The course aims to equip students with a sound knowledge of the most significant episodes occurred in the history of Italian art, from the Fifteenth to the Seventeenth century, through the study and analysis of paintings and plastic and architecture works. The course also promotes visual literacy, further to recognizing the works of art students will learn to consider the role they played in the different contexts taken in exam from a social and cultural point of view.  In particular, the aim will be to promote the knowledge of fundamental themes of  history of Italian Art : the first Florentine Renaissance ; the centers of the Renaissance and the culture of the Italian courts ; the great protagonists of the Italian Renaissance : Leonardo , Michelangelo , Raphael , between Florence and Rome ; the Venetian Renaissance: Giovanni Bellini , Giorgione , Titian , Tintoretto , Veronese ; the  season of the Mannerism and the painting of the Counter reformation; the renewal of art in Seicento: Carracci and carracceschi painters , Caravaggio and his followers ; Roman Baroque: Bernini , Borromini , Pietro da Cortona ; other centers of the Baroque in Italy

The most important works of art produced in Italy for public and private patrons, from early Renaissance to Baroque, will be studied through the reading and interpretation of images, documents and historiography sources.The program includes the followings topics: the first Florentine Renaissance ; the centers of the Renaissance and the culture of the Italian courts ; the great protagonists of the Italian Renaissance : Leonardo , Michelangelo , Raphael , between Florence and Rome ; the Venetian Renaissance: Giovanni Bellini , Giorgione , Titian , Tintoretto , Veronese ; the  season of the Mannerism and the painting of the Counter reformation; the renewal of art in Seicento: Carracci and carracceschi painters , Caravaggio and his followers ; Roman Baroque: Bernini , Borromini , Pietro da Cortona ; other centers of the Baroque in Italy.

Students must successfully pass a written preliminary test to be admitted to the oral exam.

Knowledge of the most significant episodes in the history of Italian art between XV and XVII century and ability to analyze and recognize the main paintings and plastic and architecture works of the period, such as the first Florentine Renaissance ; the centers of the Renaissance and the culture of the Italian courts ; the great protagonists of the Italian Renaissance : Leonardo , Michelangelo , Raphael , between Florence and Rome ; the Venetian Renaissance: Giovanni Bellini , Giorgione , Titian , Tintoretto , Veronese ; the  season of the Mannerism and the painting of the Counter reformation; the renewal of art in Seicento : Carracci and carracceschi painters , Caravaggio and his followers ; Roman Baroque: Bernini , Borromini , Pietro da Cortona ; other centers of the Baroque in Italy

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

Identification exercises; intermediate test; study visits to public art collections. 

The teaching material and specific communications from the lecturer can be found, together with other supporting activities, inside the Moodle platform › blended.uniurb.it 

 

Teaching

Lectures
Identification exercises
Lectures on specific topics by field experts

Attendance

Students have to attend the addictional teaching lectures on specific topics by field experts.and visit the Galleria Nazionale delle Marche

Course books

- G. Bora, G. Fiaccadori, A. Negri, A. Nova, I luoghi dell'arte, storia opere percorsi, Milano, Electa - Bruno Mondatori, 2003 (e ristampe successive), voll. from Florentine Renaissance to sec. XVIII

 - E. Passignat, Il Cinquecento. Le fonti per la storia dell'arte, Roma, Carocci editore, 2017, pp. 23- 48; 157-224.

- PowerPoint presentations with the images studied during the course (the presentations can be found inside the Moodle platform › blended.uniurb.it). 

Assessment

In order to access the oral exam, the candidate must pass a written test consisting in the analysis of 10 images, in which the candidate must identify the following data: object/subject,author, date, location. The analysis must be completed by a brief historical/critical profileof the artwork and its context.In the oral exam, starting from the discussion of the written test, the candidate must demonstrate his/her knowledge of the most significant works of modern Italian art (from the XV to the XVII century),and to be able to make connections between the corresponding social and cultural contexts using an appropriatelanguage. The candidates are all required to be present at the opening of the examining session.

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.

Attendance

Students have to attend the addictional teaching lectures on specific topics by field experts and visit the Galleria Nazionale delle Marche 

Course books

- G. Bora, G. Fiaccadori, A. Negri, A. Nova, I luoghi dell'arte, storia opere percorsi, Milano, Electa - Bruno Mondatori, 2003 (e ristampe successive), voll. from Florentine Renaissance to sec. XVIII

- E. Passignat, Il Cinquecento. Le fonti per la storia dell'arte, Roma, Carocci editore, 2017, pp. 23- 48; 157-224.

- One text chosen from the following:  A. Chastel, I centri del Rinascimento. Arte italiana 1460-1500, Milano, R.C.S. Libri, 1965 e ristampe successive or T. Montanari, Il Barocco, Torino, Einaudi, 2012.

- PowerPoint presentations with the images studied during the course (the presentations will can be found inside the Moodle platform › blended.uniurb.it). 

Assessment

In order to access the oral exam, the candidate must pass a written test consisting in the analysis of 10 images, in which the candidate must identify the following data: object/subject, author, date, location. The analysis must be completed by a brief historical/critical profileof the artwork and its context.In the oral exam, starting from the discussion of the written test, the candidate must demonstrate his/her knowledge of the most significant works of modern Italian art (from the XV to the XVII century),and to be able to make connections between the corresponding social and cultural contexts using an appropriate language. The candidates are all required to be present at the opening of the examining session.

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.

Lectures in italian language. Previously students wishing to take exam in English have to contact the professor.