Learning objectives
The student must: - master the critical tools suitable to formally and conceptually interpret images in their historical development. - know how to carry out a detailed iconographic and stylistic analysis of a Renaissance work of art, using an appropriate descriptive lexicon;
Prerequisites
There is no mandatory propedeuticity
Full programme
The iconological school: Warburg, Saxl, Panofsky, Ghihlow, Wind - Pagan Mistery of the Reanaissance - Hieroglyphs - Emblems - Alchemy and iconology - The illustrated book; Portraits - Gods and loves Fodd and art; predict the Future; the Art of Memory
Bibliography
The student will have to choose one of the reference manuals
E. Wind,Misteri pagani del Rinascimento, Milano Adelphi, 2009 E. Panofsky, Studi di iconologia. I temi umanistici nell’arte del Rinascimento, Torino Einaudi, 1995 R. Wittkower, Allegoria e migrazione dei simboli, Torino Einaudi 1987 E. Gombrich, Immagini simboliche, Torino Einaudi 1997 K. Gielhlow, Hieroglyphica. La conoscenza umanistica dei geroglifici nell’allegoria del Rinascimento, una ipotesi, ed. italiana a cura di M. Ghelardi e S. Mueller, Nino Aragno editore, Torino 2004; Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, a cura di M. Gabriele e M. Ariani, Milano, Adelphi 1998 Andrea Alciato, Il libro degli Emblemi, a cura di M. Gabriele, Nuova Edizione ampliata, Milano, Adelphi, 2015; ‘Con parola brieve et con figura’. Libri antichi di imprese e emblemi, a cura di L. Bolzoni, Lucca, Maria Pacini Fazzi editore, 2004 M. Gabriele, Alchimia e Iconologia, Forum editrice universitaria udinese, Udine 2008; Cesare Ripa, Iconologia. A cura di Sonia Maffei. Testo stabilito da Paolo Procaccioli, Torino Einaudi, i Millenni 2012; F. Yates, L’Arte della memoria, Torino Einaudi 1993; F. Saxl, La storia delle immagini, Bari Laterza 2005.
Teaching methods
Frontal lessons with slides
Assessment methods and criteria
The evaluation will consist of an oral test, inherent specifically i topics covered in the course and those included in the recommended bibliography. A question will be on a topic chosen by the candidate;
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.The evaluation
will consist of an oral test, inherent specifically i
topics covered in the course and those included in the recommended
bibliography. A question will be on a topic chosen by the candidate. A fail
is determined by the lack of an understanding of the minimum content of
the course, the inability to express oneself adequately, by a lack of
autonomous preparation, the inability to solve problems related to
information retrieval and the decoding of complex texts, as well as an
inability to make independent judgments. A pass (18-23/30) is
determined by the student’s possession of the minimum, fundamental
contents of the course, an adequate level of autonomous preparation and
ability to solve problems related to information retrieval and the decoding
of complex texts, as well as an acceptable level of ability in making
independent judgments. Middle-range scores (24-27/30) are
assigned to the student who produces evidence of a more than sufficient
level (24-25/30) or good level (26-27/30) in the evaluation indicators
listed above. Higher scores (from 28/30 to 30/30 cum laude) are awarded
on the basis of the student’s demonstration of a very good or excellent
level in the evaluation indicators listed above
