11965 - History of Modern Art (1)

Learning outcomes

The course proposes to form for the students an adeguate knowledge of the base of the principle facts and crucial questions of art overall Italian from the 15th century to the end of the 18th century. In particular the ability to recognize essential technical methods that would allow the student to understand the work of art from the point of view of the style and the form, the iconography, technique and to comprehend the connections to the historical, social and cultural timeframe in which they were produced. At the end of the course the student should be familiar with the characteristic themes and particularities along with the ambitions of the artists of these centuries. The student should also recognize and be able to comment on the works of the most representative artists and movements.

Course contents

The program will be divided in two sections.

The General Program will cover the principal facts of Italian art from the beginning of the XVIth century to 1815, with the Congress of Vienna.

Students taking the 12 or 10 cfu exam should have the basical knowledge of the art history of the XVI, XVII and XVIII century. Students that will take the 6 or 5 cfu exam should have the basical knowledge of two centuries to be chosen among the XVI, XVII and XVIII century.

Monographical part: a theme of the art history between the XVI and the XVII century.

Readings/Bibliography

Teaching methods

The course will consist of lectures (enriched by Power Point displays) and guided visits. Visits to the Bolognese churches of San Giacomo, San Domenico, and to the Pinacoteca Nazionale di Bologna will be held.

Assessment methods

Assessment will be by final written and oral tests

** See foot of page for Exchange Student syllabus

Written paper (for students taking 12, 10 or 6cfu exams once they have passed the written)

The written paper tests the student's knowledge of the general syllabus: history of art from the late Fifteenth to the early Nineteenth century, with its protagonists, movements and issues.

The test consists in recognising and commenting on 10 pictures taken from the set manual. Students must be able to place the work in its historical context and in the artist's own development (circumstances of commission, contents and aim of artwork, salient formal and technical features), as well as perform a stylistic reading of the work competently.

Written tests are held with the same frequency as, and immediately prior to, orals.

Oral test (open to students taking a 12, 10 or 6 cfu exam once they have passed the written)

All students must show familiarity with the Bologna National Art Gallery (Pinacoteca) or one other major Italian art gallery.

Students taking a 12 cfu exam:discussion of a) 2 texts chosen by the student from the optional essays, and b) the bibliography pertaining to the monographic course.

Students taking a 10 cfu exam:discussion of a) one text chosen by the student from the optional essays, and b) the bibliography pertaining to the monographic course.

Students taking a 6 cfu exam: discussion of the bibliography pertaining to the monographic course.

Students taking a 5 cfu exam:answering questions to ascertain knowledge of the manual (bibliography prescribed for written test).

EXCHANGE STUDENTS

Lesson attendance is not compulsory but warmly recommended if students are to pick up the art history method and practise discussing the subject in Italian with the appropriate vocabulary.

Texts

Manual

C. Bertelli, G. Briganti, A. Giuliano,Storia dell'arte italiana, Milano, Electa Mondadori
volume 3, units 15, 16, 17, 18;
volume 4, unit 19.

or

Cricco Di Teodoro, Itinerario nell'arte, Bologna, Zanichelli,

Volume 3, Dal Gotico internazionale al Manierismo (THIRD EDITION, YELLOW VERSION, 2011), units 17, 18, 19, 20;
Volume 4, Dal Barocco al Postimpressionismo (THIRD EDITION, YELLOW VERSION, 2012), units 21, 22, 23, 24.

Students can therefore choose:

for the16th century:

Storia dell'arte italiana, Milano, Electa Mondadori (Units 15 and 16)

or

Itinerario nell'arte, Bologna, Zanichelli, 2011 (Units 17, 18, 19, 20)

for the17th century:

Storia dell'arte italiana, Milano, Electa Mondadori (Units 17 and 18)

or

Itinerario nell'arte, Bologna, Zanichelli, 2012 (Units 21 and 22)

for the18th century:

Storia dell'arte italiana, Milano, Electa Mondadori (Unit 19)

or

Itinerario nell'arte, Bologna, Zanichelli, 2012 (Units 23 and 24)

I- Six or five credit exam

Written paper

Students will need to show familiarity with the 16th and 17th (in part) art history set for the course (Units 15, 16 and 17 of the manual)

Oral test

One book chosen from the options.

II- Twelve credit exam

Written paper

Students will need to show familiarity with the 16th and 17th and 18th century art history set for the course (Units 15, 16, 17, 18 and 19 of the manual)

Oral test

Richard J. Tuttle, Piazza Maggiore : studi su Bologna nel Cinquecento, Venezia, Marsilio, 2001

and one book chosen from the options.

Set book options

A. Pinelli, La Bella Maniera. Artisti del Cinquecento tra regola e licenza, Turin, Einaudi, 1993

T. Montanari, Il barocco, Turin, Einaudi, 2012

A. Pinelli, Il Neoclassicismo nell'arte del Settecento, Rome, Carocci, 2005

The exam tests the 12 cfu candidate's knowledge of Italian art history from c. 1480 (Leonardo da Vinci) to c. 1815 (Neo-classicism). Those taking a 6 cfu exam will be tested on the Renaissance and Baroque periods (Units 15, 16 and 17).

At the written test ten (10) slides will be projected showing works from the manual (5 in the case of students taking a 6 cfu exam). The candidate must recognise the work, give the author, title and (at least rough) date and attempt a collocation, as well as writing a brief historical and stylistic comment. This may be in abbreviated point-by-point form.

To pass the written paper (18 or upwards) students need to recognise half or more of the pictures shown (6 for 12 cfu students; 3 for 5 or 6 cfu students). Recognising a picture means correctly identifying the author, title, date and collocation (see above), and commenting appropriately.

Only after passing the written paper may a student sit the oral. The final mark may be at most two (2) points higher than the written.

Links to further information

http://www.dav.unibo.it

Office hours

See the website of Sonia Cavicchioli