HISTORY OF ART AND MUSEUMS
STORIA DELL'ARTE E DEI MUSEI
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| 2019/2020 | 6 |
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| Cecilia Prete | Thursday 11-13 and by appointment (at palazzo Albani, via Bramante 17) |
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Course with optional materials in a foreign language
English
This course is entirely taught in Italian. Study materials can be provided in the foreign language and the final exam can be taken in the foreign language. |
Assigned to the Degree Course
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Learning Objectives
The course aims to give students an understanding of the core principles of Museology exposing them to an historical and critical overview on the evolution of museums and collecting. The use of examples will give students the basics necessary to grasp the whole picture of the technical and management practices that guarantee museums' attainment of purposes and correct functioning. Special attention is dedicated to those issues pertaining to safeguard, valorization, communication, museum didactics and use of ICT.
Program
Program
The course includes an institutional introduction to museum history, starting with the first and best-known forms of collecting up to the birth of public museums, touching upon some Italian and international examples from the Eighteenth century to the present day.
The presentation and subsequent discussions regarding the functions of contemporary museums are based on the definition supplied by the Code of Professional Ethics of ICOM (2004) and the Italian Cultural Assets and Landscape Act (2004).
A range of issues pertaining to present day museums will be discussed taking into account the criteria of museum standards certification: museum design, organization, management, communication, educational services and the use of innovative techniques for the fruition of cultural assets. Further to these activities, the course is integrated by a session about new proposals for museum communication.
Field experts will contribute to classes with lectures on specific topics, and study visits to some museums.
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Learning Achievements (Dublin Descriptors)
Students have to gain competence with regards to the core principles of Museology, integrating their knowledge of the historical and theoretical framework of museum, collecting, and museum functions evolution, with knowledge of the technical and management functions that guarantee museums correct functioning and attainment t of purposes. The examples presented and discussed during the course will allow students to gain competence regarding: safeguard and valorization, management and communication of tangible and intangible goods, museum didactics and the use of IT.
Teaching Material
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
Supporting Activities
Study visits to Italian museums and collections.
Lectures on specific topics by field experts.
power point
Individual activities
Teaching, Attendance, Course Books and Assessment
- Teaching
Lectures in italian language
Lectures on specific topics by field experts.
Study visits to Italian museums and collections.
- Attendance
Students have to attend the addictional teaching lectures on specific topics by field experts
- Course books
L. Cataldo, M. Paraventi, Il Museo oggi. Linee guida per una museologia contemporanea, Milano, Hoepli, 2007.
M Teresa Fiorio, Il museo nella storia. Dallo studiolo alla raccolta pubblica, Milano, Pearson, 2018.
a text from the following list:
F. Antinucci, Comunicare nel Museo, Roma-Bari, Editori Laterza, 2004.
C. Rosati, Amico Museo. Per una museologia dell'accoglienza, Firenze, Edifir, 2016, pp. 37- 144.
Comunicare il museo oggi. Dalle scelte museologiche al digitale, a cura di L. Branchesi, V. Curzi, N. Mandarano, Atti del Convegno internazionale di studi, Roma, Università Sapienza, 18-19 febbraio 2016, Milano, Skira, 2016, Parte IV, Comunicare il museo a chi?, pp. 305- 422.
A PowerPoint presentation integrating the indicated texts will be supplied at the end of the course, inside the Moodle platform › blended.uniurb.it
- Assessment
Oral exam.
Candidates must demonstrate a broad knowledge of the most important Italian and international museums, from the first forms of collections and collecting up to the present day.
Taking into account the museum standards certification criteria, they will also have to discuss, using an appropriate and specific language, present day museum issues pertaining to: safeguard, organization, management, communication, educational services as well as innovative techniques used to valorize artistic and cultural heritage. Students will also have to discuss the monografic session about new proposals for museum communication.
- 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.
Additional Information for Non-Attending Students
- Attendance
Students have to attend the addictional teaching lectures on specific topics by field experts.
- Course books
L. Cataldo, M. Paraventi, Il Museo oggi. Linee guida per una museologia contemporanea, Milano, Hoepli, 2007.
M Teresa Fiorio, Il museo nella storia. Dallo studiolo alla raccolta pubblica, Milano, Pearson, 2018.
two texts from the following list:
F. Antinucci, Comunicare nel Museo, Roma-Bari, Editori Laterza, 2004.
C. Rosati, Amico Museo. Per una museologia dell'accoglienza, Firenze, Edifir, 2016, pp. 37- 144.
Comunicare il museo oggi. Dalle scelte museologiche al digitale, a cura di L. Branchesi, V. Curzi, N. Mandarano, Atti del Convegno internazionale di studi, Roma, Università Sapienza, 18-19 febbraio 2016, Milano, Skira, 2016, Parte IV, Comunicare il museo a chi?, pp. 305- 422.
A PowerPoint presentation integrating the indicated texts will be supplied at the end of the course, inside the Moodle platform › blended.uniurb.it
- Assessment
Oral exam.
Candidates must demonstrate a broad knowledge of the most important Italian and international museums, from the first forms of collections and collecting up to the present day.
Taking into account the museum standards certification criteria, they will also have to discuss, using an appropriate and specific language, present day museum issues pertaining to: safeguard, organization, management, communication, educational services as well as innovative techniques used to valorize artistic and cultural heritage. Students will also have to discuss the monografic and seminar session about new proposals for museum communication..
- 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.
Notes
Lectures in italian language. Non-attending students and students wishing to take exam in English have to contact the professor.
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