Art analysisArt historyOnline course

Analysing Art

Estimated time

35 hours

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€35,00

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

Distinguishing concepts of interpretation 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).

Practical analysis of works of art: painting, sculpture and architecture.

Who takes this 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 exploring the topic.

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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)

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Overall course evaluation – 4,6

(scale de 1 a 5)

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Analysing Art

Critical analysis and opportunities for improvement

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