectural forms.
Practical analysis of an architectural work
(Central Tejo, Lisbon)
Author
Yolanda Silva
Graduated in Art History (Faculdade de Letras of the University of Porto). Her career led her to work at the Municipal Historical Archive of Porto and the Museum of ISEP, with inventory and conservation of Photographic collections. She wandered around the world of antiquaries and tourism, until becoming a professional trainer/tutor, dedicating herself to the areas of Art History, Iconography and Conservation of Photography. She currently works at the Department of Culture of Porto, within the scope of Heritage. Has several written works / published in the areas of Art History, Iconography and Conservation.
At the end of the online course , a training certificate will be issued .
