HISTORY OF ART PATRONAGE

The course is part of of the core educational activities of the Master's Degree in History of Arts and Conservation of Artistic Heritage and in Economics and Management of Arts and Cultural Activities. The course will examine some examples of the relationship between patrons and artists in the Italian context and in particular in the Venetian context, during the 15th and 16th centuries. The artistic patrons analysed will mainly concern works of painting. At the end of the course, students will be able to analyse a work of art not only from a formal point of view, but will possess the ability to think of artistic creation as a "choral act", an expression of the complex relationship between artist/s, client/s and socio-cultural context. Students will also become familiar with the relationship between source(s) and artistic invention and the various types of documents related to artistic patronage.
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- Knowledge and understanding: knowledge of the topics and examples covered in class in a comparative perspective.
- Ability to apply the acquired knowledge: use of an appropriate vocabulary to express contents and meanings.
- Communication skills: ability to formulate in written and oral form the acquired knowledge.
- Learning ability: at the end of the course, the student should be able to recognise and place historically the examples treated during the lessons. It will therefore be indispensable to integrate the notes of the lessons with the reading and study of the bibliography.

A basic knowledge of modern art history is desirable, particularly for the 15th and 16th centuries.

The course will examine different types of patronage (secular, religious, aristocratic and non-aristocratic, of individuals or of corporations or schools), with particular attention to the Venetian reality of the Renaissance. However, it will be necessary to place the phenomena of the Renaissance period in a broader chronological perspective, in order to be able to grasp continuity, discontinuity and possible peculiarities.
Depending on the number of students attending, some visits are also planned.

BIbliography:
A. Gentili, Le Storie di Carpaccio. Venezia, i Turchi, gli Ebrei, Venezia 1996, pp. 11-46
P. F. Brown, La pittura nell’età di Carpaccio, Venezia 1992, pp. 21-89, 147-175
S. Settis, Artisti e committenti fra Quattro e Cinquecento, Torino 2010, pp. 89-211
M. Baxandall, Pittura ed esperienze sociali nell'Italia del Quattrocento, Torino 1978, cap. I, pp. 3-40
V. Sapienza, «Ancora sui Miracoli di Boucolis», G. Ortalli, F. Posocco (a cura di), Tintoretto 2019, Atti del convegno internazionale di studi, Venezia, Scuola Grande di San Rocco - Istituto Veneto di Scienze Lettere ed Arti, 30 sett. – 2 ottobre 2019, Venezia 2021, pp. 64-79
V. Sapienza, La chiesa di San Zulian a Venezia nel Cinquecento. Dalla ricostruzione sansovinana alle grandi imprese decorative di fine secolo, Roma 2018, pp. 1-115
V. Sapienza, « Il San Gerolamo di Tiziano per Santa Maria Nova: storie di mercanti, malfattori e penitenti », Augusto Gentili (a cura di), Il Grande Vecchio. Tiziano 1542-1576, atti del convegno internazionale di studi, Venezia Cinquecento, 35/2008, pp. 175-204.

Further reading:
R. Goffen, Devozione e committenza. Bellini, Tiziano e i Frari, Venezia 1986 (fortemente consigliato: in particolare pp. 3-104).
G. Matino, «l ciclo dell’Albergo della Scuola Grande di San Marco: una nuova prospettiva», in G. Ortalli, S. Settis (a cura di), La Scuola grande di San Marco a Venezia, Modena 2017, pp. 117-133 (fortemente consigliato)
M. Hochmann, Peintres et commanditaires à Venise (1540-1628), Roma 1992.

Further details on the bibliography will be provided at the beginning of the course and during the lectures.

The examination is oral. Students will be questioned on the topics covered in class and the bibliography.
The grading of the vote will depend on the student's preparation and his ability to provide adequate answers in good Italian, as well as his ability to develop critical thinking: grades between 18-22 correspond to a preparation judged sufficient; between 23-26: fair; 27-30: good to satisfactory. Praise is reserved for tests judged excellent.

Lectures. Depending on the number of students, visits will be also planned.

Italian

Attendance of the course is strongly recommended. Students who are unable to attend class are requested to contact the lecturer at least two months before the date on which they intend to take the examination. Any updates to the bibliography will be communicated at the beginning of the course.
Ca' Foscari University applies the Italian Law (Law 17/1999; Law 170/2010) for support and accommodation services available to students with disabilities or with specific learning disorders. If you have a motor, visual, hearing or other disability (Law 17/1999) or a specific learning disorder (Law 170/2010) and require support (classroom assistance, technological aids for carrying out exams or individualized exams, material in accessible format, note recovery, specialist tutoring to support the study, interpreters or other) contact the Disability Office and DSA disabilita@unive.it.

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