30509 - Museology and Collecting (LM)

Academic Year 2009/2010

  • Docente: Marinella Pigozzi
  • Credits: 12
  • SSD: L-ART/04
  • Language: Italian
  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Visual Arts (cod. 0977)

Learning outcomes

The student will pursue knowledge regarding the preservation and valorization of artistic traditions, the protection and preservation of Italian cultural heritage often specific to historical site and the protection of the environment .

Course contents

The course will investigate methods of art intervention, issues facing art protection, art management, and management of art databases. The intention is to produce experts in cultural patrimony who will contribute to this strategic sector within the Italian arts.

Readings/Bibliography

C. F. Neickel, Museografia, cura e saggi di M. Pigozzi, E.Giuliani, A. Huber, traduzione e note di E. Giovannini, Bologna, Clueb, 2005.

R. Gioia-M. Pigozzi, Federico Zeri e la tutela del patrimonio culturale italiano, Bologna, Clueb, 2006.     

M. Dalai Emiliani, Per una critica della museografia del Novecento in Italia. Il "saper mostrare" di Carlo Scarpa, Venezia, Marsilio, 2008.

 

Teaching methods

Lessons in a classroom with the involvement of experts in museum direction, photographic archives, patrimonial management, and  restoration.

Assessment methods

Oral examination.

The student will choose a foreign museum and furthermore one of  the following museums in Bologna:

Museo Civico Archeologico,

Musei di Palazzo Poggi,

Museo Civico Medievale,

Collezioni di Palazzo Comunale,

Museo Davia Bargellini,

Pinacoteca Nazionale,

MAMBO.

Teaching tools

The first lessons will be held in a University classroom. Following lessons will be held in museums, public and private galleries, restoration laboratories, photographic archives.

Links to further information

http://www.dav.unibo.it

Office hours

See the website of Marinella Pigozzi