30520 - Psychology of Art (LM)

Learning outcomes

Course contents

During the course will be taken up and discussed some of the fundamental issues of art derived from Freudian psychology, with particular reference to the dynamics of reparation (work of mourning, repetition compulsion, identification processesg). These mechanisms will be explored especially with regard to the subject of identity and the body in the light of a psychology of the portrait and self-portrait. Ample space will also be given  to the studies and reflections on artistic fruition, especially regarding the issues imposed by some models of contemporary art.

Within the course, in addition to the meeting with some guests able to make a significant contribution on the issues, there will be a short lecture cycle by Chiara Tartarini on its text, Quadri di sintomi. Immagini e scienze umane in medicina, Franco Angeli, Milano 2015 (30, 31 March, 5 April 2017).

 

Seminar

Sara Ugolini will hold an afternoon seminar in collaboration with “IAAP - International Association for Art and Psychology - Sezione di Bologna”, entitled Starting Outsider Art. Series of talks on anarchist productions, creative workshops and new scenarios of expression.

The schedule of meetings is as follows:

Wednesday, March 1st aula 4 h. 15-17.

Wednesday, March 8 aula 4 h. 15-17.

Wednesday, March 15 aula 4 h. 15-17.

Wednesday, March 29 aula 3 h. 15-17.

Students attending the seminar may agree a specific program.

 

The examination will focus on the following texts

1. S. Freud, Saggi sull'arte, la letteratura e il linguaggio, Bollati Boringhieri, Torino 1999;

2. S. Ferrari, Lo specchio dell'Io. Autoritratto e psicologia, Laterza, Bari-Roma 2002;

3. C. Tartarini, Quadri di sintomi. Immagini e scienze umane in medicina, Franco Angeli, Milano 2015;

4. S. Ferrari e C. Tartarini (Eds), AutoFocus. Autoritratto fotografico tra arte e terapia, Clueb, Bologna, 2010; or, choice, S. Ferrari (Ed), Il corpo adolescente: percorsi interdisciplinari tra arte e psicologia, Bologna, CLUEB, 2007;

5. M. Recalcati, Il miracolo della forma. Per un'estetica psicoanalitica, B. Mondadori, Milano 2007; o, choice, M. Recalcati, Il mistero delle cose. Nove ritratti di artisti, Feltrinelli, Milano 2016; A. Dal Lago e S. Giordano, Mercanti d'aura. Logiche dell'arte contemporanea, Il Mulino, Bologna 2006.

Please note: Students who have already read the Freud's Essays will have to replace them with one of the following texts: E. R. Kandel, L'età dell'inconscio. Arte, mente e cervello dalla grande Vienna ai nostri giorni, trad. it, Raffaello Cortina 2012; B. Tosatti e S. Ferrari (Eds), Inquietudine delle intelligenze. Contributi e riflessioni sull'Arte Irregolare, "Quaderni di PsicoArt" vol. 6, 2015 (http://www.psicoart.unibo.it/quaderni-di-psicoart-vol-6-2015-inquietudine-delle-intelligenze-contributi-e-riflessioni-sullarte-irregolare/ ); L: Casadio, L'arte della psicoterapia e la psicologia dell'arte. Per una psicologia narrativa, Mimesis Edizioni, Milano in press

Readings/Bibliography

See: Course contents

Assessment methods

The assessment consists of an oral interview on the five books of the bibliography. The interview will assess the methodological and critical skills acquired by the student through the course attendante and/or the study of texts. Will be particularly appreciated the ability of the student to know how to steer within the various perspectives that are emerging by the bibliography used, twisting the reading of Freud's Essays with the other texts. The evaluation will take into account not only the objective preparation related to the acquisition of the fundamental concepts of the discipline, but also the presentation skills of the candidate and his language properties

Teaching tools

Digital slides and power point projections. You can find them in http://campus.cib.unibo.it/cgi/lista?;codMateria=08776;annoAccademico=2007;codiceDocente=015178

Links to further information

http://www.psicoart.unibo.it/

Office hours

See the website of Stefano Ferrari