ICONOGRAPHY AND ICONOLOGY
ICONOGRAFIA E ICONOLOGIA
| A.Y. | Credits |
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| 2022/2023 | 6 |
| Lecturer | Office hours for students | |
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| Monica Grasso | Only on appointment |
Assigned to the Degree Course
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Learning Objectives
Understanding of the iconographic-iconological method through the analysis of works of art and through the history of the metod
Understanding the concepts of iconography and iconology
Knowledge of the profile of some scholars protagonists of the method like Aby Warburg and Erwin Panofsky
knowledge of the contents of the essays of Aby Warburg and Erwin Panofsky analyzed during the course and in the course books
Learning the method of analysis of a work of art with the iconographic-iconological method
Ability to analyze and comment on works of art analyzed during the course and in the course books
Program
The course aims to clarify the iconographic-iconological method through the profile by some scholars like Aby Warburg and Erwin Panofsky and through the iconographic and iconological analysis by some works by art chosen between the 15th and 20th centuries: The Annunciation by Leonardo da Vinci, The game of chess of Sofonisba Anguissola, The rest during the flight into egypt byCaravaggio, Judith and Holofernes of Artemisia Gentileschi, The raft of the Medusa by Gericault, The art and caresses by Fernand Khnopff, The hand-shell by Dora Maar.
Learning Achievements (Dublin Descriptors)
-The student must demonstrate to know the iconographic and iconological method
-The student must demonstrate to know the perrsonality and work of Aby Warburg
-The student must demonstrate to know the personality and work of Erwin Panofsky
“To understand the contents of the course books”
- To know how to use the lessons notes (for the attended students)
-To know and recognize the subject of the works of art analyzed during the course and in the course books , to be able to indicate the author and the dating.
-To be able to analyze and comment the works of art analyzed during the course with good language skills
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
Teaching, Attendance, Course Books and Assessment
- Teaching
Frontal lessons
- Course books
1)Notes about lessons
2)E.PANOFSKY, Studi di Iconologia, Torino, Einaudi.
3)M.LUZIETTI, Il dono di Elena, Le Storie della Vera Croce negli affreschi romani (XIII-XVII secolo), Roma, Ginevra Bentivoglio editoria, 2022
Additional Information for Non-Attending Students
- Teaching
Individual study
- Course books
Three books to be selected as follows
1)E.Panofsky, Studi di Iconologia, Torino Einaudi.Obligatory
2)One book to be selected from
A.Warburg, Arte e astrologia nel Palazzo Schifanoia di Ferrara, Abscondita editore.
H.Belting, La Pietà di Giovanni Bellini, Panini editore
H.Bredekamp, La Primavera di Botticelli, Panini editore
A.Chastel, Il gesto nell’arte, Laterza editore
3)one text between:
M.Grasso, Seguendo Tiziano. Viaggio nel ‘500 sulle orme di un grande maestro, Ginevra Bentivoglio Editoria, Roma 2014.
M. Grasso, Cos'è un capolavoro? La risposta dell'arte attraverso i secoli, Ginevra Bentivoglio Editoria, Roma 2016.
M. Grasso, Le arti sorelle. Dialoghi tra immagini, parole e musica, Ginevra Bentivoglio Editoria, Roma 2015.
M.Grasso, Il corpo scolpito., Percorsi tra statue antiche e moderne, Ginevra Bentivoglio Editoria, Roma 2018.
M. Grasso e P. Carloni, L’uno e l’altro volto. Michelangelo, Vittoria Colonna e il Giudizio Sistino, Ginevra Bentivoglio Editoria, Roma 2016.
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