89981 - Comparative History of Art in Europe (1)

Academic Year 2022/2023

Learning outcomes

By the end of the course the student: is aware of the most relevant moments of European Art history in Early Modern age; is able to compare patronage, iconography, and artistic genre exchanges.

Course contents

Art in Europe during the Early Modern Age. Production centers, patronages, artists

The course investigates the arts through topics allowing the analysis and comprehension of main facts from XVth to XIXth century in Europe in a transcultural and synchronic perspective. For this reason the course is divided into four parts, highlighting essential moments of artistic and cultural development, and constantly keeping in mind the relationship between European areas and Italy.

  1. XVth-Century art in Italy and Low Countries. The routes of merchants and artists
  2. German and Italian art at the beginning of the XVIth Century
  3. Places and artists in baroque Europe
  4. The revival of ancient art between French Revolution and Restoration (XVIIIth-XIXth centuries)

Readings/Bibliography

6 cfu Exam

Attending students

1. Class notes

2.  S. Cavicchioli, Dipingere immagini. Francesco IV d’Austria-Este e la decorazione del Palazzo Ducale di Modena (1814-1846)

available at the following link:
https://www.openstarts.units.it/handle/10077/34106

3. One (1) book chosen within the List below

N.B. Powerpoint presentations of the classes will be shared with students

Non attending students

1. 5 minutes presentation of a monument or work of art chosen by the student, belonging to European art history (1400-1815 circa)

2. S. Cavicchioli, Dipingere immagini. Francesco IV d’Austria-Este e la decorazione del Palazzo Ducale di Modena (1814-1846)

available at the link:
https://www.openstarts.units.it/handle/10077/34106

3. Two (2) books chosen within the List below

9 cfu Exam

(Students of the Scuola di Lingue e Letterature, Traduzione e Interpretazione)

Attending students

1. Class notes

S. Cavicchioli, Dipingere immagini. Francesco IV d’Austria-Este e la decorazione del Palazzo Ducale di Modena (1814-1846)

 link:
https://www.openstarts.units.it/handle/10077/34106

3. Two (2) books chosen within the List below

N.B. Powerpoint presentations of the classes will be shared with students

Non attending students

1. 5 minutes presentation of a monument or work of art chosen by the student, belonging to European art history (1400-1815 circa)

2. S. Cavicchioli, Dipingere immagini. Francesco IV d’Austria-Este e la decorazione del Palazzo Ducale di Modena (1814-1846)

available at the link:
https://www.openstarts.units.it/handle/10077/34106

3. Three (3) books chosen within the List below

List of books (point 3)

S. Alpers, Arte del descrivere. Scienza e pittura nel Seicento olandese (Chicago, 1983), Torino, Bollati Boringhieri, 1984

S. Alpers, L'officina di Rembrandt: l'atelier e il mercato (Chicago, 1988), Torino, Einaudi, 1990

G.C. Argan, L’Europa delle capitali 1600-1700 (Genève, 1964), Milano, Skira, 2004

L. Barroero, Le arti e i Lumi, Torino, Einaudi, 2011

M. Baxandall, Scultori in legno del Rinascimento tedesco (London, 1980), Torino, Einaudi, 1989

L. Castelfranchi Vegas, Van Eyck, Milano, Jaca Book, 2021

A. Chastel, Architettura e cultura nella Francia del Cinquecento (Paris, 1989), Torino, Einaudi, 1991

D. Frascarelli, L’arte del dissenso. Pittura e libertinismi nell’Italia del Seicento, Torino, Einaudi, 2016

O. Rossi Pinelli, Le arti nel Settecento europeo, Torino, Einaudi, 2009

Roma 1630. Il trionfo del pennello, catalogo della mostra, Milano, Electa, 1994, saggi di G. Briganti, M. Fumaroli, O. Bonfait, S. Ebert-Schifferer, Y. Bonnefoy (pp. 23-126) e, nel catalogo, schede dei dipinti alle pp. 128-227

J. Starobinski, L’invenzione della libertà. 1700-1789 (Génève, 1964), Milano, Abscondita, 2018

For "Corsi singoli" (cod. 41820 o 89981: 6 cfu exams)

see Italian version.

Teaching methods

Lectures with powerpoint presentations and multimedia instruments; if possible, on-site inspections and guided visits. Students are encouraged to play and active role within the course, through questions, comments and observations related to the lesson topics.

Assessment methods

The exam will be oral and it will aim to assess whether the students have developed critical skills during the course. Students will be required to demonstrate an appropriate knowledge of the bibliography specified in the syllabus.

1. It will be graded as excellent the performance of those students demonstrating to be able to thoroughly analyse the works of art and 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

Power Point presentations provided by the teacher.

Office hours

See the website of Sonia Cavicchioli

SDGs

Quality education Gender equality

This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.