The course aims to address the artistic production of
the Renaissance from the point of view of iconographic themes, both pagan and
Christian, and stylistic trends, paying particular attention to the
relationship between objects, literary sources and social dynamics, in order to
provide tools for understanding and reading sacred and profane images.
According to the Dublin descriptors, students, at the
end of the course, will demonstrate:
1) knowledge and understanding skills such as to
reinforce those achieved in the first cycle; ability to elaborate and / or
apply original ideas, in a research context;
2) ability to apply knowledge and understanding and
ability to solve problems to new or unfamiliar issues, inserted in broader (or
interdisciplinary) contexts connected to one's field of study;
3) ability to integrate knowledge and to formulate
judgments on the basis of information that is not necessarily complete;
4) ability to communicate one's knowledge clearly and
unambiguously to specialist and non-specialist interlocutors;
5)
ability to carry out research autonomously.
A)
Preliminary and methodological issues:
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R. Van Straten, Introduzione
all’iconografia, Milano, Jaca Book, 2009;
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E. Panofsky, Il significato nelle arti
visive (1955), Torino, Einaudi, 2010 [limitatamente ai saggi: “La
storia dell’arte come disciplina umanistica”, “Iconografia e iconologia.
Introduzione allo studio dell’arte del Rinascimento”, “L’allegoria della
prudenza di Tiziano: poscritto”, “Albrecht Dürer e l’antichità classica”, “Tre
decenni di storia dell’arte negli Stati Uniti. Impressioni di un europeo
trapiantato”].
B) Profane iconographies:
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E. Wind, Misteri pagani nel Rinascimento,
Milano, Adelphi, 1985.
C) Religious iconographies:
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A. Ballarin, Leonardo a Milano. Le due
versioni della Vergine delle rocce.
Con una nota sul ritratto di Cecilia Gallerani, Verona, Edizioni
dell’Aurora, 2019.
Please remember that in compliance with art 171
L22.04.1941, n. 633 and its amendments, it is illegal to copy entire books or
journals, only 15% of their content can be copied.
For further information on sanctions and regulations
concerning photocopying please refer to the regulations on copyright (Linee
Guida sulla Gestione dei Diritti d’Autore) provided by AIDRO - Associazione
Italiana per i Diritti di Riproduzione delle opere dell’ingegno (the Italian
Association on Copyright).
All
the books listed in the programs can be consulted in the Library.