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cod. 0312500124

HISTORY OF CONTEMPORARY ART

	0312500124
	DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL HERITAGE

	PHILOSOPHY
	2015/2016

PERCORSO COMUNE

	YEAR OF COURSE 3
	YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2010
	SECONDO SEMESTRE

TEACHING UNITS

	SSD	CFU	HOURS	ACTIVITY	TYPE OF ACTIVITY
	L-ART/03	12	60	LESSONS	SUPPLEMENTARY COMPULSORY SUBJECTS

	Objectives
	THE STUDENTS WILL ACQUIRE KNOWLEDGE OF THE MAIN CURRENTS OF THOUGHT AND THE MAIN STYLES OF CONTEMPORARY ART IN ITALY AND ABROAD. THEY WILL ACQUIRE SKILLS BASED IN THIS KNOWLEDGE OF CONTEMPORARY ART HISTORY. THEY WILL LEARN TO USE THEIR THEORETICAL AND TECNICAL KNOWLEDGE TO RECOGNIZE WICH ARTISTIC CONTEXT A WORK OF ART BELONGS AND ITS APPROXIMATE DATE AND PLACE OF EXECUTION TO CHRONOLOGICALLY ANG GEOGRAPHICALLY. THEY WILL ALSO BE ACQUAINTED WITH THE BASIC TERMINOLOGY REQUIE TO INTERPRET A WORK OF ART.

THE STUDENTS WILL ACQUIRE KNOWLEDGE OF THE MAIN CURRENTS OF THOUGHT AND THE MAIN STYLES OF CONTEMPORARY ART IN ITALY AND ABROAD.
THEY WILL ACQUIRE SKILLS BASED IN THIS KNOWLEDGE OF CONTEMPORARY ART HISTORY. THEY WILL LEARN TO USE THEIR THEORETICAL AND TECNICAL KNOWLEDGE TO RECOGNIZE WICH ARTISTIC CONTEXT A WORK OF ART BELONGS AND ITS APPROXIMATE DATE AND PLACE OF EXECUTION TO CHRONOLOGICALLY ANG GEOGRAPHICALLY. THEY WILL ALSO BE ACQUAINTED WITH THE BASIC TERMINOLOGY REQUIE TO INTERPRET A WORK OF ART.

	Prerequisites
	NONE

	Contents
	THE COURSE WILL PRESENT THE ESSENTIAL OUTLINES OF THE HISTORY OF CONTEMPORARY ART FROM THE ROMANTICISM TO THE INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH ON ART FORMS OF THE LAST FEW DECADES OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. THE AIM OF THE COURSE IS TO ACQUAINT STUDENTS WITH THE MAIN MOVEMENTS IN ART HISTORY THROUGH IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS OF HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL BACKGROUND AND REFERENCE TO THE RELEVENT SOURCES AND CRITICAL DEBATE. THE INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE MOST OUT STANDING ARTIST WILL BE EXAMINE AND READINGS OF SOME WORKS CHOSEN TO EXEMPLIFY METHODS OF INTERPRETING CONTEMPORARY WORKS OF ART WILL BE GIVEN. THE COURSE WILL EXPLORE, IN PARTICULAR, GERMAN EXPRESSIONISM AND THE BIRTH OF ABSTRACTION IN PAINTING.

Contents

THE COURSE WILL PRESENT THE ESSENTIAL OUTLINES OF THE HISTORY OF CONTEMPORARY ART FROM THE ROMANTICISM TO THE INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH ON ART FORMS OF THE LAST FEW DECADES OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. THE AIM OF THE COURSE IS TO ACQUAINT STUDENTS WITH THE MAIN MOVEMENTS IN ART HISTORY THROUGH IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS OF HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL BACKGROUND AND REFERENCE TO THE RELEVENT SOURCES AND CRITICAL DEBATE.
THE INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE MOST OUT STANDING ARTIST WILL BE EXAMINE AND READINGS OF SOME WORKS CHOSEN TO EXEMPLIFY METHODS OF INTERPRETING CONTEMPORARY WORKS OF ART WILL BE GIVEN.
THE COURSE WILL EXPLORE, IN PARTICULAR, GERMAN EXPRESSIONISM AND THE BIRTH OF ABSTRACTION IN PAINTING.

	Teaching Methods
	FACE TO FACE CLASSES WILL ENCURAGE STUDENTS TO TAKE PART IN THE WORK.

	Verification of learning
	THE EXAMINATION WILL BE ORAL. THEIR RESULTS WILL BE BASED ON DISCUSSION OF A NUMBER OF WORKS OF ART, WITH REFERENCE TO THE CRITICAL SOURCES STUDIED DURING THE COURSE.

	Texts
	CARLO BERTELLI, LA STORIA DELL'ARTE, (EDIZIONE VERDE) BRUNO MONDADORI, PEARSON ITALIA, MILANO-TORINO, 2012, VOL. 3A E 3B MARIA PASSARO, L'ARTE ESPRESSIONISTA. TEORIA E STORIA, EINAUDI 2009 WASSILY KANDINSKY, LO SPIRITUALE NELL'ARTE WASSILY KANDINSKY, PUNTO, LINEA E SUPERFICIE