HISTORY OF MODERN ART

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

Single discipline educational activity

Course Sheet

Course code:

MM352

Academic Year of enrolment:

2021

Year of supply:

2021/2022

Type of Course:

Characterising

Degree:

Course of 1st Cycle Degree in CULTURAL HERITAGE

Disciplinary Sector:

HISTORY OF MODERN ART

Language:

Italian

Location:

CHIETI

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

TORLONTANO Rossana

Cycle:

First semester

Hours of classroom activity:

Individual study hours:

216

Prerequisites:

Prerequisites

It is advisable to have already acquired the knowledge of the history of art from the times before the one treated, with particular attention to the medieval period

Objectives

Training purposes

The course is part of the general purpose of the course of study to provide the basic interpretative tools in the field of historical-artistic assets and provides the tools for understanding the development of the figurative arts and architecture in Italy between the fifteenth and the eighteenth century. Methods will also be discussed, to allow students to continue with a path of study of the themes traeted during the lessons.

Contents

Content: Main themes of the visual arts and architecture and their development in the Modern Age (cent. XV-XVIII)

Extended Syllabus

Extended program

The main themes of Italian art of the period between the fifteenth and the eighteenth century:

The Late Gothic
Birth and diffusion of the perspecive in art
The courts of the Reanaissance
The ‘maniera moderna’
The development of the Renaissance in Rome, Venice and Florence
Art at the time of the Council of Trent
Modern Art, 15th century, 16th century, 17th century
Classicism, naturalism and baroque in the seventeenth century
The art of the eighteenth century in Italy between Rococo and Illuminism

Recommended Bibliography

Reference books:

Exam program for students who must receive 12 credits:

A) Study of the handbook: S. Settis, T. Montanari, Arte. Una storia naturale e civile – Vol. 3, Dal Quattrocento alla Controriforma, Vol. 4, Dal Barocco all’Impressionismo, Einaudi Scuola, Milano 2019

The study of the shorter edition (Green Edition) of the same book will not be accepted

Alternatively, we recommend consulting only the 1995 edition of P. L. De Vecchi, E. Cerchiari, Arte nel tempo, Bompiani, Milano, 1995, vol. II, tomes 1 and 2.

B) An essay between the two suggested:
G. Romano, Verso la maniera moderna: da Mantegna a Raffaello, in Storia dell’arte italiana. I. Cinquecento e Seicento, Torino Einaudi 1981, vol. 6*, pp.5-72.
A. Pinelli, La maniera: definizione di campo e modelli di lettura, in Storia dell’arte italiana. I. Cinquecento e Seicento, Torino Einaudi 1981, vol. 6*, pp.89-166

Non-attending students are required to integrate the exam program with the following scripts:

A. De Marchi, Le geometrie luminose di Verrocchio pittore e le loro diffrazioni a Firenze sul 1470. Tra Leonardo, Ghirlandaio e Perugino, in Verrocchio. Il maestro di Leonardo, edited by F. Caglioti and A. De Marchi, exhibition catalogue (Firenze, Palazzo Strozzi e Museo Nazionale del Bargello, 9/3 – 14/7/2019), Marsilio, Venezia, 2019, pp. 49-77.

A. Natali, Dalla costola d’Andrea: genesi di due percorsi, in Pontormo e Rosso Fiorentino. Divergenti vie della “maniera”, edited by C. Falciani e A. Natali, exhibition catalogue (Firenze, Palazzo Strozzi, 8/3 – 20/7/2014), Mandragora, Firenze, 2014, pp. 21-37.

Exam program for students who must receive 6 credits:

The study of the shorter edition (Green Edition) of the same book will not be accepted

Alternatively, we recommend consulting only the 1995 edition of P. L. De Vecchi, E. Cerchiari, Arte nel tempo, Bompiani, Milano, 1995, vol. II, tomes 1 and 2.

Methods of Provision

Conventional

Teaching Methods

Teaching methods

Lectures, seminar activities with the participation of specialists and the direct involvement of students, guided visits to exhibitions and museums, connoisseurship lessons about authors and schools of the centuries of the modern age.

Evaluation methods

Verification of learning:

Verification method

The exam consists of an oral interview with a final single mark in thirtieths.

Contacts/More Information

Other infos

The teaching material not available at the ‘Ettore Paratore’ Library will be made available on the University e-learning platform.

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

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