History of Artistic Literature
A.Y. 2020/2021
Learning objectives
The course deepen the critical knowledge of written texts made in every artistic environment, at different times, taking into account that every example of Artistic Literature is the result of a complex process and is filtered by the dominant thinking currents.
Expected learning outcomes
At the end of the course, the student achieves a good level of knowledge of the fundamental texts produced by artists, scholars and amateurs and acquires the indispensable tools for framing artistic production over time and in different places. The course aims to focalize the disciplinary vocabulary of the History of Art and Art crticism.
Lesson period: First semester
Assessment methods: Esame
Assessment result: voto verbalizzato in trentesimi
Single course
This course cannot be attended as a single course. Please check our list of single courses to find the ones available for enrolment.
Course syllabus and organization
Single session
Responsible
Lesson period
First semester
Due to the restrictions imposed by the current health emergency, the lessons in attendance will be replaced by two complementary modes of telematic teaching delivery, synchronous and asynchronous. Many contents of the course will be proposed in ppt with audio uploaded in the Ariel site of the discipline in correspondence with the lesson times. Periodically - once every five lessons delivered in the asynchronous form described (i.e. once every two weeks) - a synchronous lesson on the Teams platform will be dedicated to any in-depth analysis and to interaction with students.
These synchronous lessons will be recorded and left available to students in the repository of the platform itself or in Ariel.
FOR ALL UNITS: The calendar of all synchronous and asynchronous lessons will be published in Ariel as soon as the emergency arises; the site will also be the reference place for any organizational communication. All recorded lectures and uploaded ppts will remain available for the entire academic year, until the exam session in January-February 2022.
These synchronous lessons will be recorded and left available to students in the repository of the platform itself or in Ariel.
FOR ALL UNITS: The calendar of all synchronous and asynchronous lessons will be published in Ariel as soon as the emergency arises; the site will also be the reference place for any organizational communication. All recorded lectures and uploaded ppts will remain available for the entire academic year, until the exam session in January-February 2022.
Course syllabus
Features of the History of Art Literature and a case study: Arts and Artist in La Nobiltà di Milano, written by Paolo Morigia (1595)
Part A : Introduction. History of Art Literature from Vitruvio to Vasari. General Features.
Part B: History of Art Literature after Vasari up to the first History of Art Chair in Italy. Themes and insights.
Part C : Arts and Artist in La Nobiltà di Milano, written by Paolo Morigia (1595).
Part A
Julius Schlosser Magnino, La Letteratura artistica. Manuale delle fonti della storia dell'arte moderna, Firenze, La Nuova Italia, 1964.
This book is out of catalogue, but students can download it (in Italian for free) from the official website of the Heidelberg University :
http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/schlosser1964/0052/ocr
Students will study the following chapters of the book
- I libro = from Chapter I, number 2.-Nell'Occidente latino; please study: A), B), C) excluding parts written in small size fonts, D); Chapter II; Chapter III: please study starting from number 2, La bottega del Trecento.
- II libro = please study Chapter I, La Letteratura storica, excluding parts written in small size fonts; Chapter cap. II, I teorici del primo Rinascimento, excluding parts written in small size fonts; Chapter IV, Sulle tesi teorico artistiche del primo Rinascimento and Chapter V, excluding parts written in small size fonts.
- IV libro = Chapter III, please study: Continuazione degli studi su Vitruvio, excluding parts written in small size fonts.
- V libro = Il Vasari: please study it, excluding final bibliography.
Many fundamental topics (like Vitruvio, Plinio, Dante, Petrarca, Boccaccio etc) will be illustrated during classes gradually available on the website:
ariel.unimi.it, Storia della Letteratura artistica.
Part B
Julius Schlosser Magnino, La Letteratura artistica. Manuale delle fonti della storia dell'arte moderna, Firenze, La Nuova Italia, 1964.
