00956 - History of Art Criticism

Learning outcomes

Learning outcomes acquired

To Know the history and theory of art criticism in medieval, modern and contemporary art

Knowledge of several useful sources to the historical reconstruction of the political and economic contexts

Knowledge of the most updated bibliography

Knowledge and understanding are taken by students with the involvement in frontal lessons, and in the study trips combined with their individual studying

The critical use of medieval, modern and contemporary art demonstrates the possession of a mastery of expressive and specific language will be evaluated with excellence marks.

Enhancement of the widespread art criticism, and investigating involvement strategies, including the use of new media, the reflection capacity and the critical maturity of exposure, are the purposes of the course

By the end of this course students will:

- develop historical and methodological tools related to art criticism;

- know how to analyze the theoretical aspects in the light of contemporary thought

      The student will pursue the examination of art criticism, historical and contemporary,  the observation and comparison of the pictures in Italy and abroad.

Course contents

History and Theory of Art Criticism in modern and contemporary age.

Council of Trent and the Arts

Crossing Art and Science in Bologna

 

The contents of this course are closely related to the research activity, both in terms of the course of the Arts after the Council of Trent and the educational value of painting and sculpture, as visual transfiguration of the Bible, aimed to urge the devotion of the believers and their emotional involvement, and in terms of the secure anatomical investigation that involves some of the Bologna artists and the evolution in the illusionistic key of prospective science. Students are expected to acquire a knowledge of the critical evaluations of Italian and European artists and make a comparison between them.

Readings/Bibliography

1) For all the students:

- J. Schlosser Magnino, La letteratura artistica, Firenze, La Nuova Italia, 1964 (from p. 91). This Book is in the Biblioteca "I.B. Supino" of Department of Visual arts and to link of the Heidelberg’s Bibliothek : http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/schlosser1964. Further Informations also in http://memofonte.it

- Cavalcaselle,Giovan Battista and  Morelli, Giovanni, in  Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, also available on line.

2) For non-attending students: one text at your choice among the following:

P. Barocchi, Storiografia e collezionismo dal Vasari al Lanzi, in Storia dell'arte italiana, Torino, Einaudi, vol. II, 1979, pp. 5-81;

Bologna al tempo di Cavazzoni, a cura di M. Pigozzi, Bologna, Clueb, 1999;

A. Conti, L'evoluzione dell'artista, in Storia dell'arte italiana, Torino, Einaudi, 1979, II, pp. 117-264;

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

F. Haskell, Mecenati e pittori. Studio sui rapporti tra arte e società italiana nell'età barocca, Firenze, Sansoni, 1965, o edizioni successive;

F. Haskell – N. Penny, L'antico nella storia del gusto, Torino, Einaudi, 1984;

P. Lamo, Graticola di Bologna, a cura di M. Pigozzi, Bologna, Clueb, 1996;

E. Panofsky, Rinascimento e rinascenze nell'arte occidentale (1960), Milano, Feltrinelli, 1971;

E. Panofsky, Il significato nelle arti visive (1955), Torino, Einaudi, 1996;

Benedetto Varchi, in Pittura e scultura nel Cinquecento, a cura di P. Barocchi, Livorno, Sillabe, 1998;

F. Zeri, La percezione visiva dell'Italia e degli italiani, Torino, Einaudi, 1989.

3) For all the students: M. Pigozzi (a cura di), Il Concilio di Trento e le arti 1563-2013, Bologna, Bononia University Press, 2015

The knowledge of the journal "Intrecci d'arte”, and one of the articles chosen depending on the own interests available on line at http://intreccidarte.unibo.it [http://intreccidarte.unibo.it/]

The program for the courses with 5, 6 and 12 credits includes the numbers 1 and 3.

The program for the other courses includes the numbers 1 ,2, 3.

Teaching methods

Lectures with images and texts in comparison, visits and study trips.

Assessment methods

Final oral examination. Students will be assessed only through a final oral examination to verify the acquisition of the knowledge and skills expected. The oral interview aims to evaluate the critical and methodological abilities acquired by students, which are expected to deal with the texts and images discussed during the course and the study trips. Particularly evaluated will be the students’ capabilities to deal with the sources and the recommended bibliography using the relevant information to illustrate the cultural aspects of the discipline in comparison with the Arts.

Teaching tools

The first lessons will be in classroom. Following lessons will be held in museums, photographic archives and to the temporary exibitions. 

 

Office hours

Please consult the webpage of the teacher: www.unibo.it/sitoweb/marinella.pigozzi

Links to further information

http://intreccidarte.unibo.it

Office hours

See the website of Marinella Pigozzi