(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. The expected learning outcomes are the following: 1) Knowledge and understanding: during the lessons we will try to make the different types of art literature known and to simplify the interpretation of the texts examined. 2) Applied knowledge and understanding: through classroom debate and individual study, students will be able to develop the ability to independently read different literary sources, also applying it to the interpretation of unpublished sources. 3) Autonomy of judgment: students must be able to examine and summarize original texts and documents by resorting to the analysis of leading experts on the subject, arriving at the elaboration of autonomous judgments. 4) Communication skills: students must be able to explain with an appropriate language, also making use of slide presentations, the themes of the sources examined in relation to the artistic lexicon of the historical context of reference. 5) Ability to learn: students will have to acquire the ability to correlate the written evidence of artistic literature with the works of art directly examined during inspections carried out in the area.
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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 treatises 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.
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Dates of beginning and end of teaching activities
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From 01/03/2022 to 31/05/2022 |
Delivery mode
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Traditional
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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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