Francesca DELL'ACQUA | INTRODUCTION TO MEDIEVAL, MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ART HISTORY

cod. 0312800054

INTRODUCTION TO MEDIEVAL, MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ART HISTORY

	0312800054
	DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL HERITAGE
	EQF6
	CULTURAL HERITAGE SCIENCES
	2024/2025

CURRICULUM ARCHAEOLOGICAL PATHWAY

	OBBLIGATORIO
	YEAR OF COURSE 1
	YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2017
	AUTUMN SEMESTER

TEACHING UNITS

	SSD	CFU	HOURS	ACTIVITY	TYPE OF ACTIVITY
1	INTRODUZIONE ALLA STORIA DELL'ARTE MEDIEVALE, MODERNA E CONTEMPORANEA MOD 01
	L-ART/01	4	20	LESSONS	COMPULSORY SUBJECTS, CHARACTERISTIC OF THE CLASS
2	INTRODUZIONE ALLA STORIA DELL'ARTE MEDIEVALE, MODERNA E CONTEMPORANEA MOD. 02
	L-ART/03	8	40	LESSONS	COMPULSORY SUBJECTS, CHARACTERISTIC OF THE CLASS

PROFESSORS

	FRANCESCA DELL'ACQUA1 T Curriculum
	NICOL MARIA MOCCHI2 Curriculum
	ADRIANO AMENDOLA2 Curriculum

	Objectives
	THIS MODULE AIMS TO PROVIDE THE MAIN ELEMENTS FOR UNDERSTANDING THE DEVELOPMENT IN THE ARTS OF ITALY (IN PARTICULAR OF OUR TERRITORY) AND EUROPE. ATTENTION WILL BE GIVEN TO THE CREATION OF WORKS OF ART AND THEIR STYLISTIC ASPECTS, WHILE PROVIDING BASIC ELEMENTS FOR THE IDENTIFICATION, THEIR HISTORICAL CONTEXT AND THEIR CORRECT DESCRIPTION WITH SPECIALIST LANGUAGE. KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING: THE STUDENT WILL ACQUIRE CRITICAL TOOLS AND METHODS FOR THE STUDY OF WORKS OF ART. APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING: AT THE END OF THE MODULE, THE STUDENT SHOULD BE ABLE TO APPLY THE KNOWLEDGE ACQUIRED IN THE NEXT STEPS OF THE THE ART HISTORY PATHWAY. MAKING JUDGMENTS: STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO DISCERN BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF ART HISTORICAL ARTEFACTS AND EXPRESS THEMSELVES WITH APPROPRIATE TERMINOLOGY AND INDEPENDENT JUDGMENT.

THIS MODULE AIMS TO PROVIDE THE MAIN ELEMENTS FOR UNDERSTANDING THE DEVELOPMENT IN THE ARTS OF ITALY (IN PARTICULAR OF OUR TERRITORY) AND EUROPE. ATTENTION WILL BE GIVEN TO THE CREATION OF WORKS OF ART AND THEIR STYLISTIC ASPECTS, WHILE PROVIDING BASIC ELEMENTS FOR THE IDENTIFICATION, THEIR HISTORICAL CONTEXT AND THEIR CORRECT DESCRIPTION WITH SPECIALIST LANGUAGE.
KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING: THE STUDENT WILL ACQUIRE CRITICAL TOOLS AND METHODS FOR THE STUDY OF WORKS OF ART.
APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING: AT THE END OF THE MODULE, THE STUDENT SHOULD BE ABLE TO APPLY THE KNOWLEDGE ACQUIRED IN THE NEXT STEPS OF THE THE ART HISTORY PATHWAY.
MAKING JUDGMENTS: STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO DISCERN BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF ART HISTORICAL ARTEFACTS AND EXPRESS THEMSELVES WITH APPROPRIATE TERMINOLOGY AND INDEPENDENT JUDGMENT.

