Museology and History of Collecting
A.Y. 2023/2024
Learning objectives
The aim of the teaching is to provide students with skills in the analysis of historical and contemporary displays in museums and temporary exhibitions, enabling them to read critical choices within the context of the contemporary art history studies, the connections with the restoration solutions of works of art and with their conservative needs, the relevance of the architectural choices.
Expected learning outcomes
Knowledge and understanding: knowledge on the Italian exhibition culture of the first half of the 20th century, analyzed within the European and American context;
Applying knowledge and understanding: Acquisition of tools useful for orientation in the history of museology and museography; critical tools useful to read in the exhibitions the reasons of art criticism, the culture of restoration and conservation and of architecture.
Applying knowledge and understanding: Acquisition of tools useful for orientation in the history of museology and museography; critical tools useful to read in the exhibitions the reasons of art criticism, the culture of restoration and conservation and of architecture.
Lesson period: Second semester
Assessment methods: Esame
Assessment result: voto verbalizzato in trentesimi
Single course
This course can be attended as a single course.
Course syllabus and organization
Single session
Responsible
Lesson period
Second semester
Course syllabus
PART A (20 hours; 3 CFU)
Lecturer: Tommaso Tovaglieri
Title: Vicissitudes of the most important Italian collection of the 20th century: the Contini Bonacossi collection (I)
PART B (20 hours; 3 CFU)
Lecturer: Tommaso Tovaglieri
Title: Vicissitudes of the most important Italian collection of the 20th century: the Contini Bonacossi collection (II)
PART C (20 hours; 3 CFU)
Lecturer: Chiara Costa
Title: Exercises in the history of collecting and exhibition making of the XX Century
Lecturer: Tommaso Tovaglieri
Title: Vicissitudes of the most important Italian collection of the 20th century: the Contini Bonacossi collection (I)
PART B (20 hours; 3 CFU)
Lecturer: Tommaso Tovaglieri
Title: Vicissitudes of the most important Italian collection of the 20th century: the Contini Bonacossi collection (II)
PART C (20 hours; 3 CFU)
Lecturer: Chiara Costa
Title: Exercises in the history of collecting and exhibition making of the XX Century
Prerequisites for admission
A general knowledge of the history of art, from antiquity to the present day, is required, taking into account the physicality of the works. It is also necessary for the student to be aware of the historical events of the 20th century in Italy.
Teaching methods
Lectures with projections and readings of classroom texts
Teaching Resources
Programme for the 9 cfu exam, students attending:
Knowledge of the topics covered in the lectures.
At the end of the course students will be provided with PowerPoints of the images shown in class.
R. Fontanarossa, Collezionisti e musei: una storia culturale, Torino, Einaudi, 2022
La collezione Contini Bonacossi nelle Gallerie degli Uffizi, Firenze, Giunti Editore, 2018
T. Tovaglieri, Dicevo di te, Elsa de' Giorgi, Fasano, Schena, 2019
Programme for the 9 cfu examination, non-attending students:
R. Fontanarossa, Collezionisti e musei: una storia culturale, Torino, Einaudi, 2022
La collezione Contini Bonacossi nelle Gallerie degli Uffizi, Firenze, Giunti Editore, 2018
A. B. Saarinen, I grandi collezionisti americani, Torino, Einaudi, 1977
T. Tovaglieri, Dicevo di te, Elsa de' Giorgi, Fasano, Schena, 2019
All the books indicated in the programme are available in the Department Library, in one or more copies.
All the books listed in the programme can be purchased on ibs, amazon, abebooks
Knowledge of the topics covered in the lectures.
At the end of the course students will be provided with PowerPoints of the images shown in class.
R. Fontanarossa, Collezionisti e musei: una storia culturale, Torino, Einaudi, 2022
La collezione Contini Bonacossi nelle Gallerie degli Uffizi, Firenze, Giunti Editore, 2018
T. Tovaglieri, Dicevo di te, Elsa de' Giorgi, Fasano, Schena, 2019
Programme for the 9 cfu examination, non-attending students:
R. Fontanarossa, Collezionisti e musei: una storia culturale, Torino, Einaudi, 2022
La collezione Contini Bonacossi nelle Gallerie degli Uffizi, Firenze, Giunti Editore, 2018
A. B. Saarinen, I grandi collezionisti americani, Torino, Einaudi, 1977
T. Tovaglieri, Dicevo di te, Elsa de' Giorgi, Fasano, Schena, 2019
All the books indicated in the programme are available in the Department Library, in one or more copies.
All the books listed in the programme can be purchased on ibs, amazon, abebooks
Assessment methods and Criteria
The oral exam will be oriented to ascertain the knowledge acquired, the ability to place the historical context within the expositive culture of the periods covered in the course, the method of analysis of the sources and the critical bibliography. The images provided in PDF or Power Point are an essential basis for the preparation of the exam.
Students who present serious gaps in their studies, use very inadequate language or do not orient themselves with the bibliography assigned will be considered insufficient.
Students who present serious gaps in their studies, use very inadequate language or do not orient themselves with the bibliography assigned will be considered insufficient.
L-ART/04 - MUSEOLOGY, ART AND RESTORATION CRITICISM - University credits: 9
Lessons: 60 hours
Professors:
Costa Chiara Antonia, Tovaglieri Tommaso
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