The aim of the class is to give an overview of the more relevant issues of film and media aesthetics. In particular, the class will be focused on both historically relevant perspective and more recent topics and methodologies. Moreover, a major frame will be offered by visual culture studies, in order to understand old and new phenomena in the light of a wider history of images. A particular attention will be devoted to theories of sensory and affective cinematic and medial experience.
Curriculum
teacher profile teaching materials
The program will be articulated around two main stages. In the first one, relevant debates on cinema and visual culture from the beginning of the XXth century to date will be considered. In the second one, the works of Stanley Kubrick will be addressed, with a special focus on visual aesthetics.
2) Enrico Carocci (a cura di), Stanley Kubrick, Marsilio, Venezia 2019;
3) An anthology of essays, edited by the teacher (paper materials, available at the print shop Graffetta, Viale Leonardo da Vinci 168, Rome).
Mutuazione: 20710384 ESTETICA DEL CINEMA E DEI MEDIA in DAMS (Discipline delle Arti, della Musica e dello Spettacolo) L-3 CAROCCI ENRICO
Programme
The aim of the course is to give an overview of the more relevant issues of visual culture in the frame of film and media aesthetics. In particular, the course will be focused on both historically relevant perspective and more recent topics and methodologies.The program will be articulated around two main stages. In the first one, relevant debates on cinema and visual culture from the beginning of the XXth century to date will be considered. In the second one, the works of Stanley Kubrick will be addressed, with a special focus on visual aesthetics.
Core Documentation
1) Francesco Casetti, Eye of the Century: Film, Experience, Modernity, Columbia University Press, New York 2008 (or. Francesco Casetti, L'occhio del Novecento. Cinema, esperienza, modernità, Bompiani, Milano 2005 and later editions);2) Enrico Carocci (a cura di), Stanley Kubrick, Marsilio, Venezia 2019;
3) An anthology of essays, edited by the teacher (paper materials, available at the print shop Graffetta, Viale Leonardo da Vinci 168, Rome).
Type of delivery of the course
The course is delivered through classroom-taught lessons with the use of slides and/or the screening of movies and videos. If permissible and when needed, lessons will be also accessible online.Attendance
The attendance is optional. However, also considering that the lessons are focused on close analysis, it is highly recommended.Type of evaluation
The written exam consists of three essay questions. No intermediate tests. teacher profile teaching materials
The program will be articulated around two main stages. In the first one, relevant debates on cinema and visual culture from the beginning of the XXth century to date will be considered. In the second one, the works of Stanley Kubrick will be addressed, with a special focus on visual aesthetics.
2) Enrico Carocci (a cura di), Stanley Kubrick, Marsilio, Venezia 2019;
3) An anthology of essays, edited by the teacher (paper materials, available at the print shop Graffetta, Viale Leonardo da Vinci 168, Rome).
Programme
The aim of the course is to give an overview of the more relevant issues of visual culture in the frame of film and media aesthetics. In particular, the course will be focused on both historically relevant perspective and more recent topics and methodologies.The program will be articulated around two main stages. In the first one, relevant debates on cinema and visual culture from the beginning of the XXth century to date will be considered. In the second one, the works of Stanley Kubrick will be addressed, with a special focus on visual aesthetics.
Core Documentation
1) Francesco Casetti, Eye of the Century: Film, Experience, Modernity, Columbia University Press, New York 2008 (or. Francesco Casetti, L'occhio del Novecento. Cinema, esperienza, modernità, Bompiani, Milano 2005 and later editions);2) Enrico Carocci (a cura di), Stanley Kubrick, Marsilio, Venezia 2019;
3) An anthology of essays, edited by the teacher (paper materials, available at the print shop Graffetta, Viale Leonardo da Vinci 168, Rome).
Reference Bibliography
No recommended bibliography. However, it is possible to identify useful reference textbooks with the teacher.Type of delivery of the course
The course is delivered through classroom-taught lessons with the use of slides and/or the screening of movies and videos. If permissible and when needed, lessons will be also accessible online.Attendance
The attendance is optional. However, also considering that the lessons are focused on close analysis, it is highly recommended.Type of evaluation
The written exam consists of three essay questions. No intermediate tests.