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IRENE BALDRIGA
IRENE BALDRIGA

The course intends to address some key issues of museology.

The course offers an overview of the history of collecting and museums from the ancient world to the contemporary age, selecting personalities and collections of particular relevance with methodological insights and in-depth study of documents and materials.
relevance with methodological insights and in-depth studies of documents and materials.
The student will thus acquire basic knowledge and skills on the history of museums and museology, both as a research field and as curatorial practice.
References to the contemporary debate on the role of museums in society will also make the course meaningful for employment and the future choices of students.
Experts and professionals from the field will also be involved.

A good background in European history and in the history of art from the middle ages to present time.

The course aims to provide the main theoretical and cognitive elements for understanding the evolution of the museum as a cultural and aesthetic elaboration of the individual collector and complex social systems. It will address some methodological issues related to museology and museography, illustrating the phenomenon of collecting from its origins (references to antiquity and the Middle Ages; the birth of the studiolo; the wunderkammern; the noble galleries; the birth of the modern museum in relation to the political and cultural transformations of the 19th century, particularly in Italy, France, England and Germany; US museums; Italian museums after the Second World War; the contemporary era). Particular attention will be paid to the role of the museum today, the relationship between museology and citizenship; the relationship with the public and the evolution of the enjoyment of works of art, including in terms of the use of technology and visitor participation.

Maria Teresa Fiorio, Il museo nella storia. Dallo studiolo alla raccolta pubblica, Pearson Italia, Milano, 2018 (vanno benissimo anche le edizioni successive)
Maria Vittoria Marini Clarelli, Il museo nel mondo contemporaneo. La teoria e la prassi. Nuova Edizione, Carocci Editore, Roma, 2024.

A scelta, uno dei seguenti testi:
1) D. Poulot, Musei e museologia, Jaca Book, 2020
2) B. O'Doherty, Inside the white cube. L'ideologia dello spazio espositivo, Johan&Levi Editore, 2017.
3) P. Duboy, Carlo Scarpa. L'arte di esporre, Johan&Levi Editore, 2016
4) P.C. Marani, R. Pavoni, Musei. Trasformazioni di un’istituzione dell’età moderna al contemporaneo, Marsilio, Venezia, 2012.
5) J. Barrett, Museums and the public sphere, Wiley Blackwell, 2012
6) P. Grinier, Pour une histoire du regard. L'experience au musée au XIX siècle, Louvre Editions, 2017.
7) O. Lanzarini, The Living Museums, Nero Editore, Roma 2020 TESTO IN ITALIANO con traduzione IN INGLESE

Raffaella Fontanarossa, Collezionisti e Musei. Una storia culturale, Piccola Biblioteca Einaudi, 2022.
Musei italiani del dopoguerra, 1945-1977, Ricognizioni storiche e prospettive future, a cura di Valter Curzi, Skira, Milano, 2022.

Frontal lessons and some laboratories in class.Lessons are conducted with constant use of slides, commentary on texts and presentation of images representing the examples illustrated. Work plans and summaries of the main topics and core themes considered essential for exam preparation are often provided.
At the end of the course, the lecturer provides students with summary sheets and a set of reference questions to accompany their individual study.

Attendance is recommended but not mandatory. It is important that all students enrol in Google Classroom in order to share materials and participate in any exchanges of ideas and discussions that the teacher or the students themselves wish to propose. The course style is highly participatory. Classroom dialogue is always encouraged. The teacher takes into account the students' suggestions and curiosities in order to adapt the programme to their interests and level of preparation.

An oral exam on the required readings. L'esame consiste in un colloquio di circa 20/30 minuti sui temi principali trattati durante il corso, con domande relative ad aspetti teorici e ad esperienze concrete. E' possibile che vengano proposti testi o immagini da commentare. La base fondamentale della preparazione richiesta riguarda comunque i testi della bibliografia.

What are the origins of the studiolo?
How has the definition of a museum evolved from 2000 to today?
What were Carlo Scarpa's main projects?
When did the period room model come into being?
What positions did the Italians take during the Madrid Conference of 1934?
What are the characteristics of the Anglo-American museum tradition?
The Great Exhibition of 1851
Italian Civic Museums
Blockbuster Museums
Museums of the Enlightenment
Wunderkammern and eclectic collecting
Quatremère de Quincy's Lettres à Miranda: museums and widespread heritage
Napoleonic requisitions
The decolonisation of museums
The foundation of the Museum of Modern Art di New York
The Altes Museum in Berlin
Museology and History of Art

• The origins of museums
  • Books: Fiorio, il Museo nella Storia + Materiali in Google Classroom


• Collecting in the ancient world
  • Books: Fiorio, il Museo nella Storia, Capitolo 1


• Collecting in the Middle Ages
  • Books: Fiorio, il Museo nella Storia, Capitolo 1


• The origins of the "studiolo"
  • Books: Fiorio, il Museo nella Storia, Capitolo 1 + Materiali GoogleClassroom


• Collecting during the Renaissance: from studiolo to the Gallery
  • Books: Fiorio, il Museo nella Storia, Capitolo 1 + Materiali GoogleClassroom


• Collecting during XVII century
  • Books: Fiorio, Il Museo nella Storia, Capitolo 2+ Materiali GoogleClassroom


• Museums and Illuminism: the XVIII century
  • Books: Fiorio, Il Museo nella Storia, Capitolo 2+ Materiali GoogleClassroom


• Nation building and museums during the XIX century
  • Books: Fiorio, Il Museo nella Storia, Capitolo 2+ Materiali GoogleClassroom


• The model of anglosaxon museums: frome the Great Exhibition in London to American Museums
  • Books: Fiorio, Il Museo nella Storia, Capitolo 4+ Materiali GoogleClassroom


• The discussions on museums between the two WW
  • Books: Fiorio, Il Museo nella Storia, Capitolo 4+ Materiali GoogleClassroom


• Museums and totalitarisms
  • Books: Fiorio, Il Museo nella Storia, Capitolo 7 +Materiali GoogleClassroom


• Museums after WWII
  • Books: Fiorio, Il Museo nella Storia, Capitolo 8+ Materiali GoogleClassroom


• Museums in present time
  • Books: Fiorio, Il Museo nella Storia, Capitolo 9 + Marini Clarelli+ Materiali GoogleClassroom