78155 - Painting in the Modern Age (1) (LM)

Course contents

"Guido Reni (1575-1642)"

This course corresponds to 6 ECTS and, for students enrolled in the LM in Visual Arts, is completed with that of "Iconography and iconology" held by prof. Sonia Cavicchioli (12 ECTS).

Attending lectures is highly recommended.

Readings/Bibliography

Students has to know the chapters of an Art History textbook from the fifteenth to the eighteenth centuries (from Late Gothic to Neoclassicism). The following textbooks are recommended: G. Briganti, C. Bertelli, A. Giuliano, Storia dell'arte italiana, Milan, Electa, 1986 (and reprints); P. De Vecchi, E. Cerchiari, Arte nel tempo, Milan, Bompiani, 1991 (and reprints). If you would like to use other textbooks, please contact the teacher.

On the topics covered in the lessons:

A) a monograph on Raffaello, to choose from: Cesare Gnudi (ed. by), Mostra di Guido Reni, Bologna, Edizioni Alfa, 1954; Cesare Gnudi, Guido Reni, Milano, Martello, 1955; Edi Baccheschi, L'opera completa di Guido Reni, (“I classici dell’arte”, 48), introduzione di Cesare Garboli, Milano, Rizzoli, 1971; Stephen Pepper, Guido Reni: l’opera completa, Novara, Istituto Geografico De Agostini, 1988; Andrea Emiliani (ed. by), Guido Reni 1575 - 1642, catalogo della mostra, Bologna, Nuova Alfa Editoriale, 1988; Gerard-Julien Salvy, Reni, Milano, Electa, 2001; Bastian Eclercy (ed. by), Guido Reni - The divine, exhibition catalogue, Frankfurt am Main, Städel Museum, 2022; David García Cueto (ed. by), Guido Reni, exhibition catalogue, Madrid, Museo Nacional del Prado, 2023.

B) one of the following texts of your choice (two for non-attending students): Daniele Benati, Per Guido Reni “incamminato”, tra i Carracci e Caravaggio, in “Nuovi studi”, 9/10, 2004-2005, 11, pp. 231-247; AA.VV., schede delle opere di Guido Reni, in Jadranka Bentini e altri (a cura di), Pinacoteca Nazionale di Bologna, 3, Guido Reni e il Seicento, Venezia Marsilio, 2008; Daniele Benati, Guido Reni: la strada per Roma, in Francesca Cappelletti (a cura di), Guido Reni a Roma. Il sacro e la natura, catalogo della mostra (Roma, Galleria Borghese), Venezia, Marsilio, 2022, pp. 14-27.

Some of the cited texts will be available in the "Teaching material" of the course.

Teaching methods

Attend classes.

Assessment methods

Students will be assessed by means of an oral examination in which the candidate is required to engage in critical analysis based on the course readings.

Evaluation

Evaluation of the oral examination will follow the usual principle of judging excellence to mean evidence of a solid artistic and historical grounding and of a mature critical awareness.

During the oral examination, students must demonstrate to have acquired a critical understanding of the topics discussed during the course and a critical knowledge of the recommended bibliography.

After completing the course the student will be able:

• To know the features of artwork in early modern period

• Identify and analyze the most significant works

• Develop personal reflections

• Demonstrate a critical understanding of the various issues discussed

• Use correct terminology

The achievement of a comprehensive vision of the issues, the possession of a specific language, the originality of the reflection as well as familiarity with artwork analysis tools will be evaluated with marks of excellence. Knowledge mostly mechanical or mnemonic of matter, a capacity of synthesis and analysis articulated or not, a use of proper language but not always appropriate, as well as a school domain of the arguments of the course will lead to fair valuations. Training gaps or use inappropriate language, as well as a lack of knowledge of the arguments will lead to votes that will amount on the sufficiency threshold. Training gaps, inappropriate language, lack of orientation within the bibliography and inability to analyze will be evaluated negatively.

The assessment procedure is the same for students who attend or do not attend lectures.

Teaching tools

Ppt images, which will be made available to the student at the end of the course.

Office hours

See the website of Daniele Benati