CONTEMPORARY ART HISTORY

The course is one of the fundamentals of the contemporary path; in particular this module is the first part of the teaching History of Contemporary Art sp (12 cfu), which should be completed with Contemporary Art II.
It deals in particular with themes linked to the problems and the main protagonists of contemporary art.

- knowledge and understanding: knowledge of terminology; knowledge of main artists' poetic and works of art, groups and movements in the field of visual arts on the program;
- ability to apply knowledge and understanding: knowledge of how to use a precise terminology and ability to recognize main artists and works of art specified on the program, formulating an explanatory and argumentative exposure about artists' works and poetics;
- ability to understand: how to analyze a work of art or an artist's poetry or a group / movement among the studied ones, relating them to a correct temporal and cultural collocation; to be able to argue with property of language and correct formal analysis;
- communication skills: knowing how to use an appropriate and specific terminology, introduced and explained at lesson or on recommended texts and books; apply a good Italian (or English) syntax and grammar; being able to behave in a respectful and profitable way with professors and peers;

none, but a general knowledge of the history of modern art or at least of the XIX Century is preferred

ITALIAN SCULPTURE OF THE '900 THROUGH 10 EXHIBITIONS: FROM MEDARDO ROSSO TO LEONCILLO
The course includes the study of the main solutions and sculptural inventions developed during the twentieth century in Italy (from about 1900 until the early 70s) by the greatest sculptors of the time, taking into account a dozen exhibitions (and catalogs) in which those proposals were made known and disseminated. Therefore, starting from: First Exhibition of Impressionism in Italy (Florence 1910, where Medardo Rosso had the opportunity to present himself with a personal anthology for the first time in Italy) until the 1968 Venice Biennale (where Leoncillo and Pascali's works appear for the last time) and until Volterra '73 (where the complex vigor of Mino Trafeli fully manifested itself), through other historical events such as the Quadriennale d'Arte Nazionale in Rome in 1931 and 1935 and personal exhibitions such as that of Boccioni in Paris in 1913 and Lucio Fontana in Milan (Galleria del Naviglio) in 1949, the investigation will involve the most important Italian sculptors of the first five to six decades of the twentieth century.

The bibliography will be indicated during the first lesson, and then also reported in syllabus and ads, but those who want to start work on the theme indicated can meanwhile download the catalog of the First Exhibition of Impressionism of 1910 (https://dlc.mpdl.mpg.de/dlc/view/escidoc:66854:3/recto-verso ).
and consult the following catalogues in the library:
1 – Biennali di Venezia del 1948 e 1968 e Quadriennali di Roma del 1931 e 1935
2 – Catalogo della Mostra di Ca’ Pesaro del 1919
3 – Catalogo della Mostra del Novecento Italiano a Milano 1926

The written examination will be about the main points of program, through open questions; attention will be given to appropriated terminology.

lectures, lectures by visiting artists and critici, with discussion, (possibily) guided tour to studios or museums

Italian

written

This subject deals with topics related to the macro-area "Human capital, health, education" and contributes to the achievement of one or more goals of U. N. Agenda for Sustainable Development