The module aims to promote the knowledge of the events determining the history of European art through the study of the most important works, artists and movements from the fifteenth to the eighteenth century (From International Gothic to Neoclassicism)

Objectives of the course are:

- To enable students to learn about Italian modern art and its interaction with European art, in particular Flemish and Dutch, through the study of the most relevant cases, to learn to recognize them 

- To guide students to understand the main works of art, identifying their style, technique, iconography and state of conservation, and to give them the main information

- To motivate students to pursue their studies in art history

- Stimulating students' connections between art, history, culture and gender

From International Gothic to the two Renaissance, Italian and Flemish; from International Mannerism to Baroque and Rococo to Neoclassicism, the main European artistic movements will be treated
For each of the centuries will be considered a significant event whether it is individual artists (e.g. Caravaggio, Artemisia Gentileschi or Vermeer for the seventeenth century), that a geographical area (the Netherlands).
Particular attention will be devoted to the comparison between Italian art and Flemish and Dutch art

01 Introduction to the course; International Gothic in Europe; Miniature; Michelino da Besozzo, Jacobello del Fiore, Pisanello, Gentile da Fabriano, the Limbourg brothers etc.; International Gothic in Urbino: Oratorio di San Giovanni, Salimbeni brothers, Antonio Alberti da Ferrara, Ottaviano Nelli; visit to the Oratory of San Giovanni 

02 Florentine Humanism; Italian Renaissance, the founding masters: Brunelleschi, Donatello, Masaccio; Perspective: Leon Battista Alberti

03 The two Renaissance Italy and Flanders: characteristics, differences and interactions between the two geographical areas. Masaccio and Masolino. Jan and Hubert van Eyck. Perspective and oil painting. Jan van Eyck and the Flemings in 400

04 The second half of the fifteenth century: Florence and Venice; The sixteenth in Italy. Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael.

05 Durer.  The sixteenth century in the North.  Bosch, Metsys, Bruegel etc.

06 The Seventeenth century.  Classicism: Carracci, Reni, Poussin etc.

07 Naturalism: Caravaggio; Caravaggismo in Europa

08 The Baroque. Rubens; van Dyck; Velasquez 

09 The women artists in the Seventeenth century: Artemisia Gentileschi, Giovanna Garzoni, Michaelina Woutiers

10 The Dutch Golden Age: Rembrandt, Hals,  Vermeer

11 Debate

12 Film

There are no bridging

The student must demonstrate knowledge and ability to understand the major works and the most important authors and artistic movements developed from International Gothic to Neoclassicism 

The student will have to demonstrate to apply the knowledge and understanding skills in the attribution of the works of Art and in placing the authors in the different periods 

The student must demonstrate autonomous critical skills and be able to communicate and transmit his knowledge; his ability to learn will serve to acquire the basis for any future knowledge in the historical-artistic
 

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

Seminars held by other professors

Visions of films and documentaries

Visits to museums or exhibitions

Teaching

Lectures that include exercise activities, as well as projection of films and any visits to museums or exhibitions
 

Innovative teaching methods

Debate

Attendance

Attendance is not mandatory but highly recommended, at least two thirds of the course

Course books

E. Bairati-A. Finocchi, Le ricche miniere, Torino, Loescher, 2000, voll. 3-4; oppure C. Bertelli-G. Briganti-A. Giuliano, Storia dell’arte italiana, Milano, Electa, 1990 (e ristampe successive, volumi relativi ai secoli dal XV el XVIII)

E. Gombrich,The Story of Art, qualunque edizione

Not mandatory but recommended:  Whitney Chadwick, Women, Art, and Society (Thames & Hudson, 2020)

Assessment

- an oral debate organised after the middle of the course, on a date agreed with the students

- a final oral examination, more suitable for evaluating the preparation, the ability to recognize the works and the propriety of language property of the student

The assessment will be based on the following criteria:

1)Punctuality and attendance 30%

2) Debate 20% 

3) Final oral exam (below 18 = insufficient; between 18 and 23 = sufficient; between 24-27 = good; 28-30 = excellent). Since this last test is decisive, he will have the right to round off the vote in excess or defect, as well as to confer laude
 

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.

Teaching

In the event of inability to attend the exam the exam should be agreed with the professor, by appointment via email

A topic of study should be agreed with the teacher

We recommend the viewing of documentaries, as well as guided tours of museums, churches and exhibitions, related to the topics 

Attendance

In the event of inability to attend the exam the exam should be agreed with the professor, by appointment via email

A topic of study should be agreed with the teacher

Course books

E. Bairati-A. Finocchi, Le ricche miniere, Torino, Loescher, 2000, voll. 3-4; oppure C. Bertelli-G. Briganti-A. Giuliano, Storia dell’arte italiana, Milano, Electa, 1990 (e ristampe successive, volumi relativi ai secoli dal XV el XVIII)

E. Gombrich,The Story of Art, qualunque edizione

Not mandatory but recommended:  Whitney Chadwick, Women, Art, and Society (Thames & Hudson, 2020)

The images can be found in the blended.uniurb.it.  platform. Other manuals are also accepted, upon agreement with the professor

Assessment

A final oral exam, more suitable to evaluate the preparation, the ability to recognize the works and the propriety of language of the student

The assessment will be based on the following criteria:

Final oral exam (below 18 = insufficient; between 18 and 23 = sufficient; between 24-27 = good; 28-30 = excellent). As sole evidence, he shall have the right to round off the mark in excess or defect, and to confer praise
 

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.