Watched George Cukor's film Gaslight

9 Outubro 2017, 16:00 • Cecília Maria Beecher Martins

Watched George Cukor's film Gaslight in preperation of the students writing formal film analysis on it

Reflection on visit to Gulbenkian + Introduction to Formal Film Analysis

4 Outubro 2017, 16:00 • Cecília Maria Beecher Martins

General discussion of students' reaction to the guided visit to the Founder's Collection at the Gulbenkian Museum. 
2 students presented 2 pieces from the collection that they considered demonstrated how art can be a reflection of their society at the time. 
Finished the discussion on the appreciation of art by referring to the 2 principle processes at work when we reflect on the visual arts. The inherent comprehension process: •Process: we establish relationships between the elements in the work of art itself and stored personal knowledge (i.e. through prototypes, schemes, idealised representations/canonical references (Solso, 1996).  •We understand characters in a narrative by inferring mental states in them and these inferences are based in an intuitive (called "folk") psychology (Prosser, 2003). and the educated process where we are informed what the artist may mean  and what he/she wishes to achieve through the piece e.g. Tracey Emin's "My Bed" - a reflection of our wasteful,messy,  disposable society. ~
The progressed to discussing the formal analysis of film using Timothy Corrigans "Six Approaches to Analysing Film" (chapter in course manual)

Guided Visit to Gulbenkain Museum

2 Outubro 2017, 16:00 • Cecília Maria Beecher Martins

Guided tour of the Gulbenkian Museum - The Founder's Collection.

The process associated with the comprehension of art

27 Setembro 2017, 16:00 • Cecília Maria Beecher Martins

Discussion of art as a reflection of society based on the Art History Timeline in the manual.

Presentation of the cognitive processes associated with the comprehension of art.

process: we establish relationships between the elements in the work of art itself and stored personal knowledge (i.e. through prototypes, schemes, idealised representations/canonical references (Solso, 1996).

narrative: We understand characters in a narrative by inferring mental states in them and these inferences are based in an intuitive (called "folk") psychology (Prosser, 2003).

levels of coprehension according to the Biggs Solos taxonomy applied to the painting: Dorothea Tanning  - The Philosophers - 1952

1)PRE-STRUCTURAL – “It’s a painting.”

2)UNI-STRUCTURAL - ”People at a table”

3)MULTI-STRUCTURAL – ”People at a table. Food is served. Two are making a toast””

4) RELATIONAL  -”It’s a rather enigmatic scene that resembles a kind of meal. While two characters seem to make a toast against the shadows in the background, another doesn't share it.”

5) ABSTRACT – “(…) the wife of the famous painter Max Ernst  being the author, the scene might represent  something about their relationship (…)”

Nest class will be a guided visit to the Gulbenkian Museum - the Founder's collection

Reading and discussion

25 Setembro 2017, 16:00 • Cecília Maria Beecher Martins

Discussion of students answers to the text, "Is this art?"

Reflections on reading forcontent and discussion of opinions expressed.

Discussion of what is art based on this text and the text in the manual on The Turner Proze.