History and Heritage

No background knowledge is required.

The teaching-learning process of this curricular unit includes oral presentation, reading exercises, reflection and research, and practical work with oral presentation in class. Preparation and discussion of visit reports.

1- Characterize the major periods of pre-history and the history of western civilization;

2- Characterize the major movements in the history of art, with emphasis on the architectural styles most used in the built heritage in Portugal

3- Relate the history of art with the history of Portugal

4- Describe different forms of tangible and intangible heritage in Portugal, contextualizing them historically and social context;

5- Know classified heritage in Portugal, as well as the general characteristics of the classification processes

6- Characterize heritage heritage processes, in particular those related to the rural world

7- Describe different types of heritage in rural areas.

a) Periodization of western civilization; the Judeo-Christian roots; the Roman influence and Islamism; the major lines of transformation of political, social and economic structures of independent Portugal;

b) The traces of prehistoric civilizations; rock paintings and engravings; megalithic monuments; ceramics and metals.

c) Characterization and contextualization of the major artistic movements in Portugal: the remains of classical antiquity; paleo-Christian buildings and the Islamic influence; Romanesque, Gothic, Manueline, Renaissance, Mannerist, Baroque, Rococo, Neoclassical, Art Nouveau and Modernism styles; other artistic manifestations;

d) Concept and characteristics of heritage; classification of cultural heritage; legislation; heritage as a development strategy and as a touristic resource; examples of different types of tangible and intangible heritage;

e) Patrimonialization processes: concept and examples in the rural world.

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