30476 - CRITICAL APPROACHES TO THE ARTS II - MODULE II (MODERN ART)
Department of Social and Political Sciences
SUSANNA CAVIGLIA
Suggested background knowledge
Mission & Content Summary
MISSION
CONTENT SUMMARY
-The Naked Body
-The Outer and the Inner Body
-The Body Expressivity
-Feeling through the body
-Fashioning the Body
-The Allegorical Body
-Embodying Ambiguity
-The Body of the Artist
-The Other Body
-The BOdy in the Mirror
-Visits to the Pinacoteca di Brera and the Museo Poldi-Pezzoli
Intended Learning Outcomes (ILO)
KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
During the course students will learn how to:
-Visually and historically analyze works of art from various periods, the human body being the basis of visual representations and an object of aesthetic investigation.
-Understand and be able to deploy in their own words major theoretical approaches used to interpret works of art.
-Discuss the relationships between the real and the represented body through works of art conceived as the occasion, the site, and the condition of a process of historical, social and cultural construction.
APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
At the end of the course, students will be able to:
- Employ visual analysis skills such as analyse the iconography, the visual language and the technique of works of art (in particular paintings and drawings).
- Understand European artworks of the Early Modern period in relation to the historical, cultural and social context.
- Think of the human body as both an object and a subject, a representation as well as a sensibility that experiences, feels, and acts in the world.
Teaching methods
- Guest speaker's talks (in class or in distance)
- Company visits
- Practical Exercises
- Individual works / Assignments
- Collaborative Works / Assignments
- Interaction/Gamification
DETAILS
This course combines traditional frontal teaching (face-to-face lectures) with other learning activities. In particular, the course includes the following:
-Group discussions
-Guest speaker’s talks
-Museum visits
-Group assignments and presentations
-Interactive class activities (tableaux vivants, portraits and self-portraits, role playing) to directly explore aspects of the theories discussed in class: the role of the body as a vehicle for knowledge, as a locus of sensory-aesthetic appreciation and creative self-fashioning, and as a necessity for all our perceptions, actions and thoughts.
Assessment methods
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ATTENDING STUDENTS
-Group discussions (in class & online): 30%
Skills in understanding art historical readings and in talking about the arguments discussed in the readings.
-Group Assignments and presentations: 25%
Skils in working in groups and in presenting results in a clear way and with the appropriate vocabulary.
-Final Oral Exam: 45%
Skills in presenting the knowledge aquired throughout the semester and in making connections between different artistic methodologies, concepts, movements.
Attending students are those who are present in class for at least 75% of classes. After the third exam session, all students are considered as non-attending.
NOT ATTENDING STUDENTS
- Final Oral exam: oral test comprising open questions: 100% of final mark.
The evaluation grades the ability of students to understand the themes of the course, based on the readings; the ability to place images within a historical narrative; the depth of analysis; and the clarity of the presentation.
Teaching materials
ATTENDING STUDENTS
For attending students, the mandatory readings (journal articles or book chapters) and class material (slide presentations) are made available on the online platform. Power Points and other visual resources are uploaded on the Bboard online platform after each class.
Students are assigned weekly readings that will be discussed in class every week and will constitute, together with the lectures, the program for the final exam.
NOT ATTENDING STUDENTS
In addition to the mandatory readings and other material available on Bboard for attending students, non-attending students are assigned extra readings that are also made available on the online platform.