As dicotomias peso/leveza e forma/ideia na escultura : a desmaterialização progressiva do objecto artístico

The dichotomies Weight/Lightness and Form/Idea formed the theory and the practice of Art, existing a correspondence between them. The weight exists thanks to the existence of a form that is made of matter; in the other hand, the lightness comes from the idea that is always present when the creation exists. This dichotomies were always interconnected during the centuries, and there are variations in relevancy of form and/or idea. In sculpture´s tradition, the physical weight was a essential reality, and the idea of sculpture, without the immaterial side was underlined to the form. During the centuries, new artistic approaches were born and re-born focused on the frailty, lightness and idea of the artistic object, fact that came to cancel the classic notion of work of art. The concept of image became the focus of the esthetical experience of the subject, which alone, tended to substantiate the artistic object itself. In the same way that lightness, when taken to the extreme, and despite the tridimensionality materiality of the object, begun to relate the art with the own action of the body, the gesture of the artist, rising both to the status of art

O livro infantil como ferramenta na educação artística e patrimonial : projeto editorial sobre património histórico-artístico de Lisboa

Children books can constitute an important tool to talk about art and heritage with children in preschool. The images and narrative help children to become aware that works of art can tell us stories and if they pay attention to the details they can discover their mysteries. The children book project: Ginja, um Gato Lisboeta is an example of that, revealing the history of the city through the adventures of a little girl and her cat Ginja, watching and discovering the heritage of Lisbon