Students must attend lectures and exercises, which are a preparatory tool for independent study of the artists and their works, through the testing of theoretical and practical tools and methods. For non-attending students, in addition to the general program, they must read one book for each of the two groups (A and B) noted below:
Group A
- "Ottocento. L'Arte dell'Italia da Hayez a Segantini", exh. cat. ed. by F. Leone e F. Mazzocca, Silvana, Cinisello Balsamo 2019
- J. Rewald, "The history of impressionism", New York 1973 (The Museum of Modern Art): Italian edition
- "De Stijl. Nascita di un movimento", ed. C. Blotkamp, Milano 1989 (Electa Editore)
Group B
- C. D. Friedrich, "Scritti sull’arte", Milano 2001 (Abscondita ed.)
- "Lettere dei macchiaioli", ed. L.Vitali, Torino 1994 (Einaudi ed.)
- Paul Gauguin, "Lettere alla moglie e agli amici", Parma 1994 (Guanda ed.)
- D. Wildenstein, Y. Stavridès, "Marchands d’art", Torino 2001 (Centro scientifico arte ed.)
- D.- H. Kahnweiler, "La via al cubismo", Milano 2001 (Mimesis ed.)
- "La Nuova Oggettività tedesca", a cura di E. Pontiggia, Milano 2002 (Abscondita ed.)
- F. Poli, "Il sistema dell’arte contemporanea", Bari 2004 (Laterza ed.)
