The course is aimed at students of the three-year degree and wants to offer the methodological tools and basic knowledge for the study of art history in Italy in the early modern age. Through a chronological and geographical path, the development of painting, sculpture and architecture in Italy between the 15th and 18th centuries will be outlined. The objective is above all the acquisition by the student of the ability to orient himself stylistically and critically among the artists and the main works of the history of early modern art, with its main historiographical focuses. At the end of the course, students will be able to deal with the iconographic, stylistic and technical analysis of a work of art, in its historical and critical context.
Curriculum
teacher profile teaching materials
The second module aims to retrace some moments in the history of Euro-Mediterranean cities in the Middle Ages, focusing in particular on two thematic axes: 1) presence, uses, and reuses of material structures inherited from Antiquity and Late Antiquity (walls, gates, public palaces, temples, basilicas, squares, bridges); 2) the symbolic, ceremonial, and political values attributed to those structures, then paying further attention to monuments such as statues and columns, and the various memorial narratives attributed to them over time. From this point of view, medieval cities present themselves as an important laboratory of experimentation: indeed, from that laboratory emerged the concept of «urban decorum», which is now at the center of political and cultural debate. The module will involve a cross-analysis of material and written sources, among which inscriptions and the so-called «city praises» (laudes urbium) will be favored.
- C. La Rocca, Cassiodoro, Teodato e il restauro degli elefanti di Bronzo della Via Sacra, in RM Rivista, 11/2 (2010), pp. 25-44
- D. Internullo, «Decus Urbis». Un'altra prospettiva sui «Mirabilia» di Roma e le origini del «decoro urbano» (secoli XII-XV), in Quaderni Storici, 163/1 (2020), pp. 159-183
- A. Fiore, La pietrificazione dell'identità civica (Italia centro-settentrionale, 1050-1220 c.), in Construir para perdurar. Riqueza petrificada e identidad social (siglos XI-XIV), Pamplona 2022, pp. 185-211
The three works will be made available by the teacher on the course's Teams channel.
To the above three essays, non-attending students should add the integral study of the following volume:
- R. Rao, I paesaggi dell'Italia medievale, Carocci, Rome, 2015
Programme
Urban landscapes and heritages: a political and cultural history.The second module aims to retrace some moments in the history of Euro-Mediterranean cities in the Middle Ages, focusing in particular on two thematic axes: 1) presence, uses, and reuses of material structures inherited from Antiquity and Late Antiquity (walls, gates, public palaces, temples, basilicas, squares, bridges); 2) the symbolic, ceremonial, and political values attributed to those structures, then paying further attention to monuments such as statues and columns, and the various memorial narratives attributed to them over time. From this point of view, medieval cities present themselves as an important laboratory of experimentation: indeed, from that laboratory emerged the concept of «urban decorum», which is now at the center of political and cultural debate. The module will involve a cross-analysis of material and written sources, among which inscriptions and the so-called «city praises» (laudes urbium) will be favored.
Core Documentation
For attending students, the exam is based on a) the materials provided by the teacher and discussed in class; b) the study of the following works:- C. La Rocca, Cassiodoro, Teodato e il restauro degli elefanti di Bronzo della Via Sacra, in RM Rivista, 11/2 (2010), pp. 25-44
- D. Internullo, «Decus Urbis». Un'altra prospettiva sui «Mirabilia» di Roma e le origini del «decoro urbano» (secoli XII-XV), in Quaderni Storici, 163/1 (2020), pp. 159-183
- A. Fiore, La pietrificazione dell'identità civica (Italia centro-settentrionale, 1050-1220 c.), in Construir para perdurar. Riqueza petrificada e identidad social (siglos XI-XIV), Pamplona 2022, pp. 185-211
The three works will be made available by the teacher on the course's Teams channel.
