85077 - Museology and Collection Studies (1) (LM)

Learning outcomes

By the end of the course, students will acquire a detailed knowledge of the history and theory of public and private collections, with particular attention to the specific problems posed by museology and of historical and artistic heritage management which includes safeguarding. It will also allow students to develop the necessary skills to understand museum entities and to recognise and analyse structures, spaces, displays and functions of museums in the past and in the present day. Additionally, the course will provide students with the ability to use research tools in the field of museology theory and didactic. Finally, through a cooperative learning approach and workshops, the course aims to enhance transversal skills, individual abilities and team working.

Course contents

This course will be held in the first semester, and divided into two modules of 30 hours of lessons each, corresponding to 6 credits.

• LM students in Visual Arts registered for the 2018-2019 A.Y. ) shall refer to both modules (12 credits exam)
• LM students in Visual Arts registered for the 2019-2020 A.Y. ) shall refer only to the first module (6 credits exam),
• LM students in Italian Studies, European Literary Cultures, Language Sciences shall refer only to the first module (6 credits exam).

First module (6 credits)

In the first module, the course aims to provide theoretic-methodological and historical-critical tools for understanding Museum through History and the formation of collections and transformations of the museum as an institution from the modern era to the present day . The historical places of the fruition of art are analyzed: collections, exhibitions, museums; the study of the evolution of the relationship between the museum and the public is completed by the analysis of some aspects of the debate on the museum in the T wentieth century.

Second module (6 credits exam)

Preserving, cataloguing, communicating, engaging and enhancing value are the guidelines for museums and libraries. Accordingly, this course aims at: providing means to understand the evolution of museums and their role for culture and in society; raising awareness and interest in knowledge, protection, conservation and appreciation of the surrounding cultural heritage; examining strategies of visitors involvement, also through new mass media.

In academic year 2019/2020, special attention will be paid to the analysis of the relationship between public and private collecting and art fruition . This will be possible by focusing on places of exhibitions and on debates about forms of displaying.

Readings/Bibliography

• For the final exam Students enrolled in the 6 CFU course are required to prepare all the texts listed in Section One.
• For the final exam (first and second modules 12 CFU), students are required to prepare all the texts listed in Section One, plus at least two texts from Section Two.

Section One: Museums and Publics

S. Costa/P. Callegari/M. Pizzo, L’Italia dei Musei 1860-1960. Collezioni, Contesti, Casi di studio, Bologna, BUP, 2018.

V. Falletti, M. Maggi, Dall’arca di Noè ai musei di domani, in V. Falletti, M. Maggi, I musei, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2012, pp. 21-66.

M. L. Pagliani, Musei e pubblico, in S. Costa, M. L. Pagliani, Arte, Archeologia e Pubblico, Bologna, BUP, 2017, pp. 12-96.

Section Two : Display

AA. VV. L’art de l’exposition. Une documentation sur trente expositions exemplaires du XX^e siècle, Parigi, édition du regard, 1998.

P. Bourdieu, A. Darbel, L'amore dell'arte, le leggi della diffusione culturale: i musei d'arte europei e il loro pubblico, Rimini Guaraldi 1972 [titolo or. L'amour de l'art: les musées et leur public 1966].

L. Cataldo, M. Paraventi, Linee guida per una museologia contemporanea, Milano, Hoepli, 2007.

S. Costa, Il magnifico concerto e l’ordinato metodo / Collezionismo e musei d’Ancien Régime, Bologna, Bup, 2019.

S. Costa, G. Perini Folesani (a cura di), I savi e gli ignoranti. Dialogo del pubblico con l'arte, Bologna, BUP, 2017.

S. Costa, D. Poulot, M. Volait (a cura di), The Period Rooms - Allestimenti storici tra arte, collezionismo e museologia, Bologna, BUP, 2016.

F. Haskell, The ephemeral museum. Old master painting and the rise of the art exhibition, New Haven, Yale University Press, 2000. (trad it. La nascita delle mostre. I dipinti degli antichi maestri e l’origine delle esposizioni d’arte, Milano-Ginevra, Skira, 2008).

Lo studio delle arti e il genio dell’Europa

D. Poulot, L’art d’aimer les objets, Laval, Presses de l’Université de Laval, 2016.

Students who do not attend the course should complete their preparation with:

M. T. Fiorio, Il museo nella storia, Milano-Torino, Bruno Mondatori, 2018.

or

M.C. Mazzi, In viaggio con le muse. Spazi e modelli del museo, Firenze, Edifir, 2005 (e ss. ed.).

Teaching methods

Lectures;

On-site visits to art exhibitions, museums, art galleries or historical complexes will integrate the course, as well as meetings with experts engaged in conservation and advocacy of historical-artistic heritage.

Students of LM Visual Arts attending the course Museology and Collecting (12 CFU and 6 CFU) interested in laboratory activities will find further information about the initiatives of the academic year 2019-2020 on the teacher's webpage.

Assessment methods

Students will be assessed during an interview: the final examination will evaluate the competence acquired at the end of the course. Successful candidates shall demonstrate an adequate knowledge of the contents covered during the course and the material indicated in the recommended readings/bibliography. They shall demonstrate critical ability to understand and explain both the theoretical approaches to the art mediation and the constantly evolving practical solutions proposed within the EU.

1. It will be graded as excellent the performance of those students demonstrating to be able to thoroughly analyse the texts and to put them into an organic view of the topics discussed during the course. The proper use of the specific language during the examination will be also essential.

2. It will be graded as discrete the performance of those students with mostly mnemonic knowledge, no in-depth analysis capabilities and a correct, but not always appropriate, language of the recommended texts.

3. It will be graded as barely sufficient the performance of those students with approximate knowledge, superficial understanding, poor analytical capabilities and a not always appropriate language.

4. It will be graded as insufficient the performance of those students with learning gaps, inappropriate language, no orientation within the recommended bibliography.

Teaching tools

Lectures; powerpoint slides and videos.

Office hours

See the website of Sandra Costa

 

 

Office hours

See the website of Sandra Costa