Law, administration and management of Cultural Heritage

STEFANO PIERGUIDI

The main objective of the course is to provide a basic knowledge of the history of collecting and of Museology, from the Middle Ages to the contemporary age.
As regards specific objectives, students are expected to learn or assimilate:
a) awareness of the different parameters of judgment, historical and aesthetic, underlying any specific choice in displaying objects of art..
b) the ability to analyze the display of works of art in the past centuries, and to evaluate their cultural significance;
c) an autonomous critical judgment on contemporary display of works of art.
In order to pursue these targets, during the course students will be asked to reflect in the analysis of the display of the artworks in the early modern era private collections and in the contemporary museums.

The main objective of the course is to provide a basic knowledge of the history of collecting and of Museology, from the Middle Ages to the contemporary age.

As regards specific objectives, students are expected to learn or assimilate:
a) awareness of the different parameters of judgment, historical and aesthetic, underlying any specific choice in displaying objects of art.
b) the ability to analyze the display of works of art in the past centuries, and to evaluate their cultural significance;
c) an autonomous critical judgment on contemporary display of works of art.

In order to pursue these targets, during the course students will be asked to reflect in the analysis of the display of the artworks in the early modern era private collections and in the contemporary museums.

No other propaedeutic teaching is required.

The course is focused on the main cultural and theoretical issues concerning the development of museums, examined as the personal elaboration of single collectors and of complex social systems as well. Some important methodological questions will be considered with regards to the history of museology and museography, starting with a few examples from classical times, up to the modern era. Special attention will be given to the phenomenon of the Renaissance "studiolo", to scientific and natural collections, wunderkammern, XVIth and XVIIth century art galleries, the "Enlightment museums", the birth of National Museums during the XIX century. Some contemporary issues will be also considered, with a special attention to the mission of XXI century museums and to the relationship between museology and territory, in relation to the evolution of the concept of cultural heritage, the genesis of which will be reconstructed, from the Renaissance onward.

Maria Teresa Fiorio, Il museo nella storia. Dallo studiolo alla raccolta pubblica, Pearson Italia, Milano, 2018.


Your choice of one of the following texts:
Karsten Schubert, Museo, Storia di un’idea, Il Saggiatore, 2009.
W. Liebenwein, Studiolo. Storia e tipologia di uno spazio culturale, a cura di Claudia Cieri Via, Franco Cosimo Panini, Ferrara, 2005.

C. Paul, The First Modern Museums of Art. The Birth of an Institution in 18th – and Early 19th Century Europe, Paul Getty Trust, Los Angeles 2012
K. Pomian, Il museo, Una storia mondiale, 3 voll., Einaudi, Torino 2021-2023.

The instructional approach utilized is e-learning. Activities are mostly conducted online through the UnitelmaSapienza e-learning platform and in accordance with the UnitelmaSapienza e-learning model.
The course relies on the following teaching methodologies and tools:
• 30-minute video lessons. Direct teaching sessions designed to facilitate knowledge acquisition, comprehension, and learning proficiency.
• Individual study of slides, teaching materials accompanying video lessons, and additional resources associated with e-tivities to enable students to acquire knowledge, comprehension skills, and learning capabilities.

- Frontal distance learning lessons

A qualified Tutor will offer assistance and guidance to support students' learning endeavours.

See 'svolgimento'

Students’ achievement of the expected learning outcomes is evaluated through an oral final examination, featuring open-ended questions that cover the course topics, conducted by a committee chaired by the Professor.
This assessment is graded on a scale of thirty points, with the final grade reflecting both the students’ performance in the oral examination (80%) and their active and effective participation in the course e-tivities (20%).
A minimum grade of 18/30 is required to pass the examination, demonstrating sufficient knowledge of the course content.
To attain a score of 30/30 with distinction, students must demonstrate excellent knowledge of all course topics and the ability to make logical and coherent connections amongst them.

Powerpoint image recognition

In which Venetian museum was the zenithal lighting source perfected? (Tribune of Palazzo Grimani)
Where are the marbles from the Temple of Aegina today? (Glyptothek, Munich)
Were there 16th- or 17th-century paintings on display in the Farnese Gallery of Palazzo Farnese in Rome? (Not paintings, but ancient statues)