CONTEMPORARY ART (ADVANCED)II

Knowledge of contemporary art history from the end of the 50's to nowadays, and particularly of the 60's and 70's, through the analysis of neoavant-garde movements, main contemporary artists and works of art, paying particular attention to the "art system" and connections between history and art history, to relationships between culture and arts.
The course is one of the fundamentals of the contemporary path; in particular this module is the first part of History of Contemporary Art sp (12 cfu) for the History of Arts Master's degree, which should be completed with Contemporary Art I (prof. Nico Stringa).
Arte contemporanea II can also be attended as a single course for every Master's degree or for Erasmus program, as 6 cfu module.

- knowledge and understanding: knowledge of terminology; knowledge of main artists' poetic and works of art, groups and movements in the field of visual arts from the Fifties to nowadays;
- 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;
- learning skills: being able to recognize the fundamental protagonists of the arts of the XX and XXI Century; being able to understand how to connect a work of art or an author to cultural and artistic movements / groups or to a specific cultural moment, making comparisons between different themes based on thematic, formal, poetic bases.

recommended but not indispensable knowledge of contemporary art history from the end of the XIX century to 50s, particularly basics on avantgarde artistic groups, the role of Marcel Duchamp and abstract expressionism (a short review will be presented at the beginning of the lessons)

Venice Biennale: '60-'90.
Topics on the role of the art curator: "Visions and prospectives" - management and curatorial decisions at Venice Biennale from 70s to nowadays.

:: bibliography for examination will follow ::
suggested reading, between others, from
Enzo di Martino, Storia della Biennale, Electa, Milano 1982
Puma Pascale Budillon, Biennale di Venezia dalla guerra alla crisi (1948-1968), Palomar, 1995
The Biennial Reader, Catje Kantz 2010
S. Portinari, Anni settanta. La Biennale di Venezia, Marsilio Editori, Venezia 2018

written examination composed by 4 questions about the general program (one of them will be about the topic or the art system)

frontal lessons with images projections, readings, revisions with students, case studies, possible lectures and visits to museums or exibitions

Italian

Non attendant students can ask advices on the examination program.

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