Literature Music Performing Arts

General aim: the students will deepen their knowledge of aspects of the history of contemporary art, with a particular regard to the relationship with the general development of the artistic tendencies between the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century. Specific aims: students will be directed to (a) identify styles and movements of the works under consideration; (b) acquire full command of the specific vocabulary and methodologies of the discipline to develop their skills of expression and autonomous judgment; (c) develop the ability to articulate links between the different readings and the knowledge acquired around a given subject; (d) link the knowledge acquired in the history of contemporary art with other fields of study (literature, performing arts, philosophical theories). Through lectures the students will be encouraged to apply the knowledge they have gained to the new contexts, to develop their ability to analyze and compare the information.