| THE COURSE WILL EXAMINE THE VARIOUS FORMS OF REPRODUCTION OF WORKS OF ART IN THE MODERN AGE, WITH PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF ENGRAVING TECHNIQUES AND THE BIOGRAPHIES OF THE LEADING ARTISTS WORKING IN ROME IN THE SIXTEENTH AND SEVENTEENTH CENTURY. IT WILL REVIEW SOME CASE STUDIES, BEGINNING WITH THE SERIES OF PRINTS TAKEN FROM THE MICHELANGELO’S SISTINE AND THE FRESCOES OF RAPHAEL. IT WILL ALSO STUDY THE CIRCUIT OF PRINTERS IN RELATION TO THE PHENOMENON OF THE ART MARKET AND THE PRESENCE OF FOREIGN ARTISTS, MAINLY FRENCH, DUTCH AND FLEMISH, WHOM CONTRIBUTED SIGNIFICANTLY TO SPREADING THE WORKS OF ITALIAN ART IN EUROPE THROUGH TRADE PRINTS. TO ENABLE STUDENTS EFFECTIVE LEARNING, THROUGH DIRECT EXAMINATION OF THE WORKS DESIGNED AND ENGRAVED, WILL BE AGREED INSPECTION OF COLLECTIONS OF GRAPHIC AND MEETINGS WITH SPECIALISTS. |
