RESEARCH METHODOLOGY FOR THE HISTORY OF ART I
- Academic year
- 2021/2022 Syllabus of previous years
- Official course title
- METODOLOGIA DELLA RICERCA STORICO-ARTISTICA I
- Course code
- FT0136 (AF:360235 AR:190120)
- Modality
- On campus classes
- ECTS credits
- 6
- Degree level
- Bachelor's Degree Programme
- Educational sector code
- L-ART/02
- Period
- 3rd Term
- Course year
- 1
- Moodle
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Contribution of the course to the overall degree programme goals
The course aims to give a basic knowledge of research methodology of History of Art. The course aims also to provide historical and methodological tools that allow the student to know the most important art historians and their method of study of art. Major books will be described and discussed, and the most important theories will find a specific treatment.
Expected learning outcomes
Research methodology of art history between the 19th and 20th centuries (first part)
Aims:
-Basic Knowledge of the approaches, methods and tools of art history in the 19th and 20th centuries and of how art history evolved into a scientific discipline within the Humanities
-Knowlegde of the most important art historians
-Knowledge and how to use a specific terminology: knowing how to use an appropriate and specific terminology, introduced and explained at lesson or on recommended texts and books
Aims:
-Basic Knowledge of the approaches, methods and tools of art history in the 19th and 20th centuries and of how art history evolved into a scientific discipline within the Humanities
-Knowlegde of the most important art historians
-Knowledge and how to use a specific terminology: knowing how to use an appropriate and specific terminology, introduced and explained at lesson or on recommended texts and books
Pre-requirements
When following a programme that includes both classes, we recommend to sit this exam after the exam of Modern Art History
Contents
Through a selective examination of texts, art historians and books, the course aims to introcuce specific terminology and knowledges of research methodology for the history of art, and in particular:
-Art history as a scientific discipline;
-the “Vienna School of Art History”,
-the problem of progress in the arts and the notion of style;
-the meaning of visual arts: Aby Warburg;
-characteristics and approaches of art history in Italy, from Cavalcaselle, to Venturi, to Longhi;
-A focus on Mannerism, as a case study
-Art history as a scientific discipline;
-the “Vienna School of Art History”,
-the problem of progress in the arts and the notion of style;
-the meaning of visual arts: Aby Warburg;
-characteristics and approaches of art history in Italy, from Cavalcaselle, to Venturi, to Longhi;
-A focus on Mannerism, as a case study
Referral texts
- lecture notes
- G.C. Sciolla, La critica d’arte del Novecento, Torino, Utet Libreria, 1995 (e successive ristampe), ch. I-VI
- J. Shearman, Mannerism, 1967, chapters I and III.
- A. Pinelli, La bella Maniera, 1993, first part (pp. 5-85)
Reading is also recommended:
- G.C. Sciolla, Studiare l'arte. Metodo, analisi e interpretazione delle opere e degli artisti, II ediz., Torino, UTET Università, 2010
- G.C. Sciolla, La critica d’arte del Novecento, Torino, Utet Libreria, 1995 (e successive ristampe), ch. I-VI
- J. Shearman, Mannerism, 1967, chapters I and III.
- A. Pinelli, La bella Maniera, 1993, first part (pp. 5-85)
Reading is also recommended:
- G.C. Sciolla, Studiare l'arte. Metodo, analisi e interpretazione delle opere e degli artisti, II ediz., Torino, UTET Università, 2010
Assessment methods
Written exam with six questions; only the first session includes a specific written test for the attendants; if the epidemic persists written online exam with quesions that requires reasoning about the course principal topics
Teaching methods
Lectures with projected images; if the epidemic persists blended learning (remote and live video lessons).
Teaching language
Italian
Type of exam
written
Definitive programme.
Last update of the programme: 28/05/2021