Studies in Art History

The course focuses on Futurism. The development of the Italian avant-garde movement (1909-1944) will be analyzed within the international background. Manifestoes and programmatic texts will be interpreted next to the visual practices through the more recent critical acquisitions. The exam will verify the learning of the subject and the acquisition of the methodological and critical tools necessary to understand the topics of the course.

General knowledge of art history from the 19th century to the present.

Handouts for attending and nonattending students will be listed at the beginning of the course and uploaded to Moodle Sapienza

Attendance is optional. Non-attending students will supplement the program with additional bibliography

Attending students: oral exam (75%); project (25%). Non-attending students: oral exam (100%).. The project, focused on the study of themes and critical issues related to Futurism, will be presented in class at the end of the course and must be submitted via Classroom (in PowerPoint and Word format).

Maurizio Calvesi, Futurismo, Fabbri (1967) 1977 Futurismo: avanguardia/avanguardie, catalogo della mostra a cura di Didier Ottinger, 2009 Futurismo 1909-2009- Velocità + Arte + Azione, catalogo della mostra a cura di Giovanni Lista e Ada Masoero (Milano Palazzo Reale), 2009 Futurismo 1909-1944, catalogo della mostra a cura di Enrico Crispolti, (Palazzo delle Esposizioni), Mazzotta 2001

Lectures and exercises will be conducted in the classroom and outdoors (guided tours)