Social History of Art
A.Y. 2021/2022
Learning objectives
The course aims to investigate the methodologies for Social History of Art, in particular the lessons will be dedicated to the themes of the history of the material conditions of the artists' work and their image in the contemporary world.
Expected learning outcomes
Knowledge and understanding: Specific knowledge of the tradition and the contribution of the social history of art to the history of contemporary culture.
Applying knowledge and understanding: Development of a critical approach and method of analysis of the object and the artistic context starting from the moment of production, diffusion and reception
Applying knowledge and understanding: Development of a critical approach and method of analysis of the object and the artistic context starting from the moment of production, diffusion and reception
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
Lessons will be given primarily in presence in the classroom and in streaming on the TEAMS platform of the Course. Access registration to the classroom has to follow procedures given by the University.
Course syllabus
Part A (20 hours, 3 Ects): Italian Art's Gallery during the post-Second World War period, prof. PAOLO RUSCONI.
Teaching Unit A will deal with Italian Art Gallery during the post-Second World War period through some case studies about the issue of Art Market, the canon of artists, the visual fortune.
Part B (20 hours, 3 Ects): Social History of Art. Survey methodologies, prof. PAOLO RUSCONI, Docente a contratto
Teaching Unit B introduces to the methodologies of the Social History of Art, in particular the lessons will be dedicated to the topics related to the material conditions of the artists' work and their image in the contemporary world.
Part C (20 ore e 3 cfu; (reserved for students who attend the exam for 9 Ects):
Contract Professor
Teaching Unit A will deal with Italian Art Gallery during the post-Second World War period through some case studies about the issue of Art Market, the canon of artists, the visual fortune.
Part B (20 hours, 3 Ects): Social History of Art. Survey methodologies, prof. PAOLO RUSCONI, Docente a contratto
Teaching Unit B introduces to the methodologies of the Social History of Art, in particular the lessons will be dedicated to the topics related to the material conditions of the artists' work and their image in the contemporary world.
Part C (20 ore e 3 cfu; (reserved for students who attend the exam for 9 Ects):
Contract Professor
Prerequisites for admission
Good knowledge of the history of modern and contemporary art and XIX and XX Century Art Literature.
Teaching methods
Frontal lessons with seminar insights. Lectures by other Professors will also integrate the course.
Teaching Resources
SUBJECTS AND BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR STUDENTS WHO ATTENDED THE LECTURES
Part A
-Subjects treated in lectures of Part A.
-Are required
- Il sistema dell'arte a Milano. 1945-1956, Gallerie ed esposizioni, a c. di A. Negri, Milano, Hestia, 1995.
- P. Rusconi, Gallerie d'arte a Milano nell'immediato dopoguerra (1945-1948), in Fare impresa con la cultura, a c. di P. Landi, Bologna, 2013
- V. Pozzoli, Lo Studio d'arte Palma, Storia di un'impresa per il commercio artistico nell'Italia del Dopoguerra, in "Acme", Vol. 69 (2016), 2, pp. 145-174.
One essay from the following list:
- Milano 1950-1959. Il rinnovamento della pittura in Italia, a c. di F. Gualdoni, Ferrara, Civiche Gallerie d'arte Moderna e contemporanea, 1997.
- G. Bianchi, Gallerie d'arte a Venezia 1938-1948 un decennio di fermenti innovativi, Venezia, Cicero, 2010.
- D. Guzzi, Anni Cinquanta "La Colonna" e il realismo, Montepulciano, Thesan & Turan, 2012.
- G. Tulino, La galleria l'Obelisco. surrealismo e arte fantastica 1943-1954, Roma, De Luca, 2020.
Part B
-Subjects treated in lectures of Part B
-Arte e artisti nella modernità, a c. di A. Negri, Milano, Jaca Book, 2000.
An additional bibliography will be provided by the contract teacher.
Part C (reserved for students who attend the exam for 9 Ects)
The bibliography will be provided by the contract teacher.
SUBJECTS AND BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR STUDENTS WHO COULD NOT ATTEND THE LECTURES
Part A
-Are required
- Il sistema dell'arte a Milano. 1945-1956, Gallerie ed esposizioni, a c. di A. Negri, Milano, Hestia, 1995.
- P. Rusconi, Gallerie d'arte a Milano nell'immediato dopoguerra (1945-1948), in Fare impresa con la cultura, a c. di P. Landi, Bologna, 2013
- V. Pozzoli, Lo Studio d'arte Palma, Storia di un'impresa per il commercio artistico nell'Italia del Dopoguerra, in "Acme", Vol. 69 (2016), 2, pp. 145-174.
Two essay from the following list:
- Milano 1950-1959. Il rinnovamento della pittura in Italia, a c. di F. Gualdoni, Ferrara, Civiche Gallerie d'arte Moderna e contemporanea, 1997.
