Studies in Art History

Educational objectives

The course aims to provide a knowledge of the lineaments of the history of ancient Christian literature through the analysis of a Christian text (also in translation) and a debate on related issues. The course also makes the student able to understand the relationships between literature and Christian iconography.

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The objective of the course is to provide, in comparative form, the romance linguistic domain, then follow the genesis of language and its literature during the Middle Ages.Specific objectives that are meant to reach an initial capacity for critical comparison between different romance languages and guidance on the most ancient documents preserved, even literary, in the textual aspects (types, shapes, metric aspects, etc.) and historical-literary (topics, themes, relationships, distribution).

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In consistency with the educational purposes of the whole teaching course, aim of the teaching unit is to give students a basic knowledge and comprehension skills in the field of Roman literature from its origins to the 2nd century AD. C., with the help of coherent textbooks. Moreover, it will make the student able to apply the acquired knowledge in an expert and reflective way, making autonomous judgments, communicating ideas, problems and reflections in a clear and correct way, and developing the knowledge required to go further in the studies.
The course aims to provide students with an adequate knowledge of the morphological and syntactic structures of Latin and make them able to understand the texts proposed in the original language and the metric structure of the text in verse.

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In consistency with the educational purposes of the whole teaching course, aim of the teaching unit is to give students a basic knowledge and comprehension skills in the field of GREEK LITERATURE, with the help of advanced textbooks. Moreover, it will make the student able to apply the acquired knowledge in an expert and reflective way, making autonomous judgments, communicating ideas, problems and reflections in a clear and correct way, and developing the knowledge required to go further in the studies.
Study of the different literary genres of ancient Greek literature with their main representatives from Homer at the age of Justinian.

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In consistency with the educational purposes of the whole teaching course, aim of the teaching unit is to give students a basic knowledge and comprehension skills in the field of key aspects the Byzantine civilization and literature, with the help of coherent textbooks. Moreover, it will make the student able to apply the acquired knowledge in an expert and reflective way, making autonomous judgments, communicating ideas, problems and reflections in a clear and correct way, and developing the knowledge required to go further in the studies.

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The course provides students with a basic knowledge of Geography in many of its numerous joints, enabling them to acquire of the theoretical and practical skills to identify relationships - deep , complex and constantly changing - between societies and environments .

Educational objectives

The course aims to provide knowledge and understanding of the methodological, critical and applicable aspects of the Discipline; it proposes geographical areas and sectorial perspectives in which related projects are activated; it shows the variability of fields of interest; it enables the student to master the specific topics in order to use them and apply them in other fields of study while using the correct specific language. With the acquired knowledge the student will be able to develop autonomous ability of connections with other disciplines in the various historical epochs and cultural contexts.

Educational objectives

The main objective of the course is to provide a basic knowledge of the history of artistic literature from the Fourteenth to the end of the Eighteenth century.
As regards specific objectives, students are expected to learn or assimilate:
a) awareness of the different parameters of judgment, historical and aesthetic, of past ages.
b) the ability to analyze the texts of the past ages in relation to their contemporary works of art.
c) an autonomous critical judgment on the literary sources.
In order to pursue these targets, during the course students will be asked to take part actively in the analysis of the written texts employing the basic critical categories necessary to their correct framework. The themes and topics of the course, such as the competencies and abilities to learn, are part of the core curriculum of the Study Programme in Art History Sciences.

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The course aims to provide the basic knowledge of the material constitution of the artworks.
Among the specific objectives the course aims to provide students with the ability to understand artworks from a material point of view; the ability to describe them with the proper vocabulary of the discipline; an autonomy of critical judgment.
To this end, during the course, the analysis of works will be carried forward through the study of the diagnosis, conservation and transmission of assets.
The themes of teaching, as well as the skills and abilities that are intended to be acquired, fall within the content characterizing the Degree Course in Historical-Artistic Sciences.

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The main objective of the course is to provide a basic knowledge of the history of collecting and of Museology, from the Middle Ages to the contemporary age.
As regards specific objectives, students are expected to learn or assimilate:
a) awareness of the different parameters of judgment, historical and aesthetic, underlying any specific choice in displaying objects of art.
b) the ability to analyze the display of works of art in the past centuries, and to evaluate their cultural significance;
c) an autonomous critical judgment on contemporary display of works of art.

In order to pursue these targets, during the course students will be asked to take part actively in the analysis of the display of the artworks in the early modern era private collections and in the contemporary museums. The themes and topics of the course, such as the competencies and abilities to learn, are part of the core curriculum of the Study Programme in Art History Sciences.

