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.

Knowledge and comprehension ability

Knowledge and comprehension of the several aspects pertaining to the most important episodes of Italian History of Art from the XV to the XVII century.

Knowledge, comprehension and identification of the painting, sculpture and architectonic works of art from the beginning of the XV to the end of the XVII century.

Applied knowledge and applied comprehension ability

Knowledge and comprehension of the paramount concepts illustrated during the course and of the figurative episodes presented. Ability to elaborate and discuss the knowledge pertaining to Italian History of Art and the cultural context which determines its course during the XV, XVI and XVII century.

Judgment autonomy

Ability to identify research tools and methods relevant to the contents of the course referring to historiographical sources.

Ability to advance topics liable to further research and to carry research activities relevant to the course.

Communication skills 

Ability to interpret the contents and the results of the course.

Ability to illustrate the contents illustrated during the course using a suitable terminology.

Learning skills

Ability to evaluate the artistic context presented during the course in a critical and autonomous way.

Trace and find historiographical and bibliographic sources needed to deepen studies and carry research.   

Use the research tools chosen in a correct way from a methodological point of view.

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; study visits to public art collections. 

Teaching

Lectures
Identification exercises
Lectures on specific topics by field experts

Study visits to public art collections

Attendance

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

Course books

- a text from the following: G. Bora, G. Fiaccadori, A. Negri, A. Nova, I luoghi dell'arte, storia opere percorsi, Milano, Electa - Bruno Mondatori, 2003, voll. from Florentine Renaissance to sec. XVII or S. Settis, T. Montanari, Arte, una storia naturale e civile, Milano, Einaudi Scuola, 2019, voll. from Florentine Renaissance (sec. XIV) to sec. XVII. 

- 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 will be available at the end of the course and can be found inside the Moodle platform › blended.uniurb.it). 

Assessment

The exam consists of a preliminary assessment test in written form (60 minutes) which involves the identification of 10 images – works of art between the XV and the XVII century – by providing the following data: object/subject; author; dating; place of display. The test form provided includes the writing of a short historical and critical profile of the work of art and its context.

Once passed the written test, candidates are admitted to the oral exam aiming at determining the understanding capabilities of the concepts discussed during the course and the ability to summarize and coordinate the answers, demonstrating to be endowed with appropriate expressive and communication abilities and the acquaintance with an adequate language. Evaluation criteria are based on a 4-level scale and will take into account the knowledge command degree, the answers articulation level, language suitability, critical and to-argue abilities. The exam grade will be expressed with a scale out of thirty (18/30).

Students are kindly requested to attend the opening of the exam 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 visit the Galleria Nazionale delle Marche 

Course books

- a text fom the following: G. Bora, G. Fiaccadori, A. Negri, A. Nova, I luoghi dell'arte, storia opere percorsi, Milano, Electa - Bruno Mondatori, 2003, voll. from Florentine Renaissance to sec. XVII, or S. Settis, T. Montanari, Arte, una storia naturale e civile, Milano, Einaudi Scuola, 2019, voll. from Florentine Renaissance (sec. XIV) to sec. XVII. 

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

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

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

Assessment

The exam consists of a preliminary assessment test in written form (60 minutes) which involves the identification of 10 images – works of art between the XV and the XVII century – by providing the following data: object/subject; author; dating; place of display. The test form provided includes the writing of a short historical and critical profile of the work of art and its context.

Once passed the written test, candidates are admitted to the oral exam aiming at determining the understanding capabilities of the concepts discussed during the course and the ability to summarize and coordinate the answers, demonstrating to be endowed with appropriate expressive and communication abilities and the acquaintance with an adequate language. Evaluation criteria are based on a 4-level scale and will take into account the knowledge command degree, the answers articulation level, language suitability, critical and to-argue abilities. The exam grade will be expressed with a scale out of thirty (18/30).

Students are kindly requested to attend the opening of the exam 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