90764 - Contemporary Styles and Arts

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course the student is expected to acquire the historical-methodological tools to understand the styles of fashion and art from the second half of the Nineteenth Century up to the prêt-à-porter; he/she will employ the theoretical-methodological instruments of the history of art on fashion phenomena; he/she will be able to explain the designers’ collections both in an historical and in an interpretational perspective.

Course contents

The course analyzes and interprets fashion styles and art currents in a parallel path between the great names of haute couture and the most representative painters, sculptors and performers of the Eighteenth, Nineteenth and Twentieth centuries. The parallels between art and fashion will start from the Late Baroque and the stylistic revolution implemented by artists such as Füssli, Blake, Goya, Canova and the Empire style which became widespread in fashion from the end of the eighteenth century, to then face the founding father of contemporary fashion, Charles Frederick Worth. The protagonists will then be examined of Symbolism, of Expressionism, Cubism, Futurism, Metaphysics and Surrealism will be studied, right up to the fashion of the fifties. We will therefore see the main research lines of styles in fashion and art through figures such as Paul Poiret, Coco Chanel, Elsa Schiaparelli, Cristóbal Balenciaga, ending with Emilio Pucci, all analyzed in convergence with contemporary artists. In the second part of the course, the art of the second post-war period and its intersections with the fashion of the last decades will be examined, as a preparatory phase to the teaching of Forme della moda contemporanea, planned to be chosen for the second year.

Students with SLD or temporary or permanent disabilities. It is suggested that they get in touch as soon as possible with the relevant University office (https://site.unibo.it/studenti-con-disabilita-e-dsa/en ) and with the lecturer in order to seek together the most effective strategies for following the lessons and/or preparing for the examination.

Readings/Bibliography

The current bibliography is valid both for attending and not attending students:

• F. Fabbri, La moda contemporanea. I. Arte e stile da Worth agli anni Cinquanta, Einaudi, Torino 2019
  
• F. Fabbri, La voce del diavolo. L'arte contemporanea e la moda, Einaudi, Torino 2024 (released in October, 2024)
• F. Fabbri, L'orizzonte degli eventi. Gli stili della moda dagli anni Sessanta a oggi, Atlante, Bologna 2015

Teaching methods

Projection of images and fashionn collections to be analyzed during the class

Assessment methods

Written test. The exam will be held in the IT laboratories of the Rimini Campus on e-learning platform and on the "Esami on line" platform (as a remote test), and will consist of different typologies of questions:

1) questions matched with 4/5 alternative answers, with just a correct one; 2) "true" of "false" questions; 3) pictures of designers and styles to be properly recognized.

The aim of the test is to verify the ability of the students to recognize the styles of fashion and their hystorical-critical value.

Students with SLD or temporary or permanent disabilities. It is necessary to contact the relevant University office ( https://site.unibo.it/studenti-con-disabilita-e-dsa/en ) with ample time in advance: the office will propose some adjustments, which must in any case be submitted 15 days in advance to the lecturer, who will assess the appropriateness of these in relation to the teaching objectives.

Teaching tools

E-learning platform

Office hours

See the website of Fabriano Fabbri