Sumários

Jenny Saville and a Feminist Aesthetics of Disgust

21 Março 2023, 11:00 • Paula Alexandra Carvalho Alves Rodrigues Horta

Discussion on Michelle Meagher's theory on an aesthetics of disgust.

Analysis of Jenny Saville's work informed by Julia Kristeva's theory of abjection and Darwin's theory on contamination.

Feminism and the body

16 Março 2023, 11:00 • Paula Alexandra Carvalho Alves Rodrigues Horta

The abject, the grotesque and the uncanny

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

Responses to the aging and deformed body in contemporary art

Analysis of a selection of works by Fernando Botero, Lucian Freud, Andres Serrano and Mari Katayama

Tutorial

14 Março 2023, 11:00 • Paula Alexandra Carvalho Alves Rodrigues Horta

One-on-one discussion of students' Research Project Proposals.

Reading John Berger's Ways of Seeing

9 Março 2023, 11:00 • Paula Alexandra Carvalho Alves Rodrigues Horta

Discussion of John Berger's reflection on the treatment of the female body in classical paintings

Examining Mickalene Thomas' exploration of race and and representation of black women's bodies in her reinterpretation of Édouard Manet's Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe, 1863

Lynda Nead's critique of Kenneth Clark's The Nude: A Study in Ideal Form

7 Março 2023, 11:00 • Paula Alexandra Carvalho Alves Rodrigues Horta

i. Kenneth Clark's theory on the representation of the male and the female body

ii. Lynda Nead’s reflections on the art/obscenity opposition and the Kantian distinction between the beautiful and the sublime.