MM168 - ARTISTIC LITERATURE

courses
ID:
MM168
Duration (hours):
42
CFU:
6
SSD:
MUSEOLOGIA E CRITICA ARTISTICA E DEL RESTAURO
Located in:
CHIETI
Url:
CULTURAL HERITAGE/Archeologia Year: 3
CULTURAL HERITAGE/STORIA DELL'ARTE Year: 2
Year:
2025
Course Catalogue:
https://unich.coursecatalogue.cineca.it/af/2025?co...

Overview

Date/time interval

Secondo Semestre (01/03/2026 - 31/05/2026)

Syllabus

Course Objectives

The aim of the course is to attain an adequate knowledge of the literature regarding Art in the Western civilization, from Ancient Times to the Humanistic Era. Reading of the texts has the objective to learn the main concepts as well as the proper language of the criticism of art.

Course Prerequisites

It is advisable to take the exam after taking the exams of History of Medieval Art and the History of Modern Art.

Teaching Methods

Lectures.
Slides.
A study trip is planned

Assessment Methods

Oral exam.
Final mark is expressed on a thirty point scale.
Attending students need to take a midterm written exam.

Texts


Donata Levi, Il discorso sull'arte: dalla tarda antichità a Ghiberti, Milano, Bruno Mondadori, 2010; Anthony Blunt, Le teorie artistiche in Italia dal Rinascimento al Manierismo, Torino, Einaudi, 1966Non-attending students have to integrate the program with the reading of two of the following texts:F. Bologna, La coscienza storica dell’arte d’Italia, Torino, U.T.E.T., 1982G. Previtali, La fortuna dei primitivi, Torino. Einaudi, 19892E. Kris, O. Kurz, La leggenda dell'artista: un saggio storico, Torino, Bollati Boringhieri, 20052M. Motolese, Italiano lingua delle arti. Un'avventura europea (1250-1650), Bologna, Il Mulino, 2012M. Baxandall, Giotto e gli umanisti, Milano, Jaca Book, 1994

Contents

Text and image: topics and forms of discourse relating to Art from the Ancient Times to the Humanistic Era.

The course examines the tradition of the writings on art from the beginning in the Greek world to Vasari, pointing out the elements of continuity and the innovative factors preceding the awareness of the Humanistic Renaissance regarding the criticism of art developed in the Classical world.

Course Language


Italian

More information

Students of Academic Order 509 who need to take 4 CFU Exam are invited to plan the program with the lecturer.

Degrees

Degrees

CULTURAL HERITAGE 
Bachelor’s Degree
3 years
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