Jenny Saville and a feminist aesthetics of disgust

19 Março 2024, 11:00 • Paula Alexandra Carvalho Alves Rodrigues Horta

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

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Written Test

14 Março 2024, 11:00 • Paula Alexandra Carvalho Alves Rodrigues Horta

First written Test

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Critical theory on the abject, the grotesque and the uncanny

12 Março 2024, 11:00 • Paula Alexandra Carvalho Alves Rodrigues Horta

• Contemporary artists' responses to the representation of the idealised body in classical paintings of the Western canon.
• Analysis of Paula Rego's Dog Woman series 

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Reading and reflection about John Berger's Ways of Seeing

7 Março 2024, 11:00 • Paula Alexandra Carvalho Alves Rodrigues Horta

Critical reflection about the exhibition "Masculinities: Liberation through Photography" in light of John Berger's critical theory.

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Representations of the mal and female body in contemporary art

5 Março 2024, 11:00 • Paula Alexandra Carvalho Alves Rodrigues Horta

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

-       Lynda Nead’s reflections on the art/obscenity opposition and the Kantian distinction between the beautiful and the sublime in The Female Nude: Art, Obscenity and Sexuality

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