Art History

RAFFAELLA PERNA

The course aims to provide a historical and theoretical understanding of the relationship between visual arts and feminism from 1960s to now, through the study of works, art collectives and critical debate developed in the field of Gender Studies. Special attention will be given to feminist art and more generally to the role of women artists active in Italy from the 1990s to the present.

General knowledge of the protagonists and major trends in the history of art of the 19th and 20th centuries, acquired through the study of one of the reference manuals in the programs of the bachelor's degree program.

The course will cover the following topics:

The critical thinking of Carla Lonzi, Lea Vergine, Anne Marie Sauzeau, Griselda Pollock, bell hooks, Claire Raymond

Women-only exhibitions in Italy and abroad

Art collectives and links to the political practice of feminism

The links between feminism and visual poetry, conceptual art and performance art

The history of feminist exhibitions since the 2000s

The legacy of Carla Lonzi's thought in the art of the 21st century

Students have to study the following books:

Helena Reckitt, Arte e femminismo, Phaidon, 2005

Emanuela De Cecco e Gianni Romano (a cura di), Contemporanee. Percorsi e poetiche delle artiste dagli anni Ottanta ad oggi, Postmedia Books, Milano 2002.

They also have to study the slides provided during the course, uploaded on Moodle Sapienza.

Frontal teaching.

Projection of slides, audio and video materials.

Highly recommended

Final oral examination.

The mastery of the content and skills acquired, linguistic accuracy and lexical property, and the argumentative ability demonstrated by the candidate will be taken into account in the evaluation of the examination.

Optional itinere test.

The in itinere test consists of oral exposition, in class, of a topic of your choice to be studied in depth with the guidance of the professor.

The most frequently asked questions are about women artists, movements, and exhibitions. By way of example only:

Analysis of Carla Lonzi's thought and her contemporary legacy
Analysis of the work and critical debate related to Judy Chicago's Dinner Party between the 1970s and 1990s
Analysis of Zoe Leonard's work
Analysis of the exhibition WACK!: Art and the Feminist Revolution (2007)