Critical reading of "Feminism and the body" by Fiona Carson

22 Abril 2025, 17:00 • Paula Alexandra Carvalho Alves Rodrigues Horta

Critical theory and discussion of:

-       The abject, the grotesque and the uncanny

-       Contemporary artists' responses to the representation of the idealised body in classical paintings  of the Western canon.

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Critical reading of John Berger’s Ways of Seeing

10 Abril 2025, 17:00 • Paula Alexandra Carvalho Alves Rodrigues Horta

-              Discussion of John Berger’s theories on the treatment of women’s bodies in the Western art canon

-       Screening and discussion of the curator tour of the exhibition "Masculinities: Liberation through Art"

-      The institutional critique and feminist intervention of the Guerrilla Girls 

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Class was cancelled

8 Abril 2025, 17:00 • Paula Alexandra Carvalho Alves Rodrigues Horta

Due to the teacher's illness, class was cancelled.

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First Written Test

3 Abril 2025, 17:00 • Paula Alexandra Carvalho Alves Rodrigues Horta

Written Test.

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Representations of gender in Western art

1 Abril 2025, 17:00 • Paula Alexandra Carvalho Alves Rodrigues Horta

—      Feminist discussions of art history in the 1970s and 1980s

—      Classical representations of the human form in Western art

—      The gaze and the power dynamics of gender

—      Feminist responses to patriarchal art forms and conventions

—      Analyses of selected artworks

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