The course aims to provide the basic knowledge about the main historical and artistic phenomena of the early modern period (fifteenth and sixteenth centuries), particularly in Central Italy, investigated under the different aspects of the historical context, the historiography of the art history, and the stylistic analysis. At the end of the course, the student should be able to present clearly and competently the contents learned through the frontal lectures, the reading the bibliography, and the visits to the monuments. He should demonstrate to orient himself in understanding age, technique and subject of the works of art, through an independent judgment and a critical awareness.
teacher profile teaching materials
The course will consider the artists active in the Sistine Chapel under Sixtus IV, focusing on their careers and the role in the Vatican work.
Sistine Chapel:
J. Shearman, La costruzione della cappella e la prima decorazione al tempo di Sisto IV, in La cappella Sistina. I primi restauri, la scoperta del colore, Novara 1986, pp. 22-87.
M. Calvesi, La cappella Sistina e la sua decorazione da Perugino a Michelangelo, Roma 1997, pp. 21-70.
A. Nesselrath, La cappella di Sisto IV, la decorazione del Quattrocento e la sua importanza nel contesto attuale, in La Sistina e Michelangelo, Milano 2003, pp. 25-29.
A. Nesselrath, The Painters of Lorenzo the Magnificent in the Chapel of Pope Sixtus IV in Rome, in The Fifteenth Century Frescoes in the Sistine Chapel, Roma 2003, pp. 39-75.
P. N. Pagliara, The Sistine Chapel, Its Medieval Precedent, and Reconstructions, in The Fifteenth Century Frescoes in the Sistine Chapel, Roma 2003, pp. 77-85.
U. Pfisterer, La cappella Sistina, Roma 2014 (parti scelte).
Perugino:
Perugino il divin pittore, catalogo della mostra (Perugia 2004), a cura di V. Garibaldi, F. F. Mancini, pp. 47-115.
Botticelli:
Alessandro Cecchi, Botticelli, Milano 2008, pp. 30-283.
Ghirlandaio:
R. Keks, Ghirlandaio, Firenze 1995.
Maestri e botteghe, catalogo della mostra (Firenze 1992-1993), a cura di C. Acidini Luchinat, M. Gregori, A. Paolucci, pp. 23-59.
Signorelli:
Cecilia Martelli, Luca Signorelli dalla cappella Sistina a Loreto, in Luca Signorelli, catalogo della mostra, Perugia 2012, pp. 59-71.
Tom Henry, La vita e l’arte di Luca Signorelli, Città di Castello 2014, pp. 37-65.
Pinturicchio:
P. Scarpellini, M. R. Silvestrelli, Pintoricchio, Milano 2003, pp. 57-205; 233-247
For downloading the bibliography in pdf and the slides of the course, please refer to this web page:
http://studiumanistici.uniroma3.it/persone/aUs3RUlNcmlmODJSVTRvUVpFbENSNTM1L29kOWJvMExYT1JOTDk4UCs3cz0=/
Programme
The frescoes of the Sistine Chapel under Sixtus IV: the work of art, the artists, the workshops.The course will consider the artists active in the Sistine Chapel under Sixtus IV, focusing on their careers and the role in the Vatican work.
Core Documentation
BIBLIOGRAPHY:Sistine Chapel:
J. Shearman, La costruzione della cappella e la prima decorazione al tempo di Sisto IV, in La cappella Sistina. I primi restauri, la scoperta del colore, Novara 1986, pp. 22-87.
M. Calvesi, La cappella Sistina e la sua decorazione da Perugino a Michelangelo, Roma 1997, pp. 21-70.
A. Nesselrath, La cappella di Sisto IV, la decorazione del Quattrocento e la sua importanza nel contesto attuale, in La Sistina e Michelangelo, Milano 2003, pp. 25-29.
A. Nesselrath, The Painters of Lorenzo the Magnificent in the Chapel of Pope Sixtus IV in Rome, in The Fifteenth Century Frescoes in the Sistine Chapel, Roma 2003, pp. 39-75.
P. N. Pagliara, The Sistine Chapel, Its Medieval Precedent, and Reconstructions, in The Fifteenth Century Frescoes in the Sistine Chapel, Roma 2003, pp. 77-85.
U. Pfisterer, La cappella Sistina, Roma 2014 (parti scelte).
Perugino:
Perugino il divin pittore, catalogo della mostra (Perugia 2004), a cura di V. Garibaldi, F. F. Mancini, pp. 47-115.
Botticelli:
Alessandro Cecchi, Botticelli, Milano 2008, pp. 30-283.
Ghirlandaio:
R. Keks, Ghirlandaio, Firenze 1995.
Maestri e botteghe, catalogo della mostra (Firenze 1992-1993), a cura di C. Acidini Luchinat, M. Gregori, A. Paolucci, pp. 23-59.
Signorelli:
Cecilia Martelli, Luca Signorelli dalla cappella Sistina a Loreto, in Luca Signorelli, catalogo della mostra, Perugia 2012, pp. 59-71.
Tom Henry, La vita e l’arte di Luca Signorelli, Città di Castello 2014, pp. 37-65.
Pinturicchio:
P. Scarpellini, M. R. Silvestrelli, Pintoricchio, Milano 2003, pp. 57-205; 233-247
For downloading the bibliography in pdf and the slides of the course, please refer to this web page:
http://studiumanistici.uniroma3.it/persone/aUs3RUlNcmlmODJSVTRvUVpFbENSNTM1L29kOWJvMExYT1JOTDk4UCs3cz0=/
Type of delivery of the course
Taught classes and visits to artistic Roman monuments.Type of evaluation
The exam will be oral and will test the knowledge of the topics developed during the course.