HISTORY OF MODERN ART
Course objectives
the course is aimed at the knowledge and in-depth study of the historical-artistic panorama of Italy between the 17th and 18th centuries, with particular reference to the most innovative artistic personalities who established themselves in European culture. The specific objective of the course is the acquisition of the method of stylistic reading of images, as well as the critical ability to compare works of art belonging to different chronological and geographical areas.
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VALTER CURZI
Lecturers' profile
Program - Frequency - Exams
Course program
The course intends to trace a path in particular among the protagonists of eighteenth-century Venetian painting. We want to observe, first of all, the international fortune of some artists in the relationship with the taste of the time, analyze the specificity of the figurative proposal and, at the same time, its resistance in comparison with the classicist language unanimously welcomed in Europe with the advancement of the eighteenth century.
Prerequisites
General knowledge of the methodological and historical-critical directions of the history of modern art, is recommended reading the text:
V. Curzi, Histories of art. Works and methods, Milan, Skira 2023
Books
It will be indicated on the classroom when lessons start
Frequency
recommended
Exam mode
Knowledge of the methodological aspects and the most significant works of art of the period. Language properties in oral conversation
Lesson mode
frontal lessons
VALTER CURZI
Lecturers' profile
Program - Frequency - Exams
Course program
The course intends to trace a path in particular among the protagonists of eighteenth-century Venetian painting. We want to observe, first of all, the international fortune of some artists in the relationship with the taste of the time, analyze the specificity of the figurative proposal and, at the same time, its resistance in comparison with the classicist language unanimously welcomed in Europe with the advancement of the eighteenth century.
Prerequisites
General knowledge of the methodological and historical-critical directions of the history of modern art, is recommended reading the text:
V. Curzi, Histories of art. Works and methods, Milan, Skira 2023
Books
It will be indicated on the classroom when lessons start
Frequency
recommended
Exam mode
Knowledge of the methodological aspects and the most significant works of art of the period. Language properties in oral conversation
Lesson mode
frontal lessons
- Lesson code1025122
- Academic year2025/2026
- CourseTheater, Film and Media
- CurriculumSingle curriculum
- Year1st year
- Semester2nd semester
- SSDL-ART/02
- CFU6