Studies in Art History

How is art history studied? What are the methodological tools used by the discipline? The course aims to answer these two questions by providing a basic knowledge of Italian art history between the 15th and 18th centuries, focusing on particularly important figures and contexts.

Not any

- V. Curzi, Storie dell’arte. Opere e metodi, Milano, Skira 2023 (testo in corso di stampa, disponibile da metà ottobre) - Textbook. Choose from the following two: 1) P. De Vecchi, E. Cerchiari, Arte nel tempo, Bompiani, Milano 2005, vol. 2, tomi I e II; vol 3, tomo I, pp. 1-99. 2) S. Settis, T. Montanari, Arte una storia naturale e civile, Mondadori 2019, voll. 3 e 4 It is also mandatory to have visited at least the following places in Rome: - Musei Vaticani (Musei di Antichità, Pinacoteca Vaticana, Cappella Niccolina, Appartamento Borgia, Stanze e Loggia di Raffaello, Cappella Sistina) - Piazza del Campidoglio e Musei Capitolini (Palazzo Nuovo, Palazzo dei Conservatori e Pinacoteca Capitolina) - Galleria Borghese (Casino e collezione artistica) - Palazzo Barberini e Museo Nazionale d’Arte Antica di Palazzo Barberini - Galleria Doria Pamphilj - Villa Farnesina - Piazza del Popolo e Chiesa di S. Maria del Popolo - Chiesa del Gesù - Chiesa Nuova e Oratorio dei Filippini - Chiesa di S. Ivo alla Sapienza - Chiesa di S. Luigi dei Francesi - Chiesa di S. Agostino - Chiesa di S. Andrea della Valle - Piazza Navona e chiesa di S. Agnese in Agone - Piazza San Pietro e Basilica Vaticana - Piazza del Quirinale e Chiesa di S. Andrea al Quirinale - Chiesa di S. Carlo alle Quattro Fontane - Chiesa di S. Maria della Vittoria - Chiesa di S. Giovanni in Laterano

recommended

Knowledge of the methodological aspects and the most significant works of art of the period. Language properties in oral conversation

frontal lessons

1. Historical-artistic propedeutic. 2. Outline of art history from the Late Gothic to Neoclassicism. 3. Introduction to the analysis of the work of art.

Key competences in the history of art.

1. Notes from lectures. The critical contributions that will constitute work and study material will be gradually indicated by the teacher and placed in a special virtual classroom. For the part concerning the linear perspective, lecture notes can be usefully integrated with the reading of: S. MARCONI, Studi sulla prospettiva del Rinascimento, Roma, Tab Edizioni, 2020; IDEM, Propedeutica prospettica per le arti della rappresentazione visiva, Roma, Tab Edizioni, 2020. 2. A good hanbook for high school. It is advisable: S. SETTIS, T. MONTANARI, Arte. Una storia naturale e civile, Milano, Mondadori Education, 2019, vol. 3 (whole), vol. 4 (to p. 349, including Neoclassicism and Early Romanticism). The preparation of the institutional part on the manual must be integrated with knowledge of the following texts: J. SUMMERSON, Il linguaggio classico dell'architettura, Torino, Einaudi, 1990; La scultura raccontata da Rudolf Wittkower, Torino, Einaudi, 1993, chapters IV-X. 3. Reading of an essay of your choice in a short list that will be communicated at the beginning of the course.

Attendance is not mandatory, but is strongly reccomended. Students who can not follew the lessons are asked to contact the teacher in any case for explanations and suggestions.

The student must demonstrate the knowledge of artistic phenomena from Late Gothic to Neoclassicism, to know how to characterize the artistic personalities, to be able to recognize and analyze the works of different arts (architecture, painting, sculpture, applied and decorative arts).

Lecture with presentation in powerpoint and/or pdf.

The course examines the fundamental features of Italian art history from the 14th to the 18th century: the 14th century, the courtly civilization and the international Gothic, the invention of the Renaissance in the 15th century in Florence, the diffusion of perspective in Italy, the Lorenzo the Magnificent, the mature Renaissance with Leonardo, Raphael and Michelangelo, Mannerism, Venice in the sixteenth century; the birth and diffusion of Caravaggio language; the classicism of Annibale Carracci and his school; the Baroque; Venetian painting of the eighteenth century; the birth of Neoclassicism in Rome. The main aspects will be deepened and dealt with according to a multidisciplinary criterion aimed at the knowledge of different historical-artistic methodologies and the learning of fundamental stylistic coordinates.

No prerequisites required

- Appunti e PDF delle lezioni -Un manuale a scelta tra: 1-Briganti, Bertelli, Giuliano, Storia dell'Arte Italiana: le parti dal Trecento al Neoclassicismo compresi 2-Cricco, Di Teodoro, Itinerario nell'arte. Versione Gialla, Edizione IV, Vol. 2 Dall'arte paleocristiana a Giotto (pp. 770-863), Vol. 3 Dal Gotico Internazionale al Manierismo (completo) e Vol. 4 Dal Barocco al Postimpressionismo (pp. 2-267) 3-T. Montanari, Il barocco, Einaudi

Frontal lessons. There will be exercises in class, interactions, students partecipation and guided tours. In order to access the exam students must visit and know every artist and work of art in the following places: 1. Basilica di San Pietro 2. Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano 3. San Luigi dei Francesi 4. Sant’Agostino 5. Santa Maria del Popolo 6. Chiesa Nuova 7. Sant’Andrea al Quirinale 8. San Carlino alle Quattro Fontane 9. Chiesa del Gesù 10. Sant’Ignazio di Loyola 9. Basilica di San Pietro 11. Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano 12. Santa Maria sopra Minerva 13. Sant'Andrea della Valle 14. San Giovanni dei Fiorentini 15. Sant'Agnese in Agone 16. Santa Maria della Pace 17. Musei Vaticani 18. Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Antica di Palazzo Barberini 19. Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Antica di Palazzo Corsini 20. Galleria Doria Pamphili 21. Galleria Colonna 22. Galleria Borghese 23. Galleria Spada 24. Musei capitolini 25. Museo di Roma di Palazzo Braschi

Strongly recommended frequency

To pass the exam you need to have sufficient knowledge of the topics developed in class, a basic knowledge of in-depth texts, to be able to recognize the main works of the most important artists. To achieve a score of 30/30 cum laude, the student must instead demonstrate that he has acquired an excellent knowledge of all the topics covered during the course, being able to connect them in a logical and coherent way and to have independently investigated some aspects taken. under examination during the lessons.

- Appunti e PDF delle lezioni -Un manuale a scelta tra: 1-Briganti, Bertelli, Giuliano, Storia dell'Arte Italiana: le parti dal Trecento al Neoclassicismo compresi 2-Cricco, Di Teodoro, Itinerario nell'arte. Versione Gialla, Edizione IV, Vol. 2 Dall'arte paleocristiana a Giotto (pp. 770-863), Vol. 3 Dal Gotico Internazionale al Manierismo (completo) e Vol. 4 Dal Barocco al Postimpressionismo (pp. 2-267) -M. Tomasi, L'arte del Trecento in Europa, Einaudi -M. Baxandall, Pittura ed esperienze sociali nell'Italia del Quattrocento, Einaudi -A. Pinelli, La bella Maniera, Einaudi -T. Montanari, Il barocco, Einaudi

Frontal lessons. The exercises will consist of recognition tests, interactions and interventions by the students in the classroom and in guided tours with targeted interventions on individual artworks by the students (the works will be agreed in class during the course).