MODERN HISTORY IN ROME AND IN LAZIO
Course objectives
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.
Channel 1
CATERINA VOLPI
Lecturers' profile
Program - Frequency - Exams
Course program
The course aims to explore in depth the artistic milieu of mid-seventeenth-century Rome, taking as its point of departure Le Vite de’ pittori, scultori ed architetti che anno lavorato in Roma, morti dal 1641 fino al 1673 by Giovan Battista Passeri.
Books
G.B. Passeri, Vite de'pittori, scultori ed architetti che hanno lavorato in Roma, morti dal 1641 fino al 1673 [ON LINE]
R. Wittkover, Arte e architettura in Italia (1600-1750), Torino, 2018.
S. Ventra, L’Accademia di San Luca nella Roma del secondo Seicento. Artisti, opere, strategie culturali, Firenze, 2019
R. Gandolfi, Le Vite degli artisti di Gaspare Celio. «Compendio delle Vite di Vasari con alcune altre aggiunte», Firenze, 2021
B. Agosti, P. Tosini, Giovanni Baglione. Le vite de' pittori, scultori et architetti (Roma 1642), Roma, 2023
Frequency
Tuesday, 4 pm - 6 pm, aula Paleografia
Thursday, 4 pm - 6 pm, aula Aula Toesca
- Lesson code10593061
- Academic year2025/2026
- CourseStudies in Art History
- CurriculumSingle curriculum
- Year2nd year
- Semester2nd semester
- SSDL-ART/02
- CFU6