Art History

The Course has the following objectives: a) General objectives - General knowledge of the iconological method, its origin, its developments, its main exponents. - General knowledge of the History and culture of the Counter-Reformation. b) Specific objectives according to the Dublin Descriptors 1) Knowledge and understanding - Knowledge of the main iconographic themes of sacred art between the fifteenth and seventeenth centuries - Ability to recognize the main iconographic themes of the artworks examined 2) Applying Knowledge and understanding - Ability to recognize the main iconographic themes of European sacred art between the fifteenth and seventeenth centuries. - Ability to apply the iconological method for the interpretation of works of art 3) Making judgements - Ability to understand the artist’s and client’s intentions by the examination of the work of art and its creation context - Ability to understand the meaning of the work of art in the different times and places of its use - Ability to interpret the style of a work of art in relation to its content 4) comunication skills - Ability to verbalize and to expose the work of art’s content. 5) Learning skills - Ability to apply the learned knowledge and methodologies