(objectives)
The course aims to provide a basic knowledge of artistic literature, understood as the whole of written testimonies on the arts, and in particular on painting and sculpture, from the Middle Ages to the Seventeenth century. The student will be able to analyze different typologies of literary sources on painting and sculpture (treatise, recipe book, diary, artists’s correspondence, travel book, account book and artist’s biographies), by identifying the lexicon and the relevant historical context At the end of the course students will be able to: 1) Know the main literary sources examined 2) Know how to differentiate the characteristics of literary sources 3) Compare literary sources with the historical and cultural context of reference 4) Know the main characteristics of the artistic lexicon
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Code
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118476 |
Language
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ITA |
Type of certificate
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Profit certificate
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Credits
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8
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Scientific Disciplinary Sector Code
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L-ART/04
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Contact Hours
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48
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Type of Activity
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Related or supplementary learning activities
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Teacher
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RINALDI Simona
(syllabus)
Artistic literature from 1250 to 1650 by examining the main sources of art history. From medieval recipe books to the Renaissance testimonies by Alberti and Leonardo da Vinci, to the biographies by Giorgio Vasari and the publication of Leonardo's treatise on painting in 1651.
(reference books)
1) M. Motolese, Italiano lingua delle arti. Un’avventura europea (1250-1650), Il Mulino, Bologna 2012 (https://sba-unitus.on.worldcat.org/oclc/868333087); 2) S. Rinaldi, Letteratura tecnica sulla scultura lapidea, dal Rinascimento al Neoclassicismo, Settecittà, Viterbo 2018 (https://www.settecitta.eu/catalogo/libro/9788878537972/letteratura-tecnica-sulla-scultura-lapidea); 3) Antology of literary sources (pdf file on Unitus Moodle)
For non attending students, same books.
All texts in University Library
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Dates of beginning and end of teaching activities
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From 01/10/2020 to 08/01/2021 |
Delivery mode
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At a distance
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Attendance
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not mandatory
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Evaluation methods
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Oral exam
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