LABORATORY OF ART HISTORY: INSTRUMENTS AND METHODS OF CATALOGUING

Antonello RICCO LABORATORY OF ART HISTORY: INSTRUMENTS AND METHODS OF CATALOGUING

0322400052
DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL HERITAGE
EQF7
ART HISTORY AND CRITICISM
2024/2025

YEAR OF COURSE 2
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2016
AUTUMN SEMESTER
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
345LAB
Objectives
THE COURSE AIMS TO PROVIDE BASIC KNOWLEDGE ON COMPUTERIZED CATALOGUING OF CULTURAL HERITAGE IN ITALY, WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO HISTORICAL-ARTISTIC HERITAGE. IT AIMS AT THE ACQUISITION OF KNOWLEDGE ABOUT CATALOGRAPHIC REGULATIONS AND COMPUTER SYSTEMS DEVELOPED SPECIFICALLY BY THE MINISTRY OF CULTURE.

KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING.
THROUGH THE COURSE, THE STUDENT WILL: KNOW THE EVOLUTION OF CATALOGRAPHIC ACTIVITY IN ITALY BETWEEN THE NINETEENTH AND TWENTIETH CENTURIES; KNOW THE MAIN COMPUTER TOOLS USED IN THE CATALOGUING OF CULTURAL HERITAGE, IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE CONTEXTS; KNOW THE CATALOGUING REGULATIONS AND METHODOLOGIES DEFINED BY THE ICCD OF THE MINISTRY OF CULTURE; UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF CATALOGUING ACTIVITY FOR THE PROTECTION, CONSERVATION AND ENHANCEMENT OF CULTURAL HERITAGE IN THE PUBLIC AS WELL AS IN THE PRIVATE SPHERE (INCLUDING IN MUSEUMS, COLLECTIONS, ETC. ); HE/SHE WILL UNDERSTAND THE RELATIONSHIPS AND DIFFERENCES BETWEEN CATALOGUING SOFTWARES; HE/SHE WILL UNDERSTAND THE SPECIFIC MOTIVATIONS THAT HAVE LED SOME LEGAL ENTITIES (E.G. CEI) TO INTEGRATE THE CATALOGRAPHIC REGULATIONS DEFINED BY THE MINISTRY OF CULTURE.

ABILITY TO APPLY KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING.
THROUGH THE COURSE, THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO: EXAMINE FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF SUBJECT MATTER, TECHNIQUE, STYLE, ICONOGRAPHY AND STATE OF PRESERVATION A CULTURAL ASSET OF A HISTORICAL-ARTISTIC TYPE; ACQUIRE APPROPRIATE TERMINOLOGICAL LANGUAGE; ACQUIRE AND PROCESS DATA DETECTABLE FROM A CULTURAL ASSET AND ITS ENVIRONMENTAL CONTEXT; ORGANIZE AND MANAGE INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTARY DATABASES; EASILY DIRECT THEIR OWN RESEARCH AND STUDIES IN THE CATALOGRAPHIC ARCHIVES OF THE MINISTRY OF CULTURE AND OTHER SUBJECTS; PROPOSE PROJECT IDEAS TO THE VARIOUS SUBJECTS THAT PROMOTE AND CARRY OUT CATALOGUING OF CULTURAL ASSETS TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THEIR SPECIFIC NEEDS.

AUTONOMY OF JUDGMENT.
THROUGH THE COURSE THE STUDENT WILL DEVELOP A MORE SOLID ABILITY TO READ A HISTORICAL-ARTISTIC ASSET, WHICH WILL TAKE INTO ACCOUNT TECHNICAL, ICONOGRAPHIC, STYLISTIC AND LEGAL ASPECTS; ACQUIRE AN INCREASINGLY BROADER ABILITY TO ANALYZE; AND BE ABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY UPDATE THEIR KNOWLEDGE IN THE FIELD OF CATALOGING HISTORICAL-ARTISTIC ASSETS.

COMMUNICATION SKILLS.
THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO CLEARLY COMMUNICATE THE RESULTS OF HIS OR HER RESEARCH, WHILE ALSO ADDRESSING PROPERLY TECHNICAL AND SPECIFIC ASPECTS OF THE CATALOGRAPHIC AND ART-HISTORICAL SUBJECT.

LEARNING SKILLS.
THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO: USE THE CATALOGUING RESOURCES OF THE MAIN BODIES INVOLVED IN CATALOGUING CULTURAL HERITAGE IN ITALY; UNDERSTAND AND USE FOR RESEARCH THE SET OF DATA IN A CATALOG CARD, DISCERNING BETWEEN CARDS OF THE PAST AND MORE RECENT CARDS, AS WELL AS BETWEEN FILING SUBJECTS; CARRY OUT COMPUTERIZED CATALOGUING OF HISTORICAL-ARTISTIC HERITAGE; PROCEED TO THE CONTINUOUS UPDATING OF THEIR KNOWLEDGE IN THE FIELD OF CULTURAL HERITAGE.
Prerequisites
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Contents
THE TEACHING INTENDS TO PROVIDE THE STUDENT WITH THE BASICS RELATED TO CATALOGUING METHODOLOGIES AND REGULATIONS, WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO HISTORICAL AND ARTISTIC HERITAGE. IT ALSO INTENDS TO OFFER THE ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE NECESSARY FOR THE USE OF COMPUTERIZED CATALOGING TOOLS, ALSO SPECIFYING THEIR MAIN DIFFERENCES. FINALLY, IN THE COURSE OF THE LECTURES, THE STUDENT WILL ACQUIRE AN APPROPRIATE VOCABULARY OF TERMINOLOGY CHARACTERIZING THE ART-HISTORICAL FIELD. THE TOPICS OF THE COURSE WILL BE AS FOLLOWS: THE INVENTORY OF CULTURAL HERITAGE IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY ITALY (PRE- AND POST-UNIFICATION); CATALOGUING IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY BETWEEN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND THE MINISTRY OF CULTURAL HERITAGE; COMPUTERIZED CATALOGUING OF CULTURAL HERITAGE BETWEEN THE TWENTIETH AND TWENTY-FIRST CENTURIES (SUBJECTS INVOLVED, COMPUTER TOOLS, NATIONAL CATALOGUING PROJECTS); CATALOGUING STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS; CATALOGUING OF HISTORICAL-ARTISTIC HERITAGE (SIGECWEB).
Teaching Methods
CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES AND POSSIBLE FIELD TRIPS ARE PLANNED. DURING THE COURSE, IMAGES, GRAPHICS AND DOCUMENTS WILL BE PROJECTED. WORKS OF ART WILL BE EXAMINED AND CATALOGUE CARDS WILL BE COMPILED. SIGECWEB WILL BE USED.
Verification of learning
ONE PRESENTATION IN INTERCOURSE CLASS. EXAMINATION DISCUSSION DESIGNED TO ASCERTAIN ACHIEVEMENT
OF COURSE OBJECTIVES. THE OUTCOME IS EXPRESSED AS PASS/FAIL.
Texts
TEXTS WILL BE SHARED THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF CLASS.
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