27928 - Laboratory (1) (LM) (G. A)

Learning outcomes

At the end of the workshop, students can find and organise complex information in a coherent form; they are able to apply methodologies of critical analysis in the field of visual arts;they can use  sources effectively to carry out research in the different areas of the visual arts. 

Course contents

This workshop will consider the exhibitions of early modern art (approximately from the 15th to the 18th century) taking, simultaneously, two different approaches. With the first approach, exhibitions will be considered as the object of historical research, with the second as the object of critical analysis.

Taking the first approach, the workshop will focus on exhibitions of Italian early modern art between the 19th and the 20th century conceived as events generating new research, prompting conservation of cultural heritage, channelling political propaganda,  triggering architectural experimentation or the rediscovery of neglected topics and artists in the history of early modern art.

Taking the second approach, students will be provided with a method for the analysis of exhibitions. Guided by the professor, students will be asked to consider a series of recent case-studies. In this way, students will be given the chance to look critically at exhibitions, focusing on different aspects, such as the selection of works of arts included in the show, the efficacy of its overall structure, wall-texts, design, etc.

This workshop is open to a maximum of 25 students. Students interested in this workshop are invited to get in touch with the professor. 

 

Readings/Bibliography

The following texts provide an introduction to some of the topics of the course. Reading at least one of these texts is highly recommended.

 

• G. Agosti, Un amore di Giovanni Bellini, Milano, Officina Libraria, 2009.
• P. Aiello, Caravaggio 1951, Milano, Officina Libraria, 2018.
• L. Carletti, C. Giometti, Raffaello on the road. Rinascimento e propaganda fascista in America (1938-1940), Roma, Carocci, 2016.
• A. C. Cimoli, Musei effimeri: allestimenti di mostre in Italia, 1949-1963, Milano, Il saggiatore, 2007.
• P. Falguières, L’arte della mostra. Per un’altra genealogia del white cube, in Ph. Duboÿ, Carlo Scarpa. L’arte di esporre, Milano, Johan & Levi, 2016, pp. 15-52.
• F. Haskell, Botticelli, Fascism and Burlington House. The ‘Italian Exhibition’ of 1930, in «The Burlington Magazine», 141, 1999, pp. 462-472.
• R. Longhi, Editoriale. Mostre e musei (un avvertimento del 1959), in Id., Critica d'arte e buongoverno, Sansoni, Firenze 1985, pp. 59-74.
• T. Montanari, V. Trione, Contro le mostre, Torino, Einaudi, 2017.

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

 

Teaching methods

Image and text slides; possibly one on-site visit.

Assessment methods

There is no exam at the end of this workshop. However, students are required to attend at least 80 % of class hours. Topics for students’ short presentations to be given at the end of the course will be assigned during the first lessons.

Students with SLD or temporary or permanent disabilities should get in touch with the relevant University office (https://site.unibo.it/studenti-con-disabilita-e-dsa/it ) well in advance: the office will propose adjustments, which must in any case be submitted 15 days in advance to the lecturer, who will assess theri efficacy in relation to the teaching goals.

Teaching tools

 

 

Office hours

See the website of Marcello Calogero