Programma

The course aims to provide Master’s degree students with the essential tools to navigate the formal languages of Western works of art from the Middle Ages to the contemporary period, strengthening their expertise in stylistic analysis.
Particular attention will be devoted to developing the ability to interpret style as a key to understanding the artwork, as well as to fostering awareness of the role of attributions in defining the corpora of individual artists. Through lectures, group exercises, seminars, and site visits, students will be guided in developing a rigorous method for analyzing and interpreting works of art.

Testi Adottati

- Laura Cavazzini, "Un polittico di Giotto ricomposto", in "Il mestiere del conoscitore. Roberto Longhi", a cura di Anna Maria Ambrosini Massari, Andrea Bacchi, Daniele Benati, Aldo Galli, Bologna 2017, pp. 59-77.

- Bernard Berenson, "Amico di Sandro", con un saggio di Patrizia Zambrano, Milano 2006.

-- A. Ballarin, Raffaello 1511-1514: «Molto ancora resta da scoprire a proposito dell’attitudine di Raffaello verso la natura», in "Raffaello a Roma. Restauri e ricerca" a cura di Antonio Paolucci, Barbara Agosti, Silvia Ginzburg, Roma 2017, pp. 41-54.

-Andrea Bacchi, "Il conoscitore laconico: Federico Zeri e i due Bernini", in Il mestiere del conoscitore - Federico Zeri, Bologna 2021, pp. 368-393.


updating: further bibliographical references will be provided during the course