HISTORY OF MODERN ART
Learning outcomes of the course unit
Connoisseurship (an early treaning).
The course aims to create a new generation of connoisseurs. Milestones are achieved through the following objectives: understanding of the artistic language, interpersonal skills and communicative expertise of styles; autonomy of aesthetic judgment. Progress is constantly monitored during the lessons, in the following ways: the teacher explains the artistic schools and styles, the student intervenes, as a result, not of works known and tries to get closer to the style of the proposed project, the other students take part in supplement, correct, add useful knowledge for the class, at a later stage, it discusses critical texts, it refines the understanding and maturity occurs at the critical autonomy of individual students. At the end of the path, we propose a test exam indicative, in advance, to check the preparedness of each.
Formation of a critical eye trained to distinguish artists and styles
Prerequisites
None. The course provides critical tools and in-depth visual program-related
Course contents summary
History of Modern Art (1400-1799)
The course of History of Modern Art develops the following topics:
History of the Renaissance, from the competition of 1401 to Botticelli
Light painting: Piero della Francesca
Italy and Flanders compared: Van Eyck to Antonello da Messina
The Birth of the modern manner, by Leonardo and Michelangelo
Regional Schools of the Renaissance: the polarization Florence / Venice
The art of the Court: from Urbino to Mantua to Ferrara
The disjunction between the late Gothic and modernity
The European Renaissance: Albrecht Dürer.
Distinctive characteristics of Renaissance architecture: differences between schools and styles
The birth of modern Classicism: Rome in the early '500.
The different souls of Mannerism: experimentalism and style clementine
Faces of the '600 Naturalism, Classicism, Baroque
Protagonists of the '700 European: from Tiepolo to Juvarra
The Monographic Course will develop the following Topic: Leonardo da Vinci, from the early treaning in Florence to the success in France.
Course contents
Paper. Recognition of images (paintings, sculptures, architecture)
The exam preparation is constantly checked during lessons through intermediate degrees of difficulty, exercises critical texts, defining styles and schools of painting.
The types of questions and assessment criteria are regularly shown, so that the examination the student is immediately able to understand the outcome of their written test. 9 images and proposals will in fact be at least 5 must be explained in detail, according to those criteria stated and explained in class (author, style, school, history, influences, style, keywords style).
Recommended readings
I Luoghi dell'arte (edited by Bora, Negri, Fiaccadori, Nova), B. Mondadori, Milano
In addition to the Handbook, during the lessons will be constantly provided additional bibliographic tools to better integrate the program and encourage proper preparation.
Teaching methods
Lessons with slides (in order to compare and to distinguish different styles); guided tours in several cities.
Through lectures, exercises and guided visits to churches, exhibitions and monuments, the above objectives are achieved and students have continuous opportunities for verification and implementation of their knowledge.
Assessment methods and criteria
Paper. Recognition of images (paintings, sculptures, architecture)
The exam preparation is constantly checked during lessons through intermediate degrees of difficulty, exercises critical texts, defining styles and schools of painting.
The types of questions and assessment criteria are regularly shown, so that the examination the student is immediately able to understand the outcome of their written test. 9 images and proposals will in fact be at least 5 must be explained in detail, according to those criteria stated and explained in class (author, style, school, history, influences, style, keywords style).
Other informations
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