	Prerequisites
	NONE

	Contents
	WHAT IS ART HISTORY? AND HOW ARE WORKS OF ART DESCRIBED AND INTERPRETED? THIS MODULE OFFERS A BASIC METHODOLOGICAL PATH TO TACKLE FUNDAMENTAL THEMES OF THE DISCIPLINE, THROUGH THE ILLUSTRATION OF SOME CONCRETE EXAMPLES SELECTED FROM A BROAD CHRONOLOGY – THAT IS FROM THE FOURTH TO THE 21ST CENTURY – AND THE USE OF UP-TO-DATE INTERPRETATIVE TOOLS. THE MODULE IS ARTICULATED IN THREE SUB-MODULES:1 HISTORY OF MEDIEVAL ART: IN WHICH THE FOLLOWING TOPICS WILL BE TREATED: PERIODIZATION OF THE MIDDLE AGES; ARTISTIC TECHNIQUES IN THE PERIOD 300-1400 CIRCA AND TECHNICAL-ARTISTIC KNOWLEDGE; SUPPLY AND SYMBOLISM OF MATERIALS; PATRONAGE AND FRUITION. 2 HISTORY OF MODERN ART: IN WHICH THE FOLLOWING THEMES WILL BE ANALYZED: PERIODIZATION OF MODERN ART; ARTISTIC TECHNIQUES IN THE PERIOD 1400-1800 AND TECHNICAL-ARTISTIC KNOWLEDGE; SUPPLY AND SYMBOLISM OF MATERIALS; PATRONAGE AND FRUITION. 3 HISTORY OF CONTEMPORARY ART: IN WHICH THE MAIN CURRENTS AND ARTISTS OF THE LATE NINETEENTH AND EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURIES WILL BE ADDRESSED; THE METHODS OF PRODUCTION, CIRCULATION AND FRUITION OF WORKS THROUGH EXHIBITIONS AND ART MAGAZINES; LANGUAGES AND TECHNIQUES THROUGH READING EXERCISES.

Contents

WHAT IS ART HISTORY? AND HOW ARE WORKS OF ART DESCRIBED AND INTERPRETED? THIS MODULE OFFERS A BASIC METHODOLOGICAL PATH TO TACKLE FUNDAMENTAL THEMES OF THE DISCIPLINE, THROUGH THE ILLUSTRATION OF SOME CONCRETE EXAMPLES SELECTED FROM A BROAD CHRONOLOGY – THAT IS FROM THE FOURTH TO THE 21ST CENTURY – AND THE USE OF UP-TO-DATE INTERPRETATIVE TOOLS.

THE MODULE IS ARTICULATED IN THREE SUB-MODULES:1 HISTORY OF MEDIEVAL ART: IN WHICH THE FOLLOWING TOPICS WILL BE TREATED: PERIODIZATION OF THE MIDDLE AGES; ARTISTIC TECHNIQUES IN THE PERIOD 300-1400 CIRCA AND TECHNICAL-ARTISTIC KNOWLEDGE; SUPPLY AND SYMBOLISM OF MATERIALS; PATRONAGE AND FRUITION.
2 HISTORY OF MODERN ART: IN WHICH THE FOLLOWING THEMES WILL BE ANALYZED: PERIODIZATION OF MODERN ART; ARTISTIC TECHNIQUES IN THE PERIOD 1400-1800 AND TECHNICAL-ARTISTIC KNOWLEDGE; SUPPLY AND SYMBOLISM OF MATERIALS; PATRONAGE AND FRUITION.

3 HISTORY OF CONTEMPORARY ART: IN WHICH THE MAIN CURRENTS AND ARTISTS OF THE LATE NINETEENTH AND EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURIES WILL BE ADDRESSED; THE METHODS OF PRODUCTION, CIRCULATION AND FRUITION OF WORKS THROUGH EXHIBITIONS AND ART MAGAZINES; LANGUAGES AND TECHNIQUES THROUGH READING EXERCISES.

	Teaching Methods
	LECTURES, WORKSHOPS, SEMINARS.

	Verification of learning
	THE EXAMINATION WILL TAKE PLACE IN TWO PHASES: 1) MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST ON TOPICS DEALT WITH DURING THE MODULE CONTAINING 16 QUESTIONS: EACH CORRECT ANSWER EQUALS 2 POINTS; THE TEST IS PASSED WITH A MINIMUM OF 9 CORRECT ANSWERS (18 POINTS); 2) INTERVIEW: THREE QUESTIONS TO WHICH THE CANDIDATE WILL HAVE TO ANSWER DEMONSTRATING TO MASTER THE TOPICS DEALT WITH DURING THE MODULE. THE RESULTS OF THE WRITTEN TEST AND OF THE INTERVIEW ARE EQUALLY IMPORTANT IN DETERMINING THE FINAL MARK (MINUMUM 18, MAX 30 CUM LAUDE).