This book is out of catalogue, but students can download it (in Italian for free) from the official website of the Heidelberg University :
http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/schlosser1964/0052/ocr
Students will study the following chapters of the book :
- VI libro = please study Chapter I, Scritti storici e periegesi, and Chapter II, Gli scritti sulla teoria dell'arte nel periodo del Manierismo, excluding parts written in small size fonts.
- VII libro = please study Chapter I, La storia universale romano-fiorentina, and Chapter III, Alcune osservazioni , excluding parts written in small size fonts.
- VIII libro = please study Chapter I, La storiografia artistica locale, excluding parts written in small size fonts, and Chapter II, La letteratura dei Ciceroni, up to the end of the section about Giovanni Battista Marino.
- IX libro = please study Chapter I, La teoria artistica italiana del secolo XVII, excluding parts written in small size fonts.
This book (Schlosser) ends with Neoclassicism; please add, and study, from:
Ferdinando Bologna, La coscienza storica dell'arte in Italia. Introduzione alla "Storia dell'Arte in Italia", Torino UTET 1982 oppure Milano Garzanti, 1992.
- Chapter VI (Dalle Scuole seicentesche al "Sistema delle Scuole" di Luigi Lanzi),
- Chapter VII (Dall'Ottocento a Longhi. L'Italia artistica tra soppressione ideologica delle diversità e recupero comparato delle culture locali)
- Conclusion
This book is out of catalogue, but students can download these selected chapters from the website:
ariel.unimi.it, Storia della Letteratura artistica.
And then, please add and study:
Udo Kultermann, Storia della Storia dell'arte, Vicenza Neri Pozza 1997,
from p. 39 to p. 229, excluding pp. 113-115; 183-190, 198- 202, 219-220.
This book is out of catalogue, but students can download these selected parts from the website: ariel.unimi.it, Storia della Letteratura artistica.
Many fundamental topics will be illustrated during classes gradually available on the website:
ariel.unimi.it, Storia della Letteratura artistica
Part C
Rossana Sacchi, Artisti industriosi e speculativi. Paolo Morigia e il Quinto libro della «Nobiltà di Milano», Milano, LED (edizioni universitarie di lettere, Economia, Diritto), 2020.
This book will be available before the end of October.
NON-ATTENDING STUDENTS PARTS A-B-C:
program, bibliography and final exam do not present any differences for non-attending students.
Part A : Introduction. History of Art Literature from Vitruvio to Vasari. General Features.
Part B: History of Art Literature after Vasari up to the first History of Art Chair in Italy. Themes and insights.
Part C : Arts and Artist in La Nobiltà di Milano, written by Paolo Morigia (1595).
Part A
Julius Schlosser Magnino, La Letteratura artistica. Manuale delle fonti della storia dell'arte moderna, Firenze, La Nuova Italia, 1964.
This book is out of catalogue, but students can download it (in Italian for free) from the official website of the Heidelberg University :
http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/schlosser1964/0052/ocr
Students will study the following chapters of the book
- I libro = from Chapter I, number 2.-Nell'Occidente latino; please study: A), B), C) excluding parts written in small size fonts, D); Chapter II; Chapter III: please study starting from number 2, La bottega del Trecento.
- II libro = please study Chapter I, La Letteratura storica, excluding parts written in small size fonts; Chapter cap. II, I teorici del primo Rinascimento, excluding parts written in small size fonts; Chapter IV, Sulle tesi teorico artistiche del primo Rinascimento and Chapter V, excluding parts written in small size fonts.
- IV libro = Chapter III, please study: Continuazione degli studi su Vitruvio, excluding parts written in small size fonts.
- V libro = Il Vasari: please study it, excluding final bibliography.
Many fundamental topics (like Vitruvio, Plinio, Dante, Petrarca, Boccaccio etc) will be illustrated during classes gradually available on the website:
ariel.unimi.it, Storia della Letteratura artistica.
