Studies in Art History

VALTER CURZI

Knowledge of the general lines of art history in the centuries from the fifteenth to the eighteenth.
Objective of the course: give an oriantation in the art historyknowledge, identifying the main geographical and historical coordinates, while offering in-depth knowledge of the major artists and social dynamics and interactions between them, and a knowledge of the basic methodologies related to the art history from the 15th to the 18th century.
Promote in the students an autonomous capacity to deepen the main issues related to the historical-artistic disciplines, to link them, and promote the abilities of connoisseurship in the art history field.

Making use of the critical book (Curzi), students are expected to have an in-depth knowledge of the topics covered in class through the use of powerpoints (available on Classroom) and the study of one of the two textbooks mentioned above. Students are free to choose which of the two textbooks they prefer.

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How is art history studied? What are the methodological tools used by the discipline? The course aims to answer these two questions by providing a basic knowledge of Italian art history between the 15th and 18th centuries, focusing on particularly important figures and contexts.

- V. Curzi, Storie dell’arte. Opere e metodi, Milano, Skira 2023 (testo in corso di stampa, disponibile da metà ottobre)

- Textbook. Choose from the following two:
1) P. De Vecchi, E. Cerchiari, Arte nel tempo, Bompiani, Milano 2005, vol. 2, tomi I e II; vol 3, tomo I, pp. 1-99.
2) S. Settis, T. Montanari, Arte una storia naturale e civile, Mondadori 2019, voll. 3 e 4

It is also mandatory to have visited at least the following places in Rome:

- Musei Vaticani (Musei di Antichità, Pinacoteca Vaticana, Cappella Niccolina, Appartamento Borgia, Stanze e Loggia di Raffaello, Cappella Sistina)
- Piazza del Campidoglio e Musei Capitolini (Palazzo Nuovo, Palazzo dei Conservatori e Pinacoteca Capitolina)
- Galleria Borghese (Casino e collezione artistica)
- Palazzo Barberini e Museo Nazionale d’Arte Antica di Palazzo Barberini
- Galleria Doria Pamphilj
- Villa Farnesina
- Piazza del Popolo e Chiesa di S. Maria del Popolo
- Chiesa del Gesù
- Chiesa Nuova e Oratorio dei Filippini
- Chiesa di S. Ivo alla Sapienza
- Chiesa di S. Luigi dei Francesi
- Chiesa di S. Agostino
- Chiesa di S. Andrea della Valle
- Piazza Navona e chiesa di S. Agnese in Agone
- Piazza San Pietro e Basilica Vaticana
- Piazza del Quirinale e Chiesa di S. Andrea al Quirinale
- Chiesa di S. Carlo alle Quattro Fontane
- Chiesa di S. Maria della Vittoria
- Chiesa di S. Giovanni in Laterano

frontal lessons

recommended

Knowledge of the methodological aspects and the most significant works of art of the period. Language properties in oral conversation

Importance of context or style in reading the work of art