- G. Bianchi, Gallerie d'arte a Venezia 1938-1948 un decennio di fermenti innovativi, Venezia, Cicero, 2010.
- D. Guzzi, Anni Cinquanta "La Colonna" e il realismo, Montepulciano, Thesan & Turan, 2012.
- G. Tulino, La galleria l'Obelisco. surrealismo e arte fantastica 1943-1954, Roma, De Luca, 2020.
Part B
- Arte e artisti nella modernità, a c. di A. Negri, Milano, Jaca Book, 2000.
- E. Castelnuovo, Arte, industria, rivoluzioni. Temi di storia sociale dell'arte, Pisa, Edizioni della Normale, 2010.
An additional bibliography will be provided by the contract teacher.
Part C (reserved for students who attend the exam for 9 Ects)
The bibliography will be provided by the contract teacher.
Part A
-Subjects treated in lectures of Part A.
-Are required
- Il sistema dell'arte a Milano. 1945-1956, Gallerie ed esposizioni, a c. di A. Negri, Milano, Hestia, 1995.
- P. Rusconi, Gallerie d'arte a Milano nell'immediato dopoguerra (1945-1948), in Fare impresa con la cultura, a c. di P. Landi, Bologna, 2013
- V. Pozzoli, Lo Studio d'arte Palma, Storia di un'impresa per il commercio artistico nell'Italia del Dopoguerra, in "Acme", Vol. 69 (2016), 2, pp. 145-174.
One essay from the following list:
- Milano 1950-1959. Il rinnovamento della pittura in Italia, a c. di F. Gualdoni, Ferrara, Civiche Gallerie d'arte Moderna e contemporanea, 1997.
- G. Bianchi, Gallerie d'arte a Venezia 1938-1948 un decennio di fermenti innovativi, Venezia, Cicero, 2010.
- D. Guzzi, Anni Cinquanta "La Colonna" e il realismo, Montepulciano, Thesan & Turan, 2012.
- G. Tulino, La galleria l'Obelisco. surrealismo e arte fantastica 1943-1954, Roma, De Luca, 2020.
Part B
-Subjects treated in lectures of Part B
-Arte e artisti nella modernità, a c. di A. Negri, Milano, Jaca Book, 2000.
An additional bibliography will be provided by the contract teacher.
Part C (reserved for students who attend the exam for 9 Ects)
The bibliography will be provided by the contract teacher.
SUBJECTS AND BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR STUDENTS WHO COULD NOT ATTEND THE LECTURES
Part A
-Are required
- Il sistema dell'arte a Milano. 1945-1956, Gallerie ed esposizioni, a c. di A. Negri, Milano, Hestia, 1995.
- P. Rusconi, Gallerie d'arte a Milano nell'immediato dopoguerra (1945-1948), in Fare impresa con la cultura, a c. di P. Landi, Bologna, 2013
- V. Pozzoli, Lo Studio d'arte Palma, Storia di un'impresa per il commercio artistico nell'Italia del Dopoguerra, in "Acme", Vol. 69 (2016), 2, pp. 145-174.
Two essay from the following list:
- Milano 1950-1959. Il rinnovamento della pittura in Italia, a c. di F. Gualdoni, Ferrara, Civiche Gallerie d'arte Moderna e contemporanea, 1997.
- G. Bianchi, Gallerie d'arte a Venezia 1938-1948 un decennio di fermenti innovativi, Venezia, Cicero, 2010.
- D. Guzzi, Anni Cinquanta "La Colonna" e il realismo, Montepulciano, Thesan & Turan, 2012.
- G. Tulino, La galleria l'Obelisco. surrealismo e arte fantastica 1943-1954, Roma, De Luca, 2020.
Part B
- Arte e artisti nella modernità, a c. di A. Negri, Milano, Jaca Book, 2000.
- E. Castelnuovo, Arte, industria, rivoluzioni. Temi di storia sociale dell'arte, Pisa, Edizioni della Normale, 2010.
An additional bibliography will be provided by the contract teacher.
Part C (reserved for students who attend the exam for 9 Ects)
The bibliography will be provided by the contract teacher.
Assessment methods and Criteria
The oral exam consists of an interview on the program topics, aimed at ascertaining the knowledge and critical skills acquired by the learner. Any additional educational activities and exercises will be presented during the lessons.
L-ART/04 - MUSEOLOGY, ART AND RESTORATION CRITICISM - University credits: 9
Lessons: 60 hours
Professors:
Mocchi Nicol Maria, Rusconi Paolo
Professor(s)
Reception:
June: 16 (2 pm); 24 (3 pm)
Dipartimento di Beni culturali e ambientali, via Noto 6