Part B
Julius Schlosser Magnino, La Letteratura artistica. Manuale delle fonti della storia dell'arte moderna, Firenze, La Nuova Italia, 1964.
This book is out of catalogue, but students can download it (in Italian for free) from the official website of the Heidelberg University :
http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/schlosser1964/0052/ocr
Students will study the following chapters of the book :
- VI libro = please study Chapter I, Scritti storici e periegesi, and Chapter II, Gli scritti sulla teoria dell'arte nel periodo del Manierismo, excluding parts written in small size fonts.
- VII libro = please study Chapter I, La storia universale romano-fiorentina, and Chapter III, Alcune osservazioni , excluding parts written in small size fonts.
- VIII libro = please study Chapter I, La storiografia artistica locale, excluding parts written in small size fonts, and Chapter II, La letteratura dei Ciceroni, up to the end of the section about Giovanni Battista Marino.
- IX libro = please study Chapter I, La teoria artistica italiana del secolo XVII, excluding parts written in small size fonts.
This book (Schlosser) ends with Neoclassicism; please add, and study, from:
Ferdinando Bologna, La coscienza storica dell'arte in Italia. Introduzione alla "Storia dell'Arte in Italia", Torino UTET 1982 oppure Milano Garzanti, 1992.
- Chapter VI (Dalle Scuole seicentesche al "Sistema delle Scuole" di Luigi Lanzi),
- Chapter VII (Dall'Ottocento a Longhi. L'Italia artistica tra soppressione ideologica delle diversità e recupero comparato delle culture locali)
- Conclusion
This book is out of catalogue, but students can download these selected chapters from the website:
ariel.unimi.it, Storia della Letteratura artistica.
And then, please add and study:
Udo Kultermann, Storia della Storia dell'arte, Vicenza Neri Pozza 1997,
from p. 39 to p. 229, excluding pp. 113-115; 183-190, 198- 202, 219-220.
This book is out of catalogue, but students can download these selected parts from the website: ariel.unimi.it, Storia della Letteratura artistica.
Many fundamental topics will be illustrated during classes gradually available on the website:
ariel.unimi.it, Storia della Letteratura artistica
Part C
Rossana Sacchi, Artisti industriosi e speculativi. Paolo Morigia e il Quinto libro della «Nobiltà di Milano», Milano, LED (edizioni universitarie di lettere, Economia, Diritto), 2020.
This book will be available before the end of October.
NON-ATTENDING STUDENTS PARTS A-B-C:
program, bibliography and final exam do not present any differences for non-attending students.
Prerequisites for admission
Summary knowledge of the main lines of developement of the Western History of Art from the late antiquity to today.
Teaching methods
Many contents of the course will be proposed in ppt with audio uploaded in the Ariel site of the discipline in correspondence with the lesson times. The other lessons will be held on the Microsoft Teams platform and can be followed both synchronously based on the timetable of the first quarter and asynchronously as they will be recorded and uploaded on that same platform.
Teaching Resources
In Programma you'll find the bibliography and other informations about the course
Assessment methods and Criteria
Learning will be verified through an oral interview (conducted on the Teams platform) aimed at recognizing the actual preparation of the student on the topics discussed in the lessons, the texts in the program, the critical skills acquired during the course of study and the use of a proper specific language (that is quite important). It will be assessed as insufficient the performance of those students showing learning gaps, inappropriate language, no orientation within the recommended bibliography.
Unita' didattica A
L-ART/04 - MUSEOLOGY, ART AND RESTORATION CRITICISM - University credits: 3
Lessons: 20 hours
Unita' didattica B
L-ART/04 - MUSEOLOGY, ART AND RESTORATION CRITICISM - University credits: 3
Lessons: 20 hours
Unita' didattica C
L-ART/04 - MUSEOLOGY, ART AND RESTORATION CRITICISM - University credits: 3
Lessons: 20 hours
Professor(s)