The course aims to educate the knowledge and interpretation of art and artists, art movements, their exclusive and recurring characters in order to make student able to recognize artists and works, pursuing the aims of the course of study with the help of all the methodologies useful to the reading and understanding of the works .

Materials , techniques , conservation , iconography and style: the founding data of the works and their history, will be the focus of the course and they pointo to reaching  a full knowledge of items and real skill in interpretation.

The course is organized by referring to basic manuals of history of art,  providing a wider selection of images on which students will exercise analysis and comparisons needed. 

Lessons includes exercises in analysis and interpretation, in particular through comparisons between works of an artist, more than an artist, various artists from different cultural areas and so on.

The course will reference a history ranging from the dawn of the Renaissance to contemporary, obviously with an appropriate selection of works and themes of historical and artistic developments and anthropological symptomatic.

Visiting Museums and meetings with external scholars within the course itself

Students will demonstrate mastery of basic knowledge concerning the identification of works of art and artists in their time, school, territory, knowing how to evaluate quality, comparisons with similar and different works, in order to reach a mature ability to read works and their contexts

Students will demonstrate an understanding of problems and will provide examples based on the models learned to recognize and compare the works, they should be able to identify places, history and quality of the works even at a first reading of them and in addition they should be able to give a huge historical and critical interpretation.

The teaching material prepared by the lecturer in addition to recommended textbooks (such as for instance slides, lecture notes, exercises, bibliography) and communications from the lecturer specific to the course can be found inside the Moodle platform › blended.uniurb.it

Power point provided by the professor. Visits to museums and public and private collections.

Teaching

Lectures (front lessons) with projections and visits to museums.

Attendance

Attendance is strongly recommended.

Course books

G.C. Sciolla, Metodo, analisi e interpretazione delle opere e degli artisti, Torino, UTET (2001) 2008.

Texts and images may be provided by the professor.

Assessment

The exam will be held through an individual interview based on textbooks suggested. The aim is to evaluate both student's comprehension of the content and his ability in reworking concepts and in argumenting. It is possibile to present a written document on a topic agreed with the teacher. 

Excellent grades will be given in presence of: a good critical perspective and in depth study; knowing how to link among them the main subjects addressed during the course; the use of an appropriate language.

Good grades will be given in presence of: good mnemonic knowledge of the contents; a relatively good critical perspective and connection skills related to the treated topics; the use of appropriate language.

Sufficient grades will be given in presence of: the achievement of a minimal knowledge on the treated themes, even in presence of some gaps; the use of a not appropriate language.

Negative grades will be given in presence of: a difficult orientation related to the the treated topics; knowledge gaps; the use of a not appropriate language.

Disability and Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)

Students who have registered their disability certification or SLD certification with the Inclusion and Right to Study Office can request to use conceptual maps (for keywords) during exams.

To this end, it is necessary to send the maps, two weeks before the exam date, to the course instructor, who will verify their compliance with the university guidelines and may request modifications.

Teaching

Follow prescriptions for attending studing adding texts for non atttending students

Attendance

 Follow the not attending additional information and lists of texts.

Course books

G.C. Sciolla, Metodo, analisi e interpretazione delle opere e degli artisti, Torino, UTET (2001) 2008.

Riproduzioni di testi e immagini forniti dalla docente.

A. Pinelli, La storia dell'arte istruzioni per l'uso,  Bari, Laterza 2009, pp. 3-34; 69-131.

Assessment

The exam will be held through an individual interview based on textbooks suggested. The aim is to evaluate both student's comprehension of the content and his ability in reworking concepts and in argumenting. It is possibile to present a written document on a topic agreed with the teacher. 

Excellent grades will be given in presence of: a good critical perspective and in depth study; knowing how to link among them the main subjects addressed during the course; the use of an appropriate language.

Good grades will be given in presence of: good mnemonic knowledge of the contents; a relatively good critical perspective and connection skills related to the treated topics; the use of appropriate language.

Sufficient grades will be given in presence of: the achievement of a minimal knowledge on the treated themes, even in presence of some gaps; the use of a not appropriate language.

Negative grades will be given in presence of: a difficult orientation related to the the treated topics; knowledge gaps; the use of a not appropriate language.

Disability and Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)

Students who have registered their disability certification or SLD certification with the Inclusion and Right to Study Office can request to use conceptual maps (for keywords) during exams.

To this end, it is necessary to send the maps, two weeks before the exam date, to the course instructor, who will verify their compliance with the university guidelines and may request modifications.