ETRUSCOLOGY AND ITALIC ARCHAEOLOGY I I

The teaching characterizes the CdS in Conservation and Management of Cultural Heritage, Cultural Activities and Landscape. It aims to provide students with the methodological tools for the interpretation of the archaeological contexts of pre-Roman Italy.
Objectives of the course are: to develop the ability to think about the dynamics of formation and development of the Etruscan civilization and of ancient Italy, also from different points of view. It aims to provide the methodology for the analysis of archaeological contexts also in comparison one with each other.

1. Knowledge and understanding
- To know basic archaeological and technical terminology
- To Know Italic chronology relative and absolute
- To know main theoretical models to analize settelments and necropolis
- To Know main theoretical models to analize material culture and social organization
2. Ability to apply knowledge and understanding
- To be able to employ archaeological and technical terminology
- To be able to apply chronological references for the Italic Iron age
- To be able to analyze some case studies for settlements and necropolis
- To be able to analyze examples of material culture and artistic finds
3. Judgment skills
- To be able to judge and argue hypothesis about etrusco-italic contexts
4. Communication skills
- To be able to tell new finds or results of the research with a plain and technical terminology
- to be able to compare themselves with colleagues and tutor, even in virtual way
5. Learning ability
- To be able to take notes and to share them with colleagues, even on line
- To be able to consult bibliographic references even with a critical point of view

Minimum requirement is a good knowledge of the Italian phisical and morphological geography. A basic knowledge of classical archeology, in particular architecture and the main iconographies, may be useful.

The topics related to the birth and development of the figured decorations from the pottery production to the architectural decorations are developed.
The course will focus on the methodology of reading narrative images, through the knowledge of the main monuments of Etruscan civilization and contemporary Italic lones.
The course is also based on the comparative analysis of historical and archaeological sources, for the purpose of a coherent and wide-ranging interpretation.
Themes are proposed for attending and not attending. Non-attending students will have to take into consideration the specifically indicated bibliography and will be able to deepen individual topics of their specific interest on request.

Testi obbligatori:
M. Torelli, L’Arte degli Etruschi, Laterza Economica 2008.
M. Menichetti, Archeologia del potere, Longanesi e C., Milano 1994.
ZAGHETTO L. 2002, Dalla “Parola” alle “Frasi”: unità semplici e unità strutturate nel linguaggio delle immagini. Il caso dell’arte delle situle, in Colpo I. et Al. (a cura di), Iconografia 2001. Studi sull’immagine, Atti del Convegno (Padova 2001), Roma, pp. 31-43.
L. Zaghetto, La situla Benvenuti. Il poema figurato degli antichi Veneti, (con un contributo di S. Buson), Ante Quem, Bologna, 2017, pp. 318.

The test is oral; the student have to show a good knowledge of the main subjects and that they are able to explain the topics in a formally correct language, making use also of proper archaeological terminology. The students are expected to recognise the main monuments and figurative cycles treated or traceable in images drawn from the bibliography and their chronological and cultural framework.

Face to face lessons
Lectures and exercises
On.line papers for specific topics.

Italian

oral

This subject deals with topics related to the macro-area "Cities, infrastructure and social capital" and contributes to the achievement of one or more goals of U. N. Agenda for Sustainable Development