To the above three essays, non-attending students should add the integral study of the following volume:
- R. Rao, I paesaggi dell'Italia medievale, Carocci, Rome, 2015
Reference Bibliography
Reference bibliography coincides with the texts adopted.Type of delivery of the course
Lessons take place in the classroom unless otherwise specified (e.g. for emergency situations). Lessons will not be recorded.Type of evaluation
The examination is conducted orally. Classroom exercises on written sources (translated into Italian) are planned. teacher profile teaching materials
The second module aims to retrace some moments in the history of Euro-Mediterranean cities in the Middle Ages, focusing in particular on two thematic axes: 1) presence, uses, and reuses of material structures inherited from Antiquity and Late Antiquity (walls, gates, public palaces, temples, basilicas, squares, bridges); 2) the symbolic, ceremonial, and political values attributed to those structures, then paying further attention to monuments such as statues and columns, and the various memorial narratives attributed to them over time. From this point of view, medieval cities present themselves as an important laboratory of experimentation: indeed, from that laboratory emerged the concept of «urban decorum», which is now at the center of political and cultural debate. The module will involve a cross-analysis of material and written sources, among which inscriptions and the so-called «city praises» (laudes urbium) will be favored.
- C. La Rocca, Cassiodoro, Teodato e il restauro degli elefanti di Bronzo della Via Sacra, in RM Rivista, 11/2 (2010), pp. 25-44
- D. Internullo, «Decus Urbis». Un'altra prospettiva sui «Mirabilia» di Roma e le origini del «decoro urbano» (secoli XII-XV), in Quaderni Storici, 163/1 (2020), pp. 159-183
- A. Fiore, La pietrificazione dell'identità civica (Italia centro-settentrionale, 1050-1220 c.), in Construir para perdurar. Riqueza petrificada e identidad social (siglos XI-XIV), Pamplona 2022, pp. 185-211
The three works will be made available by the teacher on the course's Teams channel.
To the above three essays, non-attending students should add the integral study of the following volume:
- R. Rao, I paesaggi dell'Italia medievale, Carocci, Rome, 2015
Programme
Urban landscapes and heritages: a political and cultural history.The second module aims to retrace some moments in the history of Euro-Mediterranean cities in the Middle Ages, focusing in particular on two thematic axes: 1) presence, uses, and reuses of material structures inherited from Antiquity and Late Antiquity (walls, gates, public palaces, temples, basilicas, squares, bridges); 2) the symbolic, ceremonial, and political values attributed to those structures, then paying further attention to monuments such as statues and columns, and the various memorial narratives attributed to them over time. From this point of view, medieval cities present themselves as an important laboratory of experimentation: indeed, from that laboratory emerged the concept of «urban decorum», which is now at the center of political and cultural debate. The module will involve a cross-analysis of material and written sources, among which inscriptions and the so-called «city praises» (laudes urbium) will be favored.
Core Documentation
For attending students, the exam is based on a) the materials provided by the teacher and discussed in class; b) the study of the following works:- C. La Rocca, Cassiodoro, Teodato e il restauro degli elefanti di Bronzo della Via Sacra, in RM Rivista, 11/2 (2010), pp. 25-44
- D. Internullo, «Decus Urbis». Un'altra prospettiva sui «Mirabilia» di Roma e le origini del «decoro urbano» (secoli XII-XV), in Quaderni Storici, 163/1 (2020), pp. 159-183
- A. Fiore, La pietrificazione dell'identità civica (Italia centro-settentrionale, 1050-1220 c.), in Construir para perdurar. Riqueza petrificada e identidad social (siglos XI-XIV), Pamplona 2022, pp. 185-211
The three works will be made available by the teacher on the course's Teams channel.
