IJ0B626 Contemporary Italian Art

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2014
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: graded credit.
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Zuzana Wagner, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Kateřina Garajová, Ph.D.
Department of Romance Languages and Literatures – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Romance Languages and Literatures – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Fri 12:30–14:05 G24
Prerequisites
Level B1 - Threshold or intermediate
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/20, only registered: 0/20, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/20
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
there are 8 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to give a general overview of Italian art from the Romanticism to the Avant-garde. Student should be able to acquire a basic knowledge of the Italian masters, of the regional art schools and styles. He should be able to recognize the different artistic productions in the right historical period and in the cultural context. Student should learn to describe an artwork with richest as possible Italian technical vocabulary.
Syllabus
  • History of Italian art: XIX-XX century :
  • 1- The group Macchiaioli in Florence.
  • 2- Divisionismo (Pointillism) in the Italian painting.
  • 3- The Futurism movement of Marinetti: manifests and texts
  • 4 - The Futurist painting, sculpture and theatre: Boccioni, Balla, Depero.
  • 5- De Chirico's Metafica and his correspondence with the poetry of Ungaretti.
  • 6 - The Magic Realism: Carrà, Morandi, Sironi between the world wars.
  • 7- The social painting of Guttuso and its connection with the writer Moravia.
  • 8- The abstract tendence in the Vedova, Burri, Capogrossi paintings.
  • 9- Experiments and theory: Spatialism of Fontana.
  • 10- The kinetic art and experimentations in the sixties in Milan.
  • 11- The second Italian avant-garde: the movement Arte Povera (Poor art).
  • 12- The Italian comics.
Literature
  • ARGAN, G. Carlo. Storia dell'arte italiana. Vyd. 2. Vol. I-III. Firenze: Sansoni Editore, 2002, 273 s.
  • GOMBRICH, E. Hans. Příběh umění. Vyd. 2. Praha: Argo, 2001, 684 s.
  • GIBELLINI, Pietro, OLIVA, Gianni, TESIO, Giovanni. Lo spazio letterario. Storia e geografia della letteratura. Brescia: Editrice La Scuola, 1989.
Teaching methods
Lectures. The course is based on theoretical and linguistic preparation of the student and on presentation of photographic material of Italian artworks. The student should focus both on the visual material and on the texts listed in the bibliography.
Assessment methods
Written examination: preparation of a critical text about an artwork, chosen by the student before among the topics of the course, and his presentation during a lesson. The attendance to the course is recommended.
Language of instruction
Italian
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught only once.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Kurz je doporučen studentům od 2. ročníku.
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