Overview
This 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.
Language: English
Also available in: português | español
The course fee includes 24-hour access for an unlimited time to:
- Lessons for each theme of the program
- Downloadable texts
- Explanatory videos
- Evaluation (1 final questionnaire)
- Certificate.
« Art is in the artwork. But what and how is the artwork? »
Martin Heidegger
Learning Objectives – Art analysis online course
How it works
Program
a) Reading / Interpreting
b) Writing about Art: concepts of visual rhetoric and visual literacy
Elements of formal analysis
1. Identification;
2. Technical data;
3. Thematic;
4. Function;
5. Structure (basic and essential considerations);
6. Composition
- Contents: iconography and symbolism
- Thematic categories in painting
- Practical analysis of a painting (Mrs. Richard Brinsley Sheridan, by Thomas Gainsborough)
Elements of formal analysis
1. Identification;
2. Technical and structural data;
3. Thematic;
4. Function;
5. Composition.
- Types of sculpture
- Practical analysis of a sculpture (Funerary lion (unknown author; c. 350 BC).
Elements of formal analysis
1. Identification;
2. Construction function or purpose;
3. Structure;
4. Relationship between function and structure;
5. Relationship between the history and geography of the construction site and architectural forms.
- Practical analysis of an architectural work (Central Tejo, Lisbon)
Reviews
Overall course evaluation – 4,6
(scale de 1 a 5)
What students say about the course
Critical analysis and opportunities for improvement
Although the results obtained are very good, some opportunities for improvement were detected from the comments.
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