To the above three essays, non-attending students should add the integral study of the following volume:
- R. Rao, I paesaggi dell'Italia medievale, Carocci, Rome, 2015
Reference Bibliography
Reference bibliography coincides with the texts adopted.Type of delivery of the course
Lessons take place in the classroom unless otherwise specified (e.g. for emergency situations). Lessons will not be recorded.Type of evaluation
The examination is conducted orally. Classroom exercises on written sources (translated into Italian) are planned. teacher profile teaching materials
The second module aims to retrace some moments in the history of Euro-Mediterranean cities in the Middle Ages, focusing in particular on two thematic axes: 1) presence, uses, and reuses of material structures inherited from Antiquity and Late Antiquity (walls, gates, public palaces, temples, basilicas, squares, bridges); 2) the symbolic, ceremonial, and political values attributed to those structures, then paying further attention to monuments such as statues and columns, and the various memorial narratives attributed to them over time. From this point of view, medieval cities present themselves as an important laboratory of experimentation: indeed, from that laboratory emerged the concept of «urban decorum», which is now at the center of political and cultural debate. The module will involve a cross-analysis of material and written sources, among which inscriptions and the so-called «city praises» (laudes urbium) will be favored.
- C. La Rocca, Cassiodoro, Teodato e il restauro degli elefanti di Bronzo della Via Sacra, in RM Rivista, 11/2 (2010), pp. 25-44
- D. Internullo, «Decus Urbis». Un'altra prospettiva sui «Mirabilia» di Roma e le origini del «decoro urbano» (secoli XII-XV), in Quaderni Storici, 163/1 (2020), pp. 159-183
- A. Fiore, La pietrificazione dell'identità civica (Italia centro-settentrionale, 1050-1220 c.), in Construir para perdurar. Riqueza petrificada e identidad social (siglos XI-XIV), Pamplona 2022, pp. 185-211
The three works will be made available by the teacher on the course's Teams channel.
To the above three essays, non-attending students should add the integral study of the following volume:
- R. Rao, I paesaggi dell'Italia medievale, Carocci, Rome, 2015
Programme
Urban landscapes and heritages: a political and cultural history.The second module aims to retrace some moments in the history of Euro-Mediterranean cities in the Middle Ages, focusing in particular on two thematic axes: 1) presence, uses, and reuses of material structures inherited from Antiquity and Late Antiquity (walls, gates, public palaces, temples, basilicas, squares, bridges); 2) the symbolic, ceremonial, and political values attributed to those structures, then paying further attention to monuments such as statues and columns, and the various memorial narratives attributed to them over time. From this point of view, medieval cities present themselves as an important laboratory of experimentation: indeed, from that laboratory emerged the concept of «urban decorum», which is now at the center of political and cultural debate. The module will involve a cross-analysis of material and written sources, among which inscriptions and the so-called «city praises» (laudes urbium) will be favored.
Core Documentation
For attending students, the exam is based on a) the materials provided by the teacher and discussed in class; b) the study of the following works:- C. La Rocca, Cassiodoro, Teodato e il restauro degli elefanti di Bronzo della Via Sacra, in RM Rivista, 11/2 (2010), pp. 25-44
- D. Internullo, «Decus Urbis». Un'altra prospettiva sui «Mirabilia» di Roma e le origini del «decoro urbano» (secoli XII-XV), in Quaderni Storici, 163/1 (2020), pp. 159-183
- A. Fiore, La pietrificazione dell'identità civica (Italia centro-settentrionale, 1050-1220 c.), in Construir para perdurar. Riqueza petrificada e identidad social (siglos XI-XIV), Pamplona 2022, pp. 185-211
The three works will be made available by the teacher on the course's Teams channel.
To the above three essays, non-attending students should add the integral study of the following volume:
- R. Rao, I paesaggi dell'Italia medievale, Carocci, Rome, 2015
Reference Bibliography
Reference bibliography coincides with the texts adopted.Type of delivery of the course
Lessons take place in the classroom unless otherwise specified (e.g. for emergency situations). Lessons will not be recorded.Type of evaluation
The examination is conducted orally. Classroom exercises on written sources (translated into Italian) are planned.