75839 - Seminar (1) (G-C)

Learning outcomes

At the end of the seminar (an activity closely related to the objectives of the degree course), the student will acquire specific skills and knowledge to address linguistic, philological, literary, historical, and artistic themes and problems.

Course contents

Art and Literature: Bologna 'la dotta' seen through its painted interiors

The seminar is dedicated to the relationship between art and literature in the modern age (16th-19th centuries) and aims to address it through the perspective of interior decoration in aristocratic residences. During this long period, such decoration has been a constant interest of the ruling class as a means of communicating political and ideological values, serving to maintain power and control. The seminar will focus on several palaces where this perspective is realized in Bologna, a city that preserves interiors of great artistic importance and significant cultural interest from various historical moments. Through the decorations, it will be possible to test the variable but always crucial relationship with the written sources that inspired the decorations: both modern sources, such as Ariosto's Orlando Furioso, and ancient ones (such as the Odyssey and the Aeneid).

Classroom lectures, intended to provide a historical and theoretical framework, will alternate with 'on-site' lessons. During these lessons, students will actively participate in exploring both the historical-artistic characteristics of the decorations and their variable, but always crucial, connection with written sources, both literary and otherwise. Lessons will be held in Palazzo Poggi, Palazzo Leoni, and Palazzo Magnani, among others.

Note: The maximum number of participants is 30.

Interested students must register via email addressed to the instructor with the subject line: ISCRIZIONE AL SEMINARIO.

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Students with SLD or temporary or permanent disabilities

It is suggested that they get in touch as soon as possible with the relevant University office (https://site.unibo.it/studenti-con-disabilita-e-dsa/en) and with the lecturer in order to seek together the most effective strategies for following the lessons and/or preparing for the examination.

 

 

Readings/Bibliography

At the beginning of the seminar, the sources whose knowledge is preparatory for the discussion will be communicated.

 

A.W. Boschloo, Il fregio dipinto a Bologna da Nicolò Dell'Abate ai Carracci (1550-1580), Bologna, Nuova Alfa, 1984

Palazzo Poggi da dimora aristocratica a sede dell’Università di Bologna, a cura di A. Ottani Cavina, Bologna, Nuova Alfa, 1988

Le antiche stanze: Palazzo Pepoli Campogrande e la quadreria Zambeccari, Bologna, Minerva, 2000

L’immaginario di un ecclesiastico. I dipinti murali di palazzo Poggi, a cura di V. Fortunati, V. Musumeci, Bologna, Compositori, 2000

S. Cavicchioli, La “visibile poesia” di Nicolò. Fonti letterarie e iconografia dei fregi dipinti a Bologna, in Nicolò dell’Abate. Storie dipinte nella pittura del Cinquecento tra Modena e Fontainebleau, catalogo della mostra, a cura di S. Béguin, F. Piccinini, Cinisello Balsamo, Silvana Editoriale, 2005, pp. 101-115

S. Vitali, Le decorazioni pittoriche e scultoree, in Palazzo Magnani in Bologna, Milano, Motta editore, 2009, pp. 91-136

F. Lui, Viaggio nelle stanze romantiche: scena e retorica degli interni, Bologna, Bononia University Press, 2012

S. Cavicchioli, Le historiae affrescate dai Carracci in Palazzo Fava a Bologna, “seconda Roma” (1583-1593), in Frises peintes. Les décors des palais et villas au Cinquecento, atti del convegno internazionale, a cura di Antonella Fenech Kroke, Annick Lemoine, Roma/Paris, Académie de France à Rome/Somogy, 2016, pp. 233-255

Letteratura e arti visive nel Rinascimento, a cura di G. Genovese, A. Torre, Roma, Carocci, 2019

S. Cavicchioli, I fregi dipinti in palazzo Leoni. Lorenzo Sabatini e il mito di Enea nella Bologna del Cinquecento, in «Studi di Storia dell’Arte», 30, 2019, pp. 183-196

La casa di Ulisse. Pellegrino Tibaldi nell’Accademia delle Scienze, Bologna, Pendragon, 2021

Teaching methods

Lectures, on-site inspections and guided visits, and active participation

Assessment methods

Attendance at 12 out of 15 lessons is mandatory.

The activity is considered completed upon the submission of a paper on a topic agreed upon with the instructor, consisting of at least 25,000 characters including notes, bibliography, and images. The paper must demonstrate a critical understanding of the topics covered in the lessons and in the utilized bibliography, as well as an adequate ability to express and organize the discourse.

To this end, in addition to lecture notes, students will use texts listed in the bibliography and others discussed with the instructor or in class.

Guidelines on how to write the paper will be available on the  platform "Virtuale".

The paper must be submitted in hard copy to the Department and sent via email at least 10 days before the exam date.

Teaching tools

Power Point presentations provided by the teacher.

Office hours

See the website of Sonia Cavicchioli