Verification of learning

THE EXAMINATION WILL TAKE PLACE IN TWO PHASES: 1) MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST ON TOPICS DEALT WITH DURING THE MODULE CONTAINING 16 QUESTIONS: EACH CORRECT ANSWER EQUALS 2 POINTS; THE TEST IS PASSED WITH A MINIMUM OF 9 CORRECT ANSWERS (18 POINTS); 2) INTERVIEW: THREE QUESTIONS TO WHICH THE CANDIDATE WILL HAVE TO ANSWER DEMONSTRATING TO MASTER THE TOPICS DEALT WITH DURING THE MODULE.
THE RESULTS OF THE WRITTEN TEST AND OF THE INTERVIEW ARE EQUALLY IMPORTANT IN DETERMINING THE FINAL MARK (MINUMUM 18, MAX 30 CUM LAUDE).

	Texts
	MODULE I: STUDY IN THE VOLUME EDITED BY F. CRIVELLO, ARTI E TECNICHE DEL MEDIOEVO, EINAUDI, TORINO 2006, THE FOLLOWING CHAPTERS: AVORI, PP. 48-63; MOSAICO, PP. 138-168; OREFICERIA, PP. 168-179; PITTURA, PP. 179-202; SCULTURA, PP. 223-271. (WE ALSO RECOMMEND THAT YOU CONSULT, AS NEEDED, THE CHAPTERS: BRONZO, PP. 63-76; MINIATURA, PP. 105-119; STUCCHI, PP. 280-300; VETRATE, PP. 312-326) MODULE II: LEARN IN THE VOLUME JOHN SHERMANN, ARTE E SPETTATORE NEL RINASCIMENTO ITALIANO, JAKA BOOK, MILANO 1995 OR OTHER EDITION, THE FOLLOWING CHAPTERS: UNO SPETTATORE COINVOLTO (PP. 10-58), UNO SPAZIO CONDIVISO (PP. 59-107). WE ALSO RECOMMEND THAT YOU CONSULT, AS NEEDED, THE CHAPTER: RITRATTI E POETI (PP. 108-148). MODULE III: 4 ESSAYS AT THE STUDENT'S CHOICE FROM THE VOLUME EDITED BY ANTONELLO NEGRI, ARTE E ARTISTI NELLA MODERNITÀ, JACA BOOK, MILANO 2007.

Texts

MODULE I:
STUDY IN THE VOLUME EDITED BY F. CRIVELLO, ARTI E TECNICHE DEL MEDIOEVO, EINAUDI, TORINO 2006, THE FOLLOWING CHAPTERS: AVORI, PP. 48-63; MOSAICO, PP. 138-168; OREFICERIA, PP. 168-179; PITTURA, PP. 179-202; SCULTURA, PP. 223-271. (WE ALSO RECOMMEND THAT YOU CONSULT, AS NEEDED, THE CHAPTERS: BRONZO, PP. 63-76; MINIATURA, PP. 105-119; STUCCHI, PP. 280-300; VETRATE, PP. 312-326)
MODULE II:
LEARN IN THE VOLUME JOHN SHERMANN, ARTE E SPETTATORE NEL RINASCIMENTO ITALIANO, JAKA BOOK, MILANO 1995 OR OTHER EDITION, THE FOLLOWING CHAPTERS: UNO SPETTATORE COINVOLTO (PP. 10-58), UNO SPAZIO CONDIVISO (PP. 59-107). WE ALSO RECOMMEND THAT YOU CONSULT, AS NEEDED, THE CHAPTER: RITRATTI E POETI (PP. 108-148).
MODULE III:
4 ESSAYS AT THE STUDENT'S CHOICE FROM THE VOLUME EDITED BY ANTONELLO NEGRI, ARTE E ARTISTI NELLA MODERNITÀ, JACA BOOK, MILANO 2007.

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