STORIA DELL'ARTE CONTEMPORANEA

According to the Dublin descriptors, students, at the end of the course, will demonstrate:

1) Knowledge and understanding

methodological knowledge and skills to understand the main artistic phenomena and related critical readings; skills to analyze works of art.

2) Applying knowledge and understanding

ability to apply the acquired knowledge with specific attention to the philological analysis of the images, contextualizing them in the historical and cultural context of reference.

3) Making judgements

autonomy of method and ability to compare and integrate information.

4) Communication skills

ability to communicate clearly and to use the specific language of art history.

5) Learning skills

skills to examine works of art and to read literary sources.

Lectures.

Slides and video.

Visits to museums and exhibitions.

Attendance is not compulsory.

The course provides the fundamentals of art history from Neoclassicism to the second half of the 20th century, delving into movements, artists and works crucial to critical junctures and developments in contemporary art.

A– INSTITUTIONAL PART

Textbook:

S. Settis, T. Montanari, Arte. Una storia naturale e civile, vol. IV (Dal Barocco all’Impressionismo) pp. 230-439 e vol. V (Dal Postimpressionismo al Contemporaneo), pp. 6-478, Mondadori Education-Einaudi Scuola, Milano 2019.

 

B– MONOGRAPHIC PART

In addition to the textbook, one text chosen from:

 

•       F. Rovati, L’arte dell’Ottocento, Piccola Biblioteca Einaudi, Torino 2017 (200 pag).

•       F. Rovati, L’arte del primo Novecento, Einaudi, Torino 2015 (190 pag.).

•       A. Del Puppo, L’arte contemporanea, Einaudi, Torino 2013 (180 pag.).

•       A. Del Puppo (curated by), Arte italiana. Un percorso in cinquanta opere dal Romanticismo alla video performance, Carocci editore, Roma 2024 (240 pag.).

 

In addition, for students not attending the course, for students coming from courses of study other than L-1 Beni Culturali, 4 chapters of:

•       T. Godfrey, L’arte contemporanea, un panorama globale, Einaudi, Torino 2024.

 

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).

The teachers undertake, within the limits of the financial resources, to ensure as far as possible that a copy of the adopted texts is available in the departmental library or (in the case of hard-to-find texts, articles and essays) to make them available on Studium, in accordance with the applicable copyright laws.