Types of Analysis and Critique

26 Março 2026, 17:00 • Paula Alexandra Carvalho Alves Rodrigues Horta

This lesson introduced art analysis as a multi-method process, encouraging students to engage with artworks through diverse interpretive strategies. Learners developed skills in analyzing content at multiple levels, from surface description to deeper conceptual meanings, while also interpreting symbolism to uncover underlying messages. The lesson highlighted the importance of context—historical, cultural, and social—in shaping interpretation. By applying different critical perspectives, students learned to broaden and question their interpretations, ultimately synthesizing these approaches into coherent, well-supported understandings of artworks.

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Style, Form, and Content

24 Março 2026, 17:00 • Paula Alexandra Carvalho Alves Rodrigues Horta

This lesson introduced students to key concepts in art analysis by exploring how style functions as a cultural and historical framework that shapes artistic production and interpretation. Students learned to differentiate between major stylistic categories while also understanding form as the overall visual organization of an artwork. The lesson developed skills in analyzing content on multiple levels, encouraging learners to examine both explicit and implicit meanings. It emphasized the dynamic relationship between form and content, showing how visual elements contribute to meaning, and introduced symbolism and iconography as tools for deeper interpretation. Additionally, students considered the active role of the viewer in constructing meaning, ultimately integrating style, form, and content to produce more comprehensive and critical analyses of art.

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Visual Elements of Art

19 Março 2026, 17:00 • Paula Alexandra Carvalho Alves Rodrigues Horta

This lesson introduced art as a visual language, focusing on the identification and definition of the fundamental elements of art. Students explored how these elements function expressively. The lesson also examined figure–ground relationships and principles of visual perception, enabling students to better interpret how images are organized and understood. 

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Guidelines for the Research Project and submission of the Research Project Proposal.

17 Março 2026, 17:00 • Paula Alexandra Carvalho Alves Rodrigues Horta

Comprehensive guidelines for the Research/Practice-Based Project are provided in the Course Pack (pp. 26–32).
The session also featured a screening of selected research projects by former students.

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Representations of Home Open Seminar 43 with Lara Seixo Rodrigues

12 Março 2026, 17:00 • Paula Alexandra Carvalho Alves Rodrigues Horta

WOOL | Covilhã Urban Art as a tool for transforming territories and communities by Lara Seixo Rodrigues

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