Educational objectives

The Course has the following objectives:
a) General objectives
- General knowledge of the iconological method, its origin, its developments, its main exponents.
- General knowledge of the History and culture of the Counter-Reformation.
b) Specific objectives according to the Dublin Descriptors
1) Knowledge and understanding
- Knowledge of the main iconographic themes of sacred art between the fifteenth and seventeenth centuries
- Ability to recognize the main iconographic themes of the artworks examined
2) Applying Knowledge and understanding
- Ability to recognize the main iconographic themes of European sacred art between the fifteenth and seventeenth centuries.
- Ability to apply the iconological method for the interpretation of works of art
3) Making judgements
- Ability to understand the artist’s and client’s intentions by the examination of the work of art and its creation context
- Ability to understand the meaning of the work of art in the different times and places of its use
- Ability to interpret the style of a work of art in relation to its content
4) comunication skills
- Ability to verbalize and to expose the work of art’s content.
5) Learning skills
- Ability to apply the learned knowledge and methodologies

Educational objectives

The main Objective of the course is to provide an in-depth historical-artistic knowledge of one fundamental period of medieval art history.

Specific Objectives: to present different methodological and critical approaches on the proposed topics; to refine the ability to read different works and contexts; to read and understand a scientific bibliography of academic level
The topics of the course, such as the competencies and abilities to learn, are part of the core curriculum of the study program in Art Historical Studies Degree.

Educational objectives

The main objective of the course is to provide an in-depth historical-critical analysis on an advanced general theme of of modern art.
As regards specific objectives, students are expected to learn the ability to comprehend Modern artworks in historic, stylistic, iconographic and technical terms, identifying the main geographical and historical coordinates, offering in-depth knowledge of the major artists and social dynamics and interaction between them, and knowledge of the basic methodologies related to the history of art from the fifteenth to the eighteenth century.
Promote in students autonomous capacity of deepening and connection of the main themes related to the historical-artistic disciplines and analysis of the production of an artist in the light of the critical and historiographical debate, also taking into account archival sources and restorations.

Educational objectives

The course offers a general overview of the events that took place during the history of photography of the nineteenth century in our day, together with the basic tools for understanding current historiographical paths and critically approaching some methodological issues and some thematic analysis.
The course also allows students to understand the development of contemporary history, as well as to deal in greater depth and autonomously - in the following years - the study of topics and specific issues of the discipline.

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This advanced course on art criticism is aimed at improving the students' critical tools for interpreting the diverse modes of producing, seeing, and describing a visual representation. It provides the necessary tools in order to gain a deep knowledge of specific themes in an original and critical way. It also serves as an introductory course for the production of original work in the field, with specific reference to the dissertation.

Educational objectives

The main objective of the course is to provide a basic knowledge of the history of artistic literature from the Fourteenth to the end of the Eighteenth century.
As regards specific objectives, students are expected to learn or assimilate:
a) awareness of the different parameters of judgment, historical and aesthetic, of past ages.
b) the ability to analyze the texts of the past ages in relation to their contemporary works of art.
c) an autonomous critical judgment on the literary sources.
In order to pursue these targets, during the course students will be asked to take part actively in the analysis of the written texts employing the basic critical categories necessary to their correct framework. The themes and topics of the course, such as the competencies and abilities to learn, are part of the core curriculum of the Study Programme in Art History Sciences.

Educational objectives

The main objective of the course is to provide an in-depth historical-critical analysis on an advanced general theme of Byzantine Art History.
As regards specific objectives, students are expected to learn:
a) the ability to comprehend Byzantine artworks in historic, stylistic, iconographic and technical terms;
b) the ability to describe them with the appropriate vocabulary of the discipline;
c) autonomy of critical judgement.
In order to pursue these targets, during the course students will be asked to take part actively in the analysis of artworks and monuments. Moreover, a Seminar will be held where students will be motivated to acquire more advanced critical categories and a first methodological approach to research by group and individual work. A parallel objective will be also the development of an adequate awareness about artistic heritage and its valorization.
The topics of the course, such as the competencies and abilities to learn, are part of the core curriculum of the Study Programme in Art History Sciences.

Educational objectives

In consistency with the educational purposes of the whole teaching course, aim of the teaching unit is to give students a basic knowledge and comprehension skills in the field of Linearies of christian and medieval archeology. Moreover, it will make the student able to apply the acquired knowledge in an expert and reflective way, making autonomous judgments, communicating ideas, problems and reflections in a clear and correct way, and developing the knowledge required to go further in the studies.
The aim of the course is to illustrate themes and tools of the Medieval archaeology. Students will be guided to an introductory view, through analysis of particulars case studies.

