MODERN ART HISTORY

The course, considered as a core educational activity, aims to provide methodological tools that allow the student to elaborate a deep analysis of a work of art of Renaissance, to know how to connect them to the various contexts, by detecting the theoretical, economic, social and political implications.

- knowledge and understanding: knowledge of terminology; knowledge of main artists' poetic and works of art, groups and movements in the field of visual arts during the Renaissance;
- ability to apply knowledge and understanding: knowledge of how to use a precise terminology and ability to recognize main artists and works of art specified on the program, formulating an explanatory and argumentative exposure about artists' works and poetics;
- ability to understand: how to analyze a work of art or an artist's poetry or a group / movement among the studied ones, relating them to a correct temporal and cultural collocation; to be able to argue with property of language and correct formal analysis;
- communication skills: knowing how to use an appropriate and specific terminology, introduced and explained at lesson or on recommended texts and books; apply a good Italian syntax and grammar; being able to behave in a respectful and profitable way with professors and peers;
- learning skills: being able to understand how to connect a work of art or an author to cultural and artistic movements / groups or to a specific cultural moment, making comparisons between different themes based on thematic, formal, poetic bases.

Basic knowledge of 15th and 16th centuries Art History.

Giovanni Bellini and painting of his time in Veneto: Problems of chronology, style, iconography, collecting

P. Humfrey, La pittura a Venezia nel Rinascimento, Milano, Leonardo Arte, 1996 (ed. or. New Haven and London 1994)
The Cambridge Companion to Giovanni Bellini, a cura di P. Humfrey, Cambridge 2004.
Mantegna & Bellini, catalogo della mostra a cura di C. Campbell. D. Korbacher. N. Rowley e S. Vowles, London, National Gallery - Berlin, Staatliche Museen, 2018

Verification of learning takes place through an oral test. The exam aims to verify that the knowledge derived from the topics covered during the course and the basic concepts exposed in the reference bibliography and in the teaching materials present on the university's Moodle platform have been acquired.
The grade is determined by: - knowledge of the subjects (range 10 points); - ability to deepen the topic (range 5 points); - detailed and precise knowledge of the historical context (eg knowledge of dates and classification events) (range 5 points); - exposure safety (range 5 points); - ability to articulate speech autonomously (range 5 points).

The course includes frontal lessons with projection of images, discussions of texts and active participation of students through reading exercises of the works of art proposed; visits to collections and monuments covered during classroom lessons are planned.
The course takes advantage of the support of the university's e-learning platform (Moodle.unive.it), where the teaching materials will be uploaded.

Italian

Attendance is strongly recommended.

Ca' Foscari applies Italian law (Law 17/1999; Law 170/2010) for support and accommodation services available to students with disabilities or with specific learning disabilities. In case of motor, visual, hearing or other disabilities (Law 17/1999) or a specific learning disorder (Law 170/2010) and need for support (classroom assistance, technological aids for carrying out individualized exams or exams, accessible format material, notes retrieval, specialist tutoring to support the study, interpreters or other), please contact the Disability and SLD office: disable@unive.it.

oral

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