Learning objectives
Reading of written materials and analysis of documentary material have been designed to prepare students for independent research, consolidate their critical awareness, and ascertain their tools in preparation for the final dissertation project.
Course unit content
<br />Criticism and satire of expositions in Italy between the late 19th century and early 20th century. <br />
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The course will start with a series of methodology-related encounters on the theme of description/ reproduction/ transcription. Within this specific context, special attention will be given the use of ekphrasis in the Salons of Diderot. Following this will be analysis of a range of materials (reviews, catalogues, illustrated publications, satirical drawings, etc.) related to Italian expositions in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Bibliography
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D.Diderot, La promenade Vernet, a cura di M.Modica, , Milano (Segrate), Nike, 2000 <br />
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J.Starobinski, Diderot e la pittura seguito da Il sacrificio sognato, Milano ,TEA, 1995 (ed. orig.: Paris (1988). <br />
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Tea , up to p.61 <br />
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P.Mainardi, La fine del Salon. Arte all?inizio della Terza Repubblica, con prefazione di A.Negri, Milano (Segrate), Nike, 1998 (ed.orig.Cambridge 1993), pp.9-54 <br />
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Ch.Baudelaire, Scritti sull?arte, Prefazione di E.Raimondi, Torino, Einaudi, 1992 (Salon del 1846) <br />
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Marie-Claude Chadefaux, Le Salon caricatural de 1846 et les autres salons caricaturaux, in ' Gazette des Beaux-Arts ', 1968, n.110, pp.161-169
Teaching methods
Classroom lessons and seminars in strict coordination with the aesthetics course. <br />
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The oral exam will focus on the topics covered as well as discussion of a written paper presented by the student.
