Learning objectives
The fundamental objective is to explain how to study the main artistic movements, which requires multiple approaches and different methods of analysis, although in constant respect for the unity of history (2nd descriptor). The student must: know how to use the evaluation of mature knowledge (3rd descriptor); start mastering the correct use of the disciplinary terminology (4th descriptor); it has been studied in an autonomous and original way to connect phenomena and to read the complexity of the history of art (5th descriptor)
Prerequisites
There is no mandatory propedeuticity,
Course unit content
The course illustrates the methodology used to study the history of art and the evolution of artistic language between the twelfth and twentieth centuries.
Bibliography
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Reference Manual:
• Antonio Pinelli, La Storia dell'arte. Instructions for use, Bari GLF editors Laterza, 2009.
• The reading of the manual will be accompanied by one of the following essays listed:
Carlo Ginzburg, “Spie. Radici di un paradigma indiziario”, in Miti emblemi spie. Morfologia e storia, Piccola Biblioteca Einaudi, Torino 1986 e successive edizioni, pp. 158-209.
Alessandro Conti, “L’evoluzione dell’artista”, in Storia dell’arte italiana. Questioni e metodi, a cura di Giovanni Previtali, parte prima Materiali e problemi, vol. II, L’artista e il pubblico, Torino (Giulio Einaudi Editore) 1979, pp. 115-263;
Giovanni Previtali, “La periodizzazione della storia dell’arte italiana”, in Storia dell’arte italiana. Questioni e metodi, a cura di Giovanni Previtali, parte prima Materiali e problemi, vol. I, Questioni e metodi, Torino (Giulio Einaudi Editore) 1979, pp. 3-95;
Enrico Castelnuovo e Carlo Ginzburg, “Centro e periferia”, in Storia dell’arte italiana. Questioni e metodi, a cura di Giovanni Previtali, parte prima Materiali e problemi, vol. I, Questioni e metodi, Torino (Giulio Einaudi Editore) 1979, pp. 283-352;
L. Bellosi, La pecora di Giotto, Milano Abscondita 2015
R. Krautheimer, Tre capitali cristiane, topografia e politica, Torino, Einaudi, 1987: i capitoli dedicati a Roma e Milano (PDF on-line).
L. Bellosi, Giotto, Firenze, Scala, 1981
Bibliografia – Istituzioni di Storia dell’arte
1 libro a scelta tra:
H. Honour, Neo-Classicism, Harmondsworth, Penguin Books, 1968 (Neoclassicismo, trad. it. di R. Federici, Torino, Einaudi, 1993)
L. Nochlin, Realism, Harmondsworth, Penguin Books, 1971 (Il realismo. La pittura in Europa nel XIX secolo, trad. it. di G. Scattone, Torino, Einaudi, 1979, 1989)
M.G. Messina, Le muse d'oltremare. Esotismo e primitivismo dell'arte contemporanea, Torino, Einaudi, 1993
F. Rovati, L’arte del primo Novecento, Torino, Einaudi, 2015
A. Del Puppo, L’arte contemporanea. Il secondo Novecento, Torino, Einaudi, 2913
R. Krauss, Passages in modern sculpture, London, Thames & Hudson - New York, Viking P., 1977 (Passaggi. Storia della scultura da Rodin alla Land Art, a c. di E. Grazioli, Milano, Bruno Mondadori, 1998)
Teaching methods
Frontal lessons with slides, and guided tours to the art places of the city.
Assessment methods and criteria
The assessment will take place through an oral exam lasting about 20-30 minutes. During the examination, images and reference texts can be shown. Students will have the texts adopted with them.
Other information
The exam is in the new training offer; the students of the Magistrale LM \ 89 who want to put the exam in the study plan among the exams of their choice, must agree with the teacher a different bibliography.
