Teaching Workshop
A.Y. 2024/2025
Learning objectives
The aim of the workshop is to provide students with the essential outlines of the history of costume and fashion over a wide time span. It will be based on the identification and analysis of available sources, starting with iconographic ones, but also taking into consideration written ones and the analysis of material remains.
Expected learning outcomes
At the end of the workshop, the attending students will acquire a methodological and critical knowledge that will enable them to analyse, contextualise and interrogate different types of documentary, iconographic and material sources on the history of costume from the Middle Ages to the modern age and put them in dialogue with the broader frameworks of economic, political and social history.
Lesson period: Second semester
Assessment methods: Giudizio di approvazione
Assessment result: superato/non superato
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
This workshop aims to develop knowledge and skills in recognising clothing, textiles, accessories and weapons (i.e. hoplology) in visual evidence and written sources to understand semantic, sociological and historical functions. Through comparing terminology, analysis of written sources, and explanation of some works of art, the student will understand the meaning and purpose of clothing, the production contexts, and the symbolic identity and political significance across history. Terminological specificities will be explored, focusing on the Italian peninsula and the European context.
The workshop includes the following topics:
Lecture No. 1: Methodological Introduction
Lecture No. 2: Rome, Byzantium, and the power of dressing
Lesson No. 3: The "traslatio imperii" in clothing: from the Longobards to the Ottonians
Lesson No. 4: The "renovatio imperii" and the Duecento (13th Century)
Lesson No. 5: The Trecento (14th Century) and the Black Death
Lesson No. 6: "Humanitas" and the Italian Quattrocento (15th Century)
Lesson No. 7: Clothing influences in the European Quattrocento
Lesson No. 8: The "Sprezzatura" and the 16th Century
Lesson No. 9: Among Spain, France and the Netherlands: the Baroque
Lesson No. 10: Century Louis XIV to the French Revolution
The workshop includes the following topics:
Lecture No. 1: Methodological Introduction
Lecture No. 2: Rome, Byzantium, and the power of dressing
Lesson No. 3: The "traslatio imperii" in clothing: from the Longobards to the Ottonians
Lesson No. 4: The "renovatio imperii" and the Duecento (13th Century)
Lesson No. 5: The Trecento (14th Century) and the Black Death
Lesson No. 6: "Humanitas" and the Italian Quattrocento (15th Century)
Lesson No. 7: Clothing influences in the European Quattrocento
Lesson No. 8: The "Sprezzatura" and the 16th Century
Lesson No. 9: Among Spain, France and the Netherlands: the Baroque
Lesson No. 10: Century Louis XIV to the French Revolution
Prerequisites for admission
A grounded knowledge of the leading Italian and European cultural and artistic phenomena is required.
An Art History and a History of Costume survey book are recommended as preparatory reading. We suggest:
Gombrich, E. H. (1972) The Story of Art, Phaidon, Oxford
Laver, J. (2010) Costume and Fashion. A Concise History, Thames&Hudson, London
An Art History and a History of Costume survey book are recommended as preparatory reading. We suggest:
Gombrich, E. H. (1972) The Story of Art, Phaidon, Oxford
Laver, J. (2010) Costume and Fashion. A Concise History, Thames&Hudson, London
Teaching methods
This workshop will include lectures. In addition to the historical overview and definition of terminology, each lesson will consist of a case study, i.e., a lecturer reading a work of art relating to aspects of dress.
Exercises will be assigned; students will be invited to visit exhibitions and museums suggested by the lecturer.
Exercises will be assigned; students will be invited to visit exhibitions and museums suggested by the lecturer.
Teaching Resources
An appropriate booklet about the topics will be provided for each lecture.
The following textbooks are recommended for Fashion History:
Di Iorio, R. - Benatti Scarpelli, L. (2004) Il tempo del vestire. Storia del Costume e della Moda, vol. 1: dalle Origini all'Anno Mille, CLITT, Bologna
Di Iorio, R. - Benatti Scarpelli, L. (2004) Il tempo del vestire. Storia del Costume e della Moda, vol. 2: dall'Anno Mille al Settecento, CLITT, Bologna
As an alternative to the previous books, we suggest:
Maugeri, V. - Paffumi, A. (2012) Storia della moda e del costume, Calderini, Milano
The following textbooks are recommended for Art History:
Pulvirenti, E. (2023) Artelogia, vol. 1: dalla Preistoria al Gotico, Zanichelli, Bologna
Pulvirenti, E. (2023) Artelogia, vol. 2: dal Rinascimento al Rococò, Zanichelli, Bologna
Pulvirenti, E. (2023) Artelogia, vol. 3: dal Neoclassicismo al Contemporaneo, Zanichelli, Bologna
International and Erasmus students are invited to promptly contact the professor to arrange a reading plan (available in English) for exam preparation.
The following textbooks are recommended for Fashion History:
Di Iorio, R. - Benatti Scarpelli, L. (2004) Il tempo del vestire. Storia del Costume e della Moda, vol. 1: dalle Origini all'Anno Mille, CLITT, Bologna
Di Iorio, R. - Benatti Scarpelli, L. (2004) Il tempo del vestire. Storia del Costume e della Moda, vol. 2: dall'Anno Mille al Settecento, CLITT, Bologna
As an alternative to the previous books, we suggest:
Maugeri, V. - Paffumi, A. (2012) Storia della moda e del costume, Calderini, Milano
The following textbooks are recommended for Art History:
Pulvirenti, E. (2023) Artelogia, vol. 1: dalla Preistoria al Gotico, Zanichelli, Bologna
Pulvirenti, E. (2023) Artelogia, vol. 2: dal Rinascimento al Rococò, Zanichelli, Bologna
Pulvirenti, E. (2023) Artelogia, vol. 3: dal Neoclassicismo al Contemporaneo, Zanichelli, Bologna
International and Erasmus students are invited to promptly contact the professor to arrange a reading plan (available in English) for exam preparation.
Assessment methods and Criteria
- Method: evaluation at the end of the course
- Type of evaluation method: approval of 3 CFU
Knowledge and competencies will be tested by oral test.
The student must demonstrate the skills acquired during the course by reading a work analysed during lectures and presenting an analysis of a work of art chosen by the candidate.
The final assessment will include the following criteria:
- oral test: 40%
- analysis of a work of art chosen by the candidate: 30%
- exercises: 20%
- participation: 10%
The assessment format for students with disabilities should be arranged in advance with the lecturer.
- Type of evaluation method: approval of 3 CFU
Knowledge and competencies will be tested by oral test.
The student must demonstrate the skills acquired during the course by reading a work analysed during lectures and presenting an analysis of a work of art chosen by the candidate.
The final assessment will include the following criteria:
- oral test: 40%
- analysis of a work of art chosen by the candidate: 30%
- exercises: 20%
- participation: 10%
The assessment format for students with disabilities should be arranged in advance with the lecturer.
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