13355 - Psychology of Art (1)

Learning outcomes

The psychology of art, in our perspective, intends to provide, especially through reference to the categories of Freudian psychoanalysis, the necessary tools for the study of the major psychic mechanisms that govern the creation, fruition and critical,theoreticaland methodologicalanalysis of artistic works.

Course contents

I Module (6 cfu)

The first lessons will be about the main lines of a psychoanalytic theory of art and literature seen from a freudian point of view, with references to studies of end 800 about hypnotism and suggestion. Particular attention will be given to the concept and dynamics of the Uncanny (Unheimliche) and to the description of the reparation mechanisms associated with creativity. Professor Chiara Tartariniwill held a series of lectures on the theme of “Fantastic Anatomies”.
A specific bibliography will be made available to students during the course. The examination will focus on the following texts:

1.S. Freud,Saggi sull'arte, la letteratura e il linguaggio, Bollati Boringhieri, Torino 1990;

2.S. Ferrari,Nuovi lineamenti di una psicologia dell'arte. A partire da Freud, Clueb, Bologna 2012;

3.C. Tartarini,Anatomie fantastiche, Clueb, Bologna 2010 (II edizione).

II module (6 cfu)

The second module, which is also the second part of the course, will focus on some psychoanalytic reflections on the theme of the Uncanny, the mirror and the concept of "internal image", with particular reference to the dynamics of the portrait and the self-portrait, of which will be taken into account the hypothesis of their intrinsic reparative value. Particular attention will be devoted to the photographyc self-portrait as an artistic and psychological product, also as proposals of models of "Phototherapy".

. The examination will focus on the following texts:

1.S. Freud,Saggi sull'arte, la letteratura e il linguaggio, Bollati Boringhieri, Torino 1990;

2.S. Ferrari,Lo specchio dell'Io. Autoritratto e psicologia, Laterza, Bari-Roma 2002 or (choice) S. Ugolini,Nel segno del corpo.Origini e forme del “ritratto ferito”, Liguori, Napoli 2009;

3.S. Ferrari e C. Tartarini (Ed),AutoFocus. Autoritratto fotografico tra arte e terapia, Clueb, Bologna 2010.

Exam 12
 cfu

Students who intend to take the exam with 12 credits (or the students of the old system of 10 credits) are required to prepare the texts of both the first and second module, or to add the program of the first or the second module (all 5 texts) to one of the following options, naturally avoiding overlapping:

Option 1 (Freudian texts): S. Freud,L'interpretazione dei sogni, edd varie; S. Freud,Il motto di spirito e la sua relazione con l'inconscio, edd. varie, or, choice,La psicopatologia della vita quotidiana, different editions.

Option 2(Autobiographical writing): two texts chosen from: S. Ferrari,Scrittura come riparazione. Saggio su letteratura e psicoanalisi,Laterza, Bari-Roma 2007; S. Ferrari,La scrittura infinita. Saggi su letteratura, psicoanalisi e riparazione,Nicomp, Firenze 2007; G. Starace,Il racconto della vita. Psicoanalisi e autobiografia, Bollati Boringhieri 2004.

Option 3(Portrait and Self-portrait ):two texts chosen fromS. Ugolini,Nel segno del corpo.Origini e forme del “ritratto ferito”, Liguori, Napoli 2009; S. Ferrari (a cura di),Il corpo adolescente: percorsi interdisciplinari tra arte e psicologia, Bologna, CLUEB, 2007; S. Ferrari,Lo specchio dell'Io. Autoritratto e psicologia, Laterza, Bari-Roma 2002; S. Ferrari (a cura di),Autoritratto, psicologia e dintorni, Bologna, CLUEB 2004.

Option 4(Psychology of portrait): S. Ferrari,La psicologia del ritratto nell'arte e nella letteratura, Laterza, Bari-Roma 1998; J. von Schlosser,Storia del ritratto in cera, trad. it. a cura di P. Conte, Qudlibet, Macerata 2011.

