Ateneo - UPO

LABORATORY FOR ATTRIBUTION AND THE CATALOG OF ART WORKS

Bibliography: bibliography will be supplied during the course. It is useful to visit the website http://www.iccd.beniculturali.it/ corresponding to ICCD/MIC, where study and cataloguing materials are available. Specific information will be given, in advance, on the D.I.R. line.

The course has a series of training objectives divided into two levels.
At a basic level, the course provides knowledge and understanding, that is, the knowledge of the most common systems of filing and cataloguing works of art in use in Italy through attendance at the lessons and exercises provided at museums and churches.
It also provides the student with adequate ability to apply knowledge and understanding in the practice of cataloguing a work, placing him in the condition to fill in the OA-ICCD form (at least at an inventory / pre-cataloging level).

At an advanced level, in relation to the student's training, the course has the following training objectives:
• expression of judgments: provides the student with the critical skills necessary to choose and then use the most appropriate type of filing / cataloguing to be undertaken and the model of the form to be adopted.
• communication skills: the student will acquire the ability to illustrate the characters and contents of a work of art in a non-descriptive sense and in its salient stylistic and historical characteristics to a group of interested adults and non-specialists.
• study skills: provides the student with the tools to undertake the attribution of the work of art, independently addressing the reading of written and figurative texts that illustrate the cultural production of the Italian artistic centers of the modern age.

A basic knowledge in: Modern Art History. To attend the course is requested to have given one Modern Art History exam.

Attendance at the Laboratory is mandatory.
A series of two-hours lessons in the classroom illustrate the theme of recognition and dating of the work of art. Part of the lessons will be devoted to the illustration of the card catalogue according to the different models in use (ICCD; CEI, etc.). A series of exercises applied nature of works of art preserved in museums and places of worship in Vercelli will take place in parallel to verify the model of the card and make a first approach the scientific cataloguing and professional.

The Laboratory is aimed at the Students of the Triennale Study Course in LETTERE L-10 (1722) and those of the Degree in "Modern, Classical Comparative Philology" (1779).
The attendance at the Laboratory is required.
Patrizia Zambrano's e-mail address is: patrizia.zambrano@uniupo.it.
Patrizia Zambrano's office is in the Department of Humanities, Vercelli headquarters, Palazzo Tartara, via G. Ferraris 109, 2nd floor, studio 31.

All students interested in receiving information and updates are invited to enroll on D.I.R. and to participate in the forum.
Those with physical disabilities, Learning Disabilities or Special Education Needs can request specific services and tools via the Staff “Sviluppo e Coordinamento Carriere e Servizi alle Studentesse e agli Studenti”, consulting the University webpage: https://www.uniupo.it/en/services/services-students-physical-or-learning-disabilities. Once they have contacted the University Staff, persons with disabilities, learning disabilities or special education needs can refer to the tutor in charge of the course to define the examination modalities, concerning academic aspects.

The student will prepare a written report of about 6 o 8 pages (2000 to 2600 words) that will be submitted via email, in Word, to the teacher, 10 days before the exam. It will also send the final version of the O.A.-ICCD catalogue entry that will be compiled during the Laboratory. The report (50% of the evaluation) is aimed to verify, also considering the expressive abilities and the correct use of the Italian language as well as the appropriate use of specialized vocabulary of cataloging, the understanding of the historical, methodological, and conceptual themes presented and discussed in the Laboratory. The catalogue entry (50% of the evaluation) that the student will present, test the ability to apply in operational terms what is required by national standards of cataloguing and what is learned during the Laboratory hours and during practical training at the museum. Examination is expressed in 30/30.

The Workshop aims to introduce Students to one of the most fascinating aspects of the discipline, the scientific cataloguing of works of art in their varied forms and according to the different model of entries. The seminar will therefore give to Students tools of the art historian, proposing a series of exercises in museums and churches. The choice of the type of entry, related to the function and purpose of the work, implies, and presupposes a thorough knowledge of the works of art in its material dimension, history, in connection with documents, sources, bibliography and consideration of its state of preservation, the primary condition in reading and cataloguing works of art. From 2013 the Department of Humanities - UPO is MIC certified cataloguer and as such has autonomy in the cataloging of the works of art. Some cataloguing campaigns (in SigecWEB system) is therefore currently undergoing at local Museums and Archives. The Laboratory will therefore also use the experience and support of professional cataloguers.
Particular attention will be paid to issues related to the presence and role of women as artists, clients, donors and collectors in the history of modern art.

In order to achieve the knowledge, skills and abilities corresponding to the expected learning levels (basic and advanced) the student is required to do the following:

To achieve a basic level, the student must demonstrate:
- Knowledge and understanding: 1) to identify the executive technique of the work of art; 2) to identify the object / subject and iconography of the work of art, to classify it with the Iconclass system, provide a concise description and description according to the ICCD-MIC descriptors; to know how to trace administrative and provenance data relating to its origin.
- Ability to apply knowledge and understanding: being able to draw up a catalogue entry according to the SIGEC-ICCD format 'P'.
Transversal skills
- Autonomy of judgment: knowing how to use lexicon ('agreed nomenclature') and commonly adopted codes and in the cataloguing of works of art.
- Communication skills: knowing how to fluently and without uncertainty illustrate the methods, purposes and articulation of the various forms of the catalogue entry and cataloguing.
- Learning skills: knowing how to recognize, verify, apply the various models of filing and cataloguing works of art in their various types.

For the achievement of an advanced level, the student must demonstrate:
- Knowledge and understanding: be able to identify even only in outline (geographic area and quarter or half century), autography and chronology of a work of art; knowing how to trace the historical profile of a work of art.
- Ability to apply knowledge and understanding: knowing how to draw up a catalogue entry according to the SIGEC-ICCD format 'C'.
Transversal skills
- Autonomy of judgment: knowing how to evaluate and choose the appropriate cataloguing model according to the work to be carried out and the scientific objectives of knowledge and dissemination to be achieved.
- Communication skills: knowing how to fill in a catalogue entry (exhibition / museum), demonstrating knowledge and mastery of the different models and standards in force.
- Learning skills: being able to draw up a catalogue entry according to the scientific standards in force at the major national and international museums (e.g. Galleria Palatina, Florence; National Gallery, London).