22902235 - PSYCHOLOGY OF THE ARTS 6 CREDITS LM 85

The aim is to provide the skills to understand the content of images and works of art, through the perception analysis of the structural and compositional characteristics of the object.
Another aim is to be able to use this knowledge and to apply it, through a critical analysis, to the observation of new contexts and situations.
Lastly, the capacity to communicate the knowledge learned to other people.
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Programme

The psychological approach to the arts: the artist, the artwork and the viewer. Methods of study: the psychoanalysis of the art, Gestalt psychology, experimental aesthetics and neuroesthetics. Art, perception and visual communication: symmetry, balance, rhythm, dynamics, expression. The relationship between visual and auditory perception, images and music. The museum fruition.

Core Documentation

1. Mastandrea S. (2015). Psicologia dell’arte. Carocci, Roma.

2. Kandel, E. (2017). Arte e neuroscienze. Le due culture a confronto. Raffaello Cortina Editore, Milano.

Type of delivery of the course

Traditional

Type of evaluation

Oral Exam. The exam will take into account the books indicated in the program