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.
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The study method will privilege the historical and stylistic reading of the art object; a visual knowledge of the works of individual artists is therefore essential.
The course includes some introductory lectures on the methodology of the study of art history and on some general topics (e.g. the periodization of art history, the use of historical-critical categories such as the concept of Renaissance and Baroque related to style, and so on).
The course also includes in-depth examinations of the career of individual artists and the fundamental stylistic junctures in art history in the period under examination. Each year these insights may vary.
In order to follow the course and to prepare for the examination, the recommended manual may be read and studied. However, this is only to be considered as a first approach to the topics covered in the course, during which a specific bibliography on the individual topics will be offered. The manual should be supplemented with knowledge of the works of the individual artists for which a bibliography will be provided during the lessons; these can also be viewed on the websites that will be indicated (in particular www.wga.hu). The video-taped lectures will only be available for one week on the Teams platform (Team History of Modern Art 2022-2023) where the slides will also be uploaded. Even more important is the direct contact with the work and the monument: the course will include Roman monuments whose visit is obligatory before taking the examination. In the middle and at the end of the course, those attending will have the opportunity to take a written exam that will be considered an integral part of the final exam. Non-attending students are not required to study additional texts, but knowledge of the topics covered during the course is obligatory and it is therefore essential to obtain the slides that will be available on the Microsoft Teams platform, Team History of Modern Art 2022-2023.
1) Suggested manual:
S. Settis – T. Montanari, Arte. Una storia naturale e civile. Dal Quattrocento alla Controriforma (vol. 3), Mondadori Editore
https://www.libreriauniversitaria.it/arte-storia-naturale-civile-licei/libro/9788828616450
e S. Settis – T. Montanari, Arte. Una storia naturale e civile. Dal Barocco all’Impressionismo (vol. 4), Mondadori Editore (solo fino al Settecento, capitolo 14 incluso)
https://www.libreriauniversitaria.it/arte-storia-naturale-civile-licei/libro/9788828616467
Texts of your choice (at least one, to be added to the manual):
1. M. Baxandall, Pittura ed esperienze sociali nell’Italia del Quattrocento, Torino, Einaudi 1978.
2. A. De Marchi, La pala d’altare. Dal polittico alla pala quadra, Firenze, Art & libri, 2012.
3. A. Pinelli, La bella maniera. Artisti del Cinquecento tra regola e licenza, Torino, Einaudi 2003.
4. E. Panofsky, Studi di iconologia. I temi umanistici nell’arte del Rinascimento, ed. italiana Torino, Einaudi 2009.
5. F. Zeri, Pittura e controriforma. L’arte senza tempo di Scipione da Gaeta, ed. originale, Torino, Einaudi 1957 (ristampa Neri Pozza 1997).
6. F. Haskell, Mecenati e pittori. Studio sui rapporti tra arte e società italiana nell’età barocca, Torino, Einaudi 2020 (ed. originale Firenze, Sansoni, 1966).
7. T. Montanari, Il Barocco, Torino, Einaudi 2012.
8. F. Haskell – N. Penny, L’antico nella storia del gusto: La seduzione della scultura classica 1500-1900, Torino 1984.
1) Suggested manual:
S. Settis – T. Montanari, Arte. Una storia naturale e civile. Dal Quattrocento alla Controriforma (vol. 3), Mondadori Editore
https://www.libreriauniversitaria.it/arte-storia-naturale-civile-licei/libro/9788828616450
e S. Settis – T. Montanari, Arte. Una storia naturale e civile. Dal Barocco all’Impressionismo (vol. 4), Mondadori Editore (solo fino al Settecento, capitolo 14 incluso)
https://www.libreriauniversitaria.it/arte-storia-naturale-civile-licei/libro/9788828616467
2) One of the following tests is also requested:
1. M. Baxandall, Pittura ed esperienze sociali nell’Italia del Quattrocento, Torino, Einaudi 1978.
2. A. De Marchi, La pala d’altare. Dal polittico alla pala quadra, Firenze, Art & libri, 2012.
3. A. Pinelli, La bella maniera. Artisti del Cinquecento tra regola e licenza, Torino, Einaudi 2003.
4. E. Panofsky, Studi di iconologia. I temi umanistici nell’arte del Rinascimento, ed. italiana Torino, Einaudi 2009.
5. F. Zeri, Pittura e controriforma. L’arte senza tempo di Scipione da Gaeta, ed. originale, Torino, Einaudi 1957 (ristampa Neri Pozza 1997).
6. F. Haskell, Mecenati e pittori. Studio sui rapporti tra arte e società italiana nell’età barocca, Torino, Einaudi 2020 (ed. originale Firenze, Sansoni, 1966).
7. T. Montanari, Il Barocco, Torino, Einaudi 2012.
8. F. Haskell – N. Penny, L’antico nella storia del gusto: La seduzione della scultura classica 1500-1900, Torino 1984.
Programme
The course is aimed at Bachelor's degree students (whose surnames begin with the letters M to Z) and intends to offer the outlines of the development of the history of Italian art from the beginning of the 15th century to the end of the 18th century (from Tardogotico to Neoclassicism), through the analysis of the work of the main artists active in these centuries in Italy, and of the pictorial languages to which they gave life. Before attending the course it may be useful to have taken the History of Medieval Art exam.The study method will privilege the historical and stylistic reading of the art object; a visual knowledge of the works of individual artists is therefore essential.
