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Art History

ART HISTORY

Prof. Luciana Roveda

Course: E0134

SSD Course: SECS-L-ART702

8 CFU – 64 hours

Sede: Novara

•    Teaching language

Italian

•    Content

This course introduces the basic tools of analysis, comprehension, reading and enjoyment of Cultural Heritage focusing on aspects related to Cultural Tourism.

•    Reference books

Bottari, Pizzicannella, I beni culturali e il paesaggio, Zanichelli, Bologna, 2007

cap. 1 - cap. 3

De Capoa, Arte e Turismo Hoepli, Milan, 2006, available in digital version.

A manual, to be chosen by the student. The student may use any manual but agreeing on the choice with the teacher.

Recommended reading:

Bertelli, La Storia dell’Arte, Pearson, Milano, 2012

Bora, Fiaccadori, Negri, I luoghi dell’arte, Electa, Milano 2009

For students who have never studied Art History can be useful initial reading

E. H. Gombrich, La storia dell’arte raccontata da Ernst H. Gombrich, or The Story of Art, Phaidon Press Limited, London

Specific indications of literature / web links on individual topics gradually treaties and general overview will be provided during the course.

•    Learning Objectives

The course aims to provide students with a framework of knowledge for the acquisition of tools and methods for analyzing, understanding and the conscious use of cultural heritage.

It will visually present: artifacts of an artistic nature, represent the history of civilization, and in context, represent the local, regional and international areas.

The reading and interpretation of the works of art will be analyzed in relation to the historical context, geographical and cultural affiliation.

The students will find hidden meanings within the relationships between artists and patrons. And they will examine what resources were allocated by the company who purchased the art, and the techniques used to employ the artists.

Students should be able to operate by noting similarities and / or differences between the languages and stylistic form of the different ages we considered.

•    Pre requisites for the class

Students responsability:

Attendance

To ensure success, class attendance is recommended

•    Teaching methods

The course makes use of the following teaching methods: lectures with the help of iconographic material, analysis and discussion of case studies, and exercises and guided tours.

The teaching methodology aims to integrate knowledge acquired by students in the arts, in geography, and in economy and tourism. The students will seek to develop the ability to forge links with other disciplines, noting that the work of art flows together with the aspects and components of the different fields of knowledge. This methodology will promote the activation of a deep interest and responsability in the artistic heritage and landscape, weather it be local or not. It is based on the awareness of its aesthetic value, and its historical, cultural and economic components.

•    Assessment methods

The student is required to pass a written test and to present a thematic study or an individual artistic itinerary.

•    Content
The first part – Fundamentals

The introduction to artistic literature from antiquity to the late Middle Ages

The geography of the Romanesque

The Gothic universe

The comparisons between architecture and sculpture, Romanesque and Gothic

The fifteenth-century Italian Renaissance

The Flemish Art

The art of the Catholic Reform. Europe of the sixteenth century

The Baroque. The Netherlands and Spain in the seventeenth century

The late seventeenth and eighteenth centuries in Piedmont, Italy and Europe

The art between Enlightenment and Romanticism. The study of ancient and the birth of archeology

The nineteenth century in France and in Europe

The art between the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries: new discoveries, new materials

The twentieth century: artistic movements, artists and their relationship with the international reality

The second part – Cultural Heritage

Assets/Art work

The students will study about the protection, conservation and enhancement of the art and analize those institutions responsible for the safekeeping of the art.

International Organizations

The students will learn about who the international organizations are, that house the art and what their function is

Unesco sites and non-European art

Content and container: museography

The museums. Museums ephemeral: the expositions that have made history

Private foundations for art

Italians and international contemporary museums

Cultural tourism and cities of art

The third part – Case studies

Cities of art

The square: from ancient evidence, the cities of art to the contemporary

The historical gardens in Europe and in Italy

European Cultural Routes: The Santiago De Compostela Pilgrim Routes, The Via Francigena

The theme of the journey in paintings

The Sacred Mountains

The Baroque and late Baroque in Piedmont

The study of Eclectic architecture on Lake Maggiore

Design

The design of Iconic landmarks: city and symbols from the past to the twenty first century

Wine cathedral: contemporary architecture, art and wineries

Alessandro Antonelli