Option 5 (Outsider Art): W: Morgenthaler,Arte e follia in Adolf Wölfli, trad. it. Alet Edizioni, Padova 2007 or (choice) V. Andreoli,Il linguaggio grafico della follia, Rizzoli, Milano 2009 andFigure dell'anima e dintorni, "dispensa" by S. Ugolini (photocopies are available at the copy shopvia Fondazza).

Option 6 (Neuroesthetics): C. Cappelletto,Neuroestetica. L'arte del cervello, Laterza, Bari-Roma 2009 anda text from a choice of: L. Maffei e A. Fiorentini,Arte e cervello, seconda edizione, Zanichelli, Bologna 2008; S. Zeki,La visione dall'interno.Arte e cervello, Bollati Boringhieri, Torino, o 2007); G. Lucignani o A. Pinotti (a cura di),Immagini della mente. Neuroscienze, arte, filosofia, Raffaello Cortina, Milano 2007.

SEMINARS

Dott.ssa Sara Ugolini:Origini e forme del ritratto "ferito".Four meetings:

12 novembre, aula 2, ore 13-15

15 novembre, Aula Magna, ore 13-15

19 novembre, aula 2, ore 13-15

22 novembre, Aula Magna, ore 13-15.

Related activities

1.Mal d'amore e isteria nelle rappresentazioni dell'arte moderna,series of lectures byChiara Tartarini.The meetingswill be held from 11 to 13 in the Aula Magna of the complex of S. Cristina,October17, 18, 19.

2.Il senso dello sguardo. Series of lecturesabout Photography and psychoanalysisin collaboration withIAAP (International Association for Art and Psychology), section of Bologna and Istituto Eric Fromm of Bologna.Meetings will be heldfrom 11 to 13 in the Aula Magna of the complex of S. Cristina according to the following schedule:

Cristina Nuñez,Il metodo Self-Portrait Experience incontra la psicoanalisi,Friday, October 12 from 11 to 13

Francesca Belgiojoso,Un percorso psicologico in collaborazione con una fotografa attraverso le PhotoTherapy Techniques di Judy Weiser per la comprensione e il sostegno del processo creativo tra contenuti artistici ed indagini di senso,Friday, October 26from 11 to 13.

Anna Fabroni,Anoressia/Amoressia,una lettura psicodinamica tra fotografia e psicoanalisi,Friday, November 9from 11 to 13

Antonello Turchetti,Presentazione del Progetto E.T.R.A,Friday, November 23from 11 to 13.

Guido Guidi,Il visibile è uno spiraglio per l'invisibile,Friday, December 7from 11 to 13.

Each meeting will be joined bySerena Calo andGiuseppe Ferrari, respectively psychoanalyst and director ofEric Fromm, in order to cut the various psychoanalytic shared experiences. Some meetings will be supported by experiential workshop that will be held at the Institute of Bologna Erich Fromm (for info on workshops and on the initiative see: http://www.istitutoerichfromm.it/news/39-il-senso-dello-sguardooppure contattare:calo.serena@gmail.com).

3.Tre incontri su autoritratto e arti terapie. Immagine di sé, del proprio corpo e del volto in Arte e Danza Movimento Terapia,in collaborationwithIAAP (International Association for Art and Psychology), section of Bolognaand Art Therapy Italiana, Bologna.Meetings will be held from 11h to 13h in the Aula Magna of the complex of S. Cristina,according to the following schedule:

Mona Lisa Tina,
La performance come autoritratto. Rappresentazioni del corpo tra arte e arte terapia
Friday, November 16

Rosaria Mignone,
Identità e alterità. Autoritratto e arte terapia
Friday, November 30

Roberta Sorti,
Introduzione alla Danza Movimento Terapia. Percepirsi e rappresentarsi attraverso il corpo in movimento
Friday, Dember 14.

These three meetings of a theoretical nature, which are independentl, will be followed by experiential workshop at the headquarters of Bologna Art Therapy. For more information contact respectively
monalisatina77@yahoo.it
rosaria.mignone@fastwebnet.it
sortiroberta@gmail.com

Assessment methods

Oral examination, possibly supplemented by a brief written report agreed with the teacher.

Links to further information

http://www.psicoart.unibo.it/

Office hours

See the website of Stefano Ferrari