87338 - Art in Europe Between the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries (1) (LM)

Learning outcomes

After completing the course the student will have the theoretical and methodological tools and historical-critical need to understand the artistic phenomena in that crucial transition between the 19th and 20th centuries, as well as through the knowledge of the historical-social context in which artwork and artistic trends originated. In particular, the student is able to deal with critical awareness the study of evolution of artistic movements and the resulting changes of even languages.

Course contents

The object of the course is the evolution of the idea of the landscape in the contemporary art, with focuses on strategies of representation and artistic interaction with it. The course will touch the most important artists and movements from the Neo-classical aesthetic to the Land Art, passing through the poetics of Romanticism, Impressionism, Vanguards, modern and organic architecture and photography, in search for rhetoric/symbolic meanings of the landscape and communication strategies of its representation.

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

The program is the same for all, attending and non-attending students

 

Suggested books

Robert Rosenblum, Horst Janson, L’arte dell’Ottocento, Palombi

Hal Foster, Rosalind Krauss, Yve-Alain Bois, Benjamin H. D. Buchloh, David Joselit, Arte dal 1900. Modernismo, antimodernismo, postmodernismo, Zanichelli

 

Mandatory essays*

Anna Ottani Cavina, Roma 1784: la città reale e la città geometrica nelle vedute urbane di David e della cerchia, in Il paesaggio. Dalla percezione alla descrizione, a cura di Renzo Zorzi, Marsilio, Venezia 1999, pp. 221-237

Silvestra Bietoletti, La pittura di paese. Una via alla modernità dell’arte, in La pittura di paesaggio in Italia. L’Ottocento, a cura di Carlo Sisi, Electa, Milano 2003, pp. 33-45

Pier Carlo Santini, Il paesaggio nella pittura contemporanea, Electa, Milano 1971, pp. 5-67

Una infinita bellezza. Il paesaggio italiano dalla pittura romantica all’arte contemporanea, a cura di G. Curto, R. Passoni, V. Bertone, cat. di mostra, Silvana Editoriale, Cinisello Balsamo 2021, pp. 19-27; 71-73; 91-93; 125-127; 159-161; 173-175; 201-203; 219-221.

Brian Wallis, Introduzione, in Land Art e Arte Ambientale, a cura di J. Kastner, Phaidon, London 2004, pp. 18-43

Silvia Bordini, Appunti sul paesaggio nell’arte mediale, Postmedia Data

*All these essays are available for students on Virtuale in PDF format.

 

1 book to choose

Kenneth Clark, Il paesaggio nell’arte, Abscondita

Maurizio Vitta, Il paesaggio. Una storia fra natura e architettura, Einaudi

Anna Ottani Cavina, I paesaggi della ragione, Einaudi

Nicoletta Leonardi, Il paesaggio americano dell’Ottocento: pittori, fotografi e pubblico, Donzelli Editore

Luca Galofaro, Artscape. L’arte come approccio al paesaggio contemporaneo, Postmedia Books

Teaching methods

In-person lessons with Power-Points.

Assessment methods

The test will consist of an oral examination in which the candidate will have to prove that he or she has assimilated the content covered in the course. In particular, language property, argumentative ability, knowledge of the themes touched in the lessons and general readiness will be assessed.

Students with SLD or temporary or permanent disabilities. It is necessary to contact the relevant University office (https://site.unibo.it/studenti-con-disabilita-e-dsa/en) with ample time in advance: the office will propose some adjustments, which must in any case be submitted 15 days in advance to the lecturer, who will assess the appropriateness of these in relation to the teaching objectives.

Teaching tools

PowerPoint, PDF, audiovisual materials.

Office hours

See the website of Alessio Costarelli