History of contemporary art course focuses on the acquisition of stylistic, chronological and geographical coordinates of the contemporary age, framing and processing movements and authors from Neoclassicism to nowadays (in particular in the field of painting, sculpture, illustration and graphic). Learning outcomes are: the acquisition of the topics of the course and their communication in a clear and correct shape; adopting the specialized terminology; demonstrate the ability to recognize the contemporary values of artworks and the historical memory of the national and international artistic heritage; demonstrate the ability to promote a local background starting from a masterpiece

The course introduces and processing chronological coordinates, sentences students to independent study and examines artworks and their geographical and historical-cultural background. The route winds most of the important periods from Neoclassicism to nowadays (sailing on different styles and artistic languages), according a chronological analysis, with references to the past and the present.
Movements, trends, works and authors will be analyzed and investigated through the satirical language as a fil rouge.

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

Lectures and discussions, movies, guided tours (when the pandemic situation so permits).

Innovative teaching methods

Course books

1.   Lectures and guided tours notes. Lectures images will be available on Moodle › blended.uniurb.it from the end of the course.

2.   Knowledge of the main authors and movements of contemporary art, from Neoclassicism to nowadays, by studying a book to choose from:
- G. Bora, G. Fiaccadori, A. Negri, I luoghi dell’arte vol. 5 Dall’età neoclassica all’Impressionismo e vol. 6 Nascita e sviluppi dell’arte del XX secolo, Electa-Bruno Mondadori, Milano, 2003 ed edizioni successive;
- L. Beltrame, E. Demartini, L. Tonetti, Il nuovo Arte tra noi vol. 4. Dal Barocco all'Impressionismo e E. Demartini, C. Gatti, E. P. Villa,  Il nuovo Arte tra noi vol. 5. Dal Postimpressionismo a oggi, Pearson – Bruno Mondadori, Milano-Torino, 2011;
- G. Mezzalama, M. Tavola,  Arte bene comune vol. 3. Dal Neoclassicismo a oggi, Pearson – Bruno Mondadori, Milano-Torino, 2018.    
- G. Dorfles, C. Dalla Costa, M. Ragazzi, Protagonisti e forme dell’Arte vol. 2 Dal Rinascimento all’Impressionismo e vol. 3 Dal Postimpressionismo ad oggi, Atlas, Bergamo, 2013 ed edizioni successive.

3. Teaching material taken from K. Varnedoe, A. Gopnik, High & low : modern art [and] popular culture, MoMa, New York, 1990 (cap. 3 Caricature, pp. 101-152) can be found inside the Moodle platform › blended.uniurb.it

4. A book chosen among those indicated:
- G. Mazzotta (a cura di), Seduzioni e miserie del potere visto da sinistra-visto da destra, Mazzotta, Milano, 2003.
- E. Morganti, Gabriele Galantara. Satira, editoria e grafica (1892-1937), Pacini Editore, Pisa, 2019.
- A. Negri, M. Sironi (a cura di), Un diluvio di giornali. Modelli di satira politica in Europa tra '48 e Novecento, Skira, Milano, 2007.
- G. Neri, Caricature architettoniche. Satira e critica del progetto moderno, Quodlibet, Macerata, 2015.
- M. Sironi, Ridere dell'arte: l'arte moderna nella grafica satirica europea tra Otto e Novecento, Mimesis, Milano – Udine, 2012.