Theater, Film and Media

The course traces the development of figurative languages through the major movements of the 19th and 20th centuries. Lectures will illustrate and comment, in chronological order, on the poetics of artists and groups, critical debate, and individual works of art. In particular, Neoclassicism, Romanticism and Realism; Impressionism and Postimpressionism; Expressionism and Historical Vanguards; Abstract Expressionism and Informalism; Research of the 1960s and Neoavantgardes; and Postmodernism will be the subject of lectures.

Knowledge of the spoken and written Italian; Knowledge of major events and phenomena in history from the 19th to the 20th century.

G. Dorfles et al., Capire l’arte, Bergamo, Atlas (qualsiasi edizione) or V. Terraroli et al., Arte, Milano, Bompiani-Skira (qualsiasi edizione)

Consistent attendance of educational activities and lessons is highly recommended.

The exam interview aims at ascertaining: - knowledge of the bibliography, the topics dealt with in the class; - ability of the student to recognize styles and movements of the works illustrated in handbooks.

During the lesson the teacher illustrates the poetics of the movements, the main exponents; he comments on the works. Occasionally, dialogue exercises are held in which the reading of the works is done collectively in the classroom, to apply what has been explained up to that point. If possible, educational visits to the major collections of contemporary art in Rome are planned.