The course includes some introductory lectures on the methodology of the study of art history and on some general topics (e.g. the periodization of art history, the use of historical-critical categories such as the concept of Renaissance and Baroque related to style, and so on).
The course also includes in-depth examinations of the career of individual artists and the fundamental stylistic junctures in art history in the period under examination. Each year these insights may vary.
In order to follow the course and to prepare for the examination, the recommended manual may be read and studied. However, this is only to be considered as a first approach to the topics covered in the course, during which a specific bibliography on the individual topics will be offered. The manual should be supplemented with knowledge of the works of the individual artists for which a bibliography will be provided during the lessons; these can also be viewed on the websites that will be indicated (in particular www.wga.hu). The video-taped lectures will only be available for one week on the Teams platform (Team History of Modern Art 2022-2023) where the slides will also be uploaded. Even more important is the direct contact with the work and the monument: the course will include Roman monuments whose visit is obligatory before taking the examination. In the middle and at the end of the course, those attending will have the opportunity to take a written exam that will be considered an integral part of the final exam. Non-attending students are not required to study additional texts, but knowledge of the topics covered during the course is obligatory and it is therefore essential to obtain the slides that will be available on the Microsoft Teams platform, Team History of Modern Art 2022-2023.
Core Documentation
Bibliography1) Suggested manual:
S. Settis – T. Montanari, Arte. Una storia naturale e civile. Dal Quattrocento alla Controriforma (vol. 3), Mondadori Editore
https://www.libreriauniversitaria.it/arte-storia-naturale-civile-licei/libro/9788828616450
e S. Settis – T. Montanari, Arte. Una storia naturale e civile. Dal Barocco all’Impressionismo (vol. 4), Mondadori Editore (solo fino al Settecento, capitolo 14 incluso)
https://www.libreriauniversitaria.it/arte-storia-naturale-civile-licei/libro/9788828616467
Texts of your choice (at least one, to be added to the manual):
1. M. Baxandall, Pittura ed esperienze sociali nell’Italia del Quattrocento, Torino, Einaudi 1978.
2. A. De Marchi, La pala d’altare. Dal polittico alla pala quadra, Firenze, Art & libri, 2012.
3. A. Pinelli, La bella maniera. Artisti del Cinquecento tra regola e licenza, Torino, Einaudi 2003.
4. E. Panofsky, Studi di iconologia. I temi umanistici nell’arte del Rinascimento, ed. italiana Torino, Einaudi 2009.
5. F. Zeri, Pittura e controriforma. L’arte senza tempo di Scipione da Gaeta, ed. originale, Torino, Einaudi 1957 (ristampa Neri Pozza 1997).
6. F. Haskell, Mecenati e pittori. Studio sui rapporti tra arte e società italiana nell’età barocca, Torino, Einaudi 2020 (ed. originale Firenze, Sansoni, 1966).
7. T. Montanari, Il Barocco, Torino, Einaudi 2012.
8. F. Haskell – N. Penny, L’antico nella storia del gusto: La seduzione della scultura classica 1500-1900, Torino 1984.
1) Suggested manual:
S. Settis – T. Montanari, Arte. Una storia naturale e civile. Dal Quattrocento alla Controriforma (vol. 3), Mondadori Editore
https://www.libreriauniversitaria.it/arte-storia-naturale-civile-licei/libro/9788828616450
e S. Settis – T. Montanari, Arte. Una storia naturale e civile. Dal Barocco all’Impressionismo (vol. 4), Mondadori Editore (solo fino al Settecento, capitolo 14 incluso)
https://www.libreriauniversitaria.it/arte-storia-naturale-civile-licei/libro/9788828616467
2) One of the following tests is also requested:
1. M. Baxandall, Pittura ed esperienze sociali nell’Italia del Quattrocento, Torino, Einaudi 1978.
2. A. De Marchi, La pala d’altare. Dal polittico alla pala quadra, Firenze, Art & libri, 2012.
3. A. Pinelli, La bella maniera. Artisti del Cinquecento tra regola e licenza, Torino, Einaudi 2003.
4. E. Panofsky, Studi di iconologia. I temi umanistici nell’arte del Rinascimento, ed. italiana Torino, Einaudi 2009.
5. F. Zeri, Pittura e controriforma. L’arte senza tempo di Scipione da Gaeta, ed. originale, Torino, Einaudi 1957 (ristampa Neri Pozza 1997).
6. F. Haskell, Mecenati e pittori. Studio sui rapporti tra arte e società italiana nell’età barocca, Torino, Einaudi 2020 (ed. originale Firenze, Sansoni, 1966).
7. T. Montanari, Il Barocco, Torino, Einaudi 2012.
8. F. Haskell – N. Penny, L’antico nella storia del gusto: La seduzione della scultura classica 1500-1900, Torino 1984.
Type of delivery of the course
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For attending students there will be the possibility of taking two written exams (one in the middle and one at the end of the course). The topic of the examination for those who have passed the two written exams will only be the book of their choice from the adopted texts.