ABSTRACT: The present work tries to approach the construction, the technique and the respective influences existing in the vaulted forms of the late medieval architecture of the Braga cycle and its surrounding area. The starting point for this analysis is, first of all, the builders from the north of Spain, more precisely from the Burgos cycle, which is based in Braga and on its border. In this way, we can point out that these masters were fundamental for the innovation of architectural forms, introducing a torrent of renewal in the way of building architecture, especially the new typologies (...)

ABSTRACT: The concept of "citor" was created and developed in the Doctoral Thesis in Fine Arts, Specialty of Painting, entitled: "Painting as Visible Hypertext - Insertion of Citor& (...)

ABSTRACT: In his essay, we are going to define as “City-Cinema”, in order to get a conceptual development useful for the studies of Cinema. The emphasis is directed to the realistic and Imaginary Cities produced by the Cinema of different times, in order to examine elements from its architecture, spatiality, social organization, and also searching to perceive its articulation with the film plan. The hypothesis is that the even the imaginary cities always show the fears, angusties, desires, hopes and demands of the society witch have produced the film. In this way, we apply here the (...)

ABSTRACT: A famous article published by Baudelaire in 1859 summarizes the hostility towards photography among critics and artists in the nineteenth century. Despite his harsh words, a review of the entire article, combined with some elements of his biography, allow us to rethink his disapproval in connection with a larger context of the art of his time. Although photography was at first an emblematic target in Baudelaire’s criticism, it is consistent to say that it actually captivated him along the course of his life.   KEYWORDS: Baudelaire; Photography (...)

ABSTRACT: This work pretends to evaluate the meaning of the art in the contemporary society, from the cultural industry advent, in the perspective of Frankfurt School thinkers, to refer the occurred social mutations with industrialization and also to demonstrate the role of the design objects in American realism, through Edward Hopper picture analysis.   KEYWORDS: Industrial Design; Art; cultural industry; American realism; Modernism. (...)

ABSTRACT: In this text we explore the complex relationship between art and politics in Western culture. With the intention of establishing a possible model of analysis, we reflect on concepts such as political art, activist art, social and public art. Knowing that in this field, more than just answers we can bring to the ground issues, adding our point of view in this variant of contemporary art. Problematizing concepts established as "institutional" or new slogans as "micropolitical", for example. KEYWORDS: Art; Change; Activism; Policy; Reconciliation. (...)

ABSTRACT: One of the main drivers of early 16th century architecture is, without doubt, Diogo Boytac. The constructive action of this master was highly valued by Reynaldo Santos [2], when assigning him some works that later proved, through the most diverse investigations, not to be his work. In spite of "(re) cataloging", we must not forget the importance that Diogo Boytac acquired in the national construction panorama in the five hundredth century, bringing another formal vision and providing our architecture with constructive forms that approximate those carried out beyond borders. (...)

ABSTRACT: The Bauhaus began its activities in 1919, in Weimar - Germany, under the direction of architect Walter Gropius, as an association of craftsmen without distinction. For his inclusive approach, its professors were many artists, architects and craftsmen from different ideals. Thus were brought together painters, sculptors, decorators, architects and other professionals from many different locations. With their existence tied to political events of the interwar period, this school has several limitations and had to move its headquarters several times. The aim of this paper is to report (...)

ABSTRACT: This article deals with the Late Gothic architecture of Mestre Mateus Fernandes at the end of the 15th century and the early years of the 16th century, in particular the importance of the monastery of Santa Maria da Vitória (Batalha) and the geometric schemes used at the time.     KEYWORDS: Late Gothic Architecture; Master Mateus Fernandes; Centuries XV and XVI; Monastery of Santa Maria da Vitória; Geometric schemes. (...)

ABSTRACT: The modern world, despite all of the economic difficulties it faces, has a deep concern for its Cultural Heritage, unparalelled throughout History. The railway heritage in Portugal has, in our opinion, the great advantage of being able to be read in its material and immaterial scope, allowing us to have a general and integrated vision of this heritage. With this in mind, the Museu Nacional Ferroviário has an important role to play, along with a cultural responsability to divulge unique pieces, specially where it concerns the rolling stock, from which it is important to (...)

ABSTRACT: Inspired by Peirce& (...)

ABSTRACT: This article regards to the reflections on the imaginary line that can exist between art and madness. Based on what criteria can we see that the psychoses are manifested in artists? Or to what extent the work of a psychotic, such as Arthur Bispo do Rosário, can be considered works of art? In this context, it is appropriate to ask: will the madness manifests art or art expresses the madness? Arthur Bispo do Rosário lived most of his life in the Juliano Moreira Colony of Rio de Janeiro. He was submitted to current medical treatment for the time, practiced in hospitalized (...)

ABSTRACT: The importance of collectivities has always been crucial for the cultural advance of any country. In the case of Hungary and the extinct Czechoslovakia, these groupings were the engine of the vanguards succeeded in both countries, and from the architectural point of view, they also became the cores of thought from which the Modern Movement penetrated. In these two Central European nations, both groups were pooled around a series of publications such as Devětsil in Czechoslovakia or Ma in Hungary Its directors became in standards of their respective avant-garde. The irruption of the (...)

RESUMO: O presente artigo pretende analisar as colaborações e ligações entre as artes (arquitectura, pintura e escultura) observando pincipalmente os seus significados comuns e as novas dinâmicas contemporâneas que propoem uma dissolução dos limites establecidos pelos dominios de cada uma das artes. Depois de uma breve contextualização histórica, define-se quatro níveis de interacção, cada um com os suas próprios exemplos e teorias que o sustêm. Deste modo, pretende-se permitir a (...)

RESUMO: A exposição – “The Responsive Eye” - de 1965, no Museu de Arte Moderna de Nova Iorque, trouxe a projeção e o reconhecimento à Op Art e também a Bridget Riley. A estética de Bridget Riley, faz parte de um conjunto de práticas experimentais desenvolvidas durante o período pós-guerra, a partir das quais, alguns conceitos não representacionais são explorados e desenvolvidos. A sua arte foca-se em transportar até aos sentidos do observador, as forças imateriais de uma natureza (...)