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This module aims to introduce students to the methods and tools necessary for studying of opera as the foremost manifestation of music theatre in the so-called West over the past four centuries. Each year the module focuses on one opera as a case study, and seeks to build the conceptual, methodological and cultural framework for: a) understanding the specific features of opera, which differentiate it from other theatrical forms and genres, with or without music; b) analyzing the constitutive components of opera, in turn verbal, musical and visual, as well as their interaction.

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The purpose of the course is to provide student with a basic knowledge of the origin and the formation of Islamic material culture and artistic expression, with laboration both of the passage from late antiquity and from Iranian civilization, during the first years of expansion outside the Arabic peninsula, and of the resulting contributions of specific elements, from plans to iconography to symbols. Furthermore, the student will
be acquainted with the history of the studies of Islamic archaeology and of the relations among the Mediterranean cultures (Christian and Islamic) in the Middle Ages.

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Students reach and improve historical, technical and bibliographical knolewdge in the development of latin writings in ancient and mediaeval age until XVIth century; they should be able to identify the handwritings, read them and see them in their historical context; they acquire basic palaeographical method and and should be familiar with the use of scientific and up-to-date bibliographic sources and bibliography.

Educational objectives

The course aims to provide knowledge and understanding of the methodological, critical and applicable aspects of the Discipline; it proposes geographical areas and sectorial perspectives in which related projects are activated; it shows the variability of fields of interest; it enables the student to master the specific topics in order to use them and apply them in other fields of study while using the correct specific language. With the acquired knowledge the student will be able to develop autonomous ability of connections with other disciplines in the various historical epochs and cultural contexts.

Educational objectives

The course aims to provide students with a basic knowledge of the theatrical events. Among the specific objectives we aim to make students acquire the ability to contextualize the various genres, places and theories of Performing Arts in the West.

Educational objectives

Given for granted some basic and indispensable goals (knowledge and understanding in the field of studies; ability to apply knowledge and understanding; capability of critical analysis; ability to communicate about what has been learned; skills to undertake further studies with some autonomy), the course intends to attain the following specific objectives: acquisition of some key concepts necessary to understand some questions on aesthetics and contemporary artistic experience; ability to read and comment on texts; improvement of argumentative skills.

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The course aims to provide specific preparation on the history of ancient Christianity. The student will acquire a knowledge of the topics covered during the course and will be able to consciously use the critical tools and the specific language acquired.

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The course is a structured discussion of the issues and problems which are specific to the discipline of Documentation. A special focus, both theorical and practical, will be dedicated to illustrating functions and policies of databases. Moreover, considering the history of Information Retrieval (since the Sixties) will give the opportunity to stress on the role of database as authoritative sources for the scholarly communication.
Books and articles of the pioneers of computer Science will also be read and analyzed. In fact, the “literary corpus” of Informatics must be revealed in all its cultural aspects.
First aim: Cultural history of information technology and communications (ITC). Comparison with other near disciplinary fields related to traditional institutions such as archives and libraries. (historical and critical approach)
Second aim: improving Information literacy. Digital libraries will be considered as the main focus of study, both in the perspective of a “general user” and, further on, to give the students the best potentiality for seeking a job in the area of digital curator or advanced librarian.
Third aim: enhance autonomous and critical capacities. Methodological approaches offered during the course: Structutralism, Cultural Studies, Comparative Studies.
Further expected results: an autonomous approach to the field of Digital libraries and digital heritage.
Google’s algorithm PageRank will be a case study particularly important. The success of Google both as a “narration” and as a “market strategy”, as well as a user-friendly and extremely efficient tool of retrieval, will give the opportunity of considering the disciplinary field of Documentation from the practical-technical aspects to the professional ones. A second case study will be ACO the algorithm well known for the use in Amazon (“suggestions” for other books to buy). Starting from technical aspects of the algorithm itself, the students will be invited to consider cultural effects, mainly related to the risk of a monopolistic use of the book market.

Educational objectives

The course aims to provide a knowledge of the lineaments of the history of ancient Christian literature through the analysis of a Christian text (also in translation) and a debate on related issues. The course also makes the student able to understand the relationships between literature and Christian iconography.

Educational objectives

The course offers a general overview of the events that took place during the history of photography of the nineteenth century in our day, together with the basic tools for understanding current historiographical paths and critically approaching some methodological issues and some thematic analysis.
The course also allows students to understand the development of contemporary history, as well as to deal in greater depth and autonomously - in the following years - the study of topics and specific issues of the discipline.