Art History and Criticism

Area of Art History and Theory

The aim is to go deeper into questions related to historiography, aesthetic theories and the methodology of art production analysis for art in general and, in particular, for Brazilian art from the 16th century to the present day.

Faculty

Ana Cavalcanti
Angela Ancora da Luz
Carlos Terra
Cybele Vidal
Ivair Reinaldim
Maria Clara Amado
Maria Cristina Volpi
Maria Luisa Tavora
Marize Malta
Patricia Leal Azevedo Corrêa
Silvia Barbosa Guimarães Borges
Sonia Gomes Pereira

Research groups

Artist Training in the Academia Imperial de Belas Artes (Imperial Academy of Fine Arts)
Colonial Tiles in the City of Rio de Janeiro
Contemporary-and-Modern-Art-Experiments-in-Brazil
ENTRESSÉCULOS – Changes and Continuity in the Arts in Brazil in the 19th and 20th Centuries
History of Landscaping
Manifestations of Informalism in Artistic Engraving in the 50s and 60s
Masters, Critics and Artists
MODOS – Art History: Ways of Seeing, Exhibiting and Understanding
The Various Expressionists in Brazil’s Modern Art as Observed in the Special Rooms of the Bienal de São Paulo in the 50s – UFRJ