ARIANNA CAMPIANI

EARLY MODERN ART AND TRANSCULTURAL EXCHANGE
This course explores the dynamic form of material and artistic expressions and exchanges following the European colonization of America and their repercussion on the early modern period. Students will learn how encounters among diverse societies shaped urban form, art and ways of life, and how the travelling of objects and ideas influenced the emerging global world. At the end of the course, students will be able to recognize the way indigenous knowledge played a crucial role in the construction of new materialities, architecture and art. Moreover, they will be able to place the European conquest of America within a global cultural and historical context.

WHEN & WHERE:
CLASSES WILL START ON MARCH 11th 2026
WEDNESDAY 14-16 hrs
FRIDAY 10-12 hrs
(As soon as I have the information I will specify the classrom at the Lettere & Filosofia building)

ALL THE MATERIALS WILL BE AVAILABE ON MOODLE:
https://elearning.uniroma1.it/course/view.php?id=20890

METHOD
The course will incorporate various teaching methods aimed at achieving the learning objectives and engaging students. Lectures will be delivered in a classroom setting, with supplementary materials being read, viewed, discussed, and analyzed in class, facilitating knowledge acquisition and understanding. Seminar-style lectures with external instructors will be held to explore specific topics introduced by the course instructor. Attendance is strongly recommended.

REFERENCES
There is no required textbook for this course. Selected journal articles and book chapters will be uploaded on Moodle.
These will be mainly choose from:
Dodds Pennock, Caroline. 2016. On Savage Shores : How Indigenous Americans Discovered Europe. Orion.
Domenici, Davide. 2021. “The Dominicans as Conveyors of Mesoamerican Objects to Italy and Europe”. En Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Latin American History. https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780199366439.013.967.
Gruzinski, Serge. 1992. Painting the Conquest: The Mexican Indians and the European Renaissance. Traducido por Deke Dusinberre. Unesco: Flammarion.
Gruzinski, Serge. 2013. The Mestizo Mind. The Intellectual Dynamics of Colonization. Routledge.
Restall, Matthew. 2021. Seven Myths of the Spanish Conquest. Updated edition. Oxford University Press.
Solari, Amara. 2014. “Plaza, Atrium, and Maya Social Memory in Sixteen-Century Itzamal”. En Mesoamerican Plazas, editado por Kenichiro Tsukamoto y Takeshi Inomata. University of Arizona Press.pp.193-209

OFFICE HOURS
Wednesday 9-12.
Please schedule an appointment with the professor by email: arianna.campiani@uniroma1.it
Building: Lettere e Filosofia, 3rd floor, room 107 (in front of the elevator)

Students unable to attend are requested to notify the instructor of their interest in the course.

Extraordinary exam sessions are only available to some categories of students.
For reference see: https://coris.web.uniroma1.it/en/exams-extraordinary-session-april-may-2025