Social history of Art
Academic Year 2022/2023 - Teacher:
BARBARA MANCUSO
Expected Learning Outcomes
1) Knowledge and understanding
Students will acquire knowledge on 20th century historiography of art, on the methodology of the art history and the social history of art, acquiring ability to understand the main methodologies of art-historical analysis and especially of the study of social backgrounds
2) Applying knowledge and understanding
Students will be able to apply the acquired knowledge and analysis skills to reading art-historical texts and will understand the methods of analysis of works in relation to their social contexts
3) Making judgements
Students will independently apply the acquired knowledge to reading texts or works of art
4) Communication skills
Students will acquire a specific technical language indispensable for the correct communication of art-historical knowledge
5) Learning skills
Students will acquire the ability to carry out research in the field of art history and to access bibliographic and iconographic sources, both printed and digital.Course Structure
Required Prerequisites
Basic knowledge in history, art history and cultural history
Detailed Course Content
This course includes an introduction to methodological problems and topics of social history of art (social status of the artist, patronage, market, public, circulation and reception of the works, collections and institutions) with reference to the studies and the methods of the most important historians of art of the twentieth century. The second module will focus on the relations between patrons and painters.
Textbook Information
A. Social history of art: authors, topics and methods (1 CFU)
- G.C. Sciolla, La critica d’arte del Novecento, Utet, Torino 1995, pp. 233-265 (La storia sociale dell’arte).
- E. Castelnuovo, Arte, Industria, Rivoluzioni. Temi di storia sociale dell’arte, II ed. aggiornata, con postfazione di O. Rossi Pinelli, Edizioni della Normale, Pisa 2007, pp. 7-98.
B. Artists and patrons (5 CFU)
- F. Haskell, Mecenati e pittori. L’arte e la società italiana nell’epoca barocca, a cura di T. Montanari, Piccola Biblioteca Einaudi NS, Torino 2020 (664 pp. with illustrations, bibliography and indexes)
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.
