Sumários

Artistic canons

27 Outubro 2022, 18:00 • Rita Sousa

The concept of "canon". Comparison of three artistic canons in different geocultural areas: Western Europe of the (Post)Renaissance, Western Asia (Safavid Persia, Ottoman Turkey), East Asia (Ming China). The role of writting and literary sources. Artistic canons and art collecting. Canons and social differentiation.

artistic goods

21 Outubro 2022, 18:00 • Rita Sousa

1. What is art? The philosophical and economic approaches

2. Defining value: cultural value and economic value

The art markets as a set of ecosystems

14 Outubro 2022, 18:00 • Rita Sousa

The art markets as a set of ecosystems. One example: the market for Chinese porcelain in Portugal.
The circulation of works of art: from the gift economy to the capitalist economy.
Analogies with the financial markets.

Introduction to the art markets

7 Outubro 2022, 18:00 • Rita Sousa

Introductory concepts: "art worlds", "art industries", "art markets"

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30 Setembro 2022, 18:00 • Rita Sousa

Introduction to the programme.

Presentation and comments on the bibliography.

Definition of the assessment: one test on December 2nd 2022 (50%) and one individual essay based on a book by Pierre Bourdieu (50%) to be delivered by email up to December 28th 2022 (more details in the programme of the unit).