Visual Culture
A.Y. 2022/2023
Learning objectives
The aim of the course is to introduce the main methodologies of visual culture: the discipline will be defined and its history will be traced. In the second part, a thematic study will be developed. The course is fully consistent with the objectives of the Course of Studies, which aims to ensure the acquisition of solid knowledge in the fields of multimedia communication by anchoring them to a strengthening of the humanistic training of students.
Expected learning outcomes
By the end of the course, the student will have to have an adequate measure of Knowledge and Skills.
Knowledge: Acquire the technical-sector lexicon of the discipline; approach the most important problems discussed by historiography regarding the in-depth phenomenon in the second part.
Skills: To be able to approach visual culture with a critical attitude; to know how to interrogate and contextualize the materials of the visual culture investigated, through theoretical tools and in-depth historical investigations.
Knowledge: Acquire the technical-sector lexicon of the discipline; approach the most important problems discussed by historiography regarding the in-depth phenomenon in the second part.
Skills: To be able to approach visual culture with a critical attitude; to know how to interrogate and contextualize the materials of the visual culture investigated, through theoretical tools and in-depth historical investigations.
Lesson period: Second 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
Second semester
Course syllabus
After an introduction to visual culture, the course investigates some cases of iconoclasm related to the sexualization of cinema and the emergence of pornography in Italy.
Prerequisites for admission
Knowledge of contemporary history.
Basic knowledge of the history of cinema.
Basic knowledge of the history of cinema.
Teaching methods
The topics of the course will be addressed making the use of slides and audio-video materials analyzed during the lessons. Students who do not attend the lessons must refer to the program for non-attending students.
Teaching Resources
Texts to be studied:
1) David Freedberg, Iconoclasm, The University of Chicago Press, Chicago 2021.
2) Tomaso Subini, La via italiana alla pornografia. Cattolicesimo, sessualità e cinema (1948-1986), Le Monnier 2021.
Suggested readings (optional):
· Hans Belting, Florenz und Bagdad. Eine westöstliche Geschichte des Blicks, C. H. Beck, München 2008; tradotto in italiano con il titolo I canoni dello sguardo. Storia della cultura visiva tra Oriente e Occidente, Bollati Boringhieri, Torino 2010;
· Marina Benedetti, Tomaso Subini (a cura di), Francesco da Assisi: storia, arte, mito, Carocci, Roma 2019;
· Michele Cometa, Cultura visuale, Raffaello Cortina, 2020;
· Angelo Pietro Desole, L'immagine oscena. Giurisprudenza della fotografia erotica nell'Italia del dopoguerra, Quinlan 2020;
· David Freedberg, The Power of Images. Studies in the History and Theory of Response, The University of Chicago Press, Chicago 1998; tr. it. Il potere delle immagini. Il mondo delle figure: reazioni e emozioni del pubblico, Einaudi, Torino 1993, 2009;
· W.J.T. Mitchell, Pictorial Turn. Saggi di cultura visuale, Raffaello Cortina, 2017;
· Carlotta Sorba, Federico Mazzini, La svolta culturale. Come è cambiata la pratica storiografica, Laterza 2021;
· Victor I. Stoichita, L'Effet Sherlock Holmes. Variations du regard de Manet à Hitchcock, Hazan, Paris 2015; tradotto in italiano con il titolo Effetto Sherlock. Occhi che osservano, occhi che spiano, occhi che indagano. Storia dello sguardo da Manet a Hitchcock, Il Saggiatore, Milano 2017.
Program in addition for non-attending students: a book chosen from among those indicated as optional.
1) David Freedberg, Iconoclasm, The University of Chicago Press, Chicago 2021.
2) Tomaso Subini, La via italiana alla pornografia. Cattolicesimo, sessualità e cinema (1948-1986), Le Monnier 2021.
Suggested readings (optional):
· Hans Belting, Florenz und Bagdad. Eine westöstliche Geschichte des Blicks, C. H. Beck, München 2008; tradotto in italiano con il titolo I canoni dello sguardo. Storia della cultura visiva tra Oriente e Occidente, Bollati Boringhieri, Torino 2010;
· Marina Benedetti, Tomaso Subini (a cura di), Francesco da Assisi: storia, arte, mito, Carocci, Roma 2019;
· Michele Cometa, Cultura visuale, Raffaello Cortina, 2020;
· Angelo Pietro Desole, L'immagine oscena. Giurisprudenza della fotografia erotica nell'Italia del dopoguerra, Quinlan 2020;
· David Freedberg, The Power of Images. Studies in the History and Theory of Response, The University of Chicago Press, Chicago 1998; tr. it. Il potere delle immagini. Il mondo delle figure: reazioni e emozioni del pubblico, Einaudi, Torino 1993, 2009;
· W.J.T. Mitchell, Pictorial Turn. Saggi di cultura visuale, Raffaello Cortina, 2017;
· Carlotta Sorba, Federico Mazzini, La svolta culturale. Come è cambiata la pratica storiografica, Laterza 2021;
· Victor I. Stoichita, L'Effet Sherlock Holmes. Variations du regard de Manet à Hitchcock, Hazan, Paris 2015; tradotto in italiano con il titolo Effetto Sherlock. Occhi che osservano, occhi che spiano, occhi che indagano. Storia dello sguardo da Manet a Hitchcock, Il Saggiatore, Milano 2017.
Program in addition for non-attending students: a book chosen from among those indicated as optional.
Assessment methods and Criteria
The exam consists of an oral interview on the topics of the program and, for attending students, also on those addressed during the lessons in the classroom. The exam intends to verify in particular the critical and logical-argumentative abilities of the student.
The examination procedures for students with disabilities and / or with DSA must be agreed with the teacher.
International or Erasmus incoming students are invited to contact the teacher in a timely manner.
The examination procedures for students with disabilities and / or with DSA must be agreed with the teacher.
International or Erasmus incoming students are invited to contact the teacher in a timely manner.
Unita' didattica A
L-ART/06 - CINEMA, PHOTOGRAPHY AND TELEVISION - University credits: 3
Lessons: 20 hours
Unita' didattica B
L-ART/06 - CINEMA, PHOTOGRAPHY AND TELEVISION - University credits: 3
Lessons: 20 hours
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