HISTORY OF DRAWING, ETCHING AND ILLUSTRATION

The course is part of the master’s degree course in “History of Arts and Conservation of Artistic Heritage”. It aims to provide the critical and methodological tools for the study of the history of texts, of the written and graphic sources indispensable for analysing drawings and engravings, as well as their perception and critical fortune during the centuries, directly considering the relationship with the public.

- General knowledge of history of graphic arts.
- Identification of the period and, possibly, of the author of a graphic work. Capability to contextualize a graphic work, recognising its documentary value, within the Art History and the History in general.
- Knowledge of the use of the sources and their specific historical lexicon.
- Ability to analyse the stylistic transformations of artistic languages, also in relation to written sources and formal models of reference.
- Ability to analyse art historical periodizations and their evolution.
- Acquisition of communication skills; know how to use the appropriate and specific terminology, above all with regard to techniques and materials, introduced and explained in class or in reference texts.
- Acquisition of analytical skills; know how to read artistic works, placing them in the history of the artists’ training and in the relationship with the public.

Basic knowledge of art history

Marcantonio Raimondi and the relationship between printmaking and the other arts during the Renaissance; Titian and the graphic art in Venice in the 16th century. Problems of cataloguing, collecting and critical fortune

Tiziano e la xilografia veneziana del Rinascimento, a cura di M. Muraro e D. Rosand, Vicenza 1976.
D. Landau - P. Parshall, The Renaissance Print: 1470-1550, New Haven and London, Yale University Press, 1994
E. Borea, Lo specchio dell'arte italiana. Stampe in cinque secoli, Pisa, Edizioni della Normale, 2008.
Rinascimento in bianco e nero, a cura di G. M. Fara e D. Landau, Verona, Scripta Edizioni, 2024.

A more specific bibliography will be distributed at the beginning of the lessons.

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.

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