Ateneo - UPO

ART AND TERRITORY. HISTORY, ART HISTORY AND MODELS.

Bibliography for ATTENDING Students
For Students ATTENDING, in addition to the knowledge of the topics that will be illustrated during the lessons and a careful reading of the texts presented and commented during the course and which will be made available to the student in the D.I.R. portal, constitute study texts for the exam:
- CASTELNUOVO, E., GINZBURG, C., "Centro e periferia nella storia dell'arte italiana", Officina Libraria, Milano 2019. (in commercio; Biblioteca DISUM = 709.STODAI.1.1/1).
- GAUNA, C., "La storia pittorica di Luigi Lanzi. Arti, storia e musei nel Settecento", Olschki, Firenze 2003, parti indicate a lezione (In commercio; Biblioteca DISUM = 709.033.GAUNC.1).
- The texts and other materials published on D.I.R. that are indicated by the professor. Such materials are an integral part of the bibliography and are to be carefully studied to be studied for the verification of learning.
IMPORTANT CLARIFICATION: the books and texts indicated must be carefully studied in each part. The notes taken in class are useful, but they do not replace the examination bibliography in any way.
The use of summaries the texts of the bibliography is strongly discouraged.

Bibliography for NON-ATTENDING Students
- CASTELNUOVO, E., GINZBURG, C., Centro e periferia nella storia dell'arte italiana, Officina Libraria, Milano 2019. (In commercio; Biblioteca DISUM = 709.STODAI.1.1/1).
- GENTILE, G., "Sacri Monti", Einaudi, Torino 2019 (In commercio; Biblioteca DISUM = 726.509451.GENTG.1).
- ZERI, F., "La percezione visiva degli italiani", Einaudi, Torino 1989 (in commercio; PDF on the web, without photo).
IMPORTANT CLARIFICATION: the books and texts indicated must be carefully studied in each part. The use of summaries of the texts of the bibliography is strongly discouraged.

For all the Students, attending and not attending: for those who had not done so in the years of the three-year period, it is recommended that the preparation be accompanied by the study of a Modern Art History textbook.

The course has a series of training objectives divided into two levels and that are pursued through both 'ex cathedra' and interactive teaching activities (for students and students attending).
Ex cathedra teaching is 1/6 (1 ECT) of the 6 total ECTS provided. Self-learning corresponds to 5/6 of the 6 ECTS expected overall.

At a basic level, the course provides knowledge and understanding, that is, basic knowledge of historical facts and the dynamics that govern the relationships between centers of artistic production, culture, and the public in the modern age, in the Italian geographical area. It also provides adequate ability to apply knowledge and understanding in the ability to recognize and define the cultural, artistic and geographical context in which a work was born and the dynamics in which it is inserted.
At an advanced level, in relation to the student's training, the course has the following training objectives:
• expression of judgments: acquisition of the ability to fully express the historical significance of a work of art within a complex context of territorial, geographical and cultural relationships.
• communication skills: the student will acquire the ability to illustrate to a group of interested and non-specialist adults the characters and contents of the artistic production of a place, in relation to the cultural and geographical context in which it exists.
• study skills: the student will be able to independently deal with the reading of written and figurative texts that illustrate the cultural production of the Italian artistic centers of the Modern Age.

Good knowledge of Modern Art History.
Basic knowledge in: Modern History; Modern Italian Literature.

Lessons, seminars, visits to museums and monuments.
In order to develop skills in communication and expression of judgments (as provided for by the Mission), for Students attending lessons include large and articulated spaces for debate. Lessons are formulated in such a way as to promote the active participation of Students in the learning process thanks to the stimulation of their autonomous critical spirit.
Visits to museums are considered part of the course. Schedule and timetable will be agreed and given during lessons and communicated on the D.I.R. forum in order to also involve non-attending Students who may be interested.
Attendance to the course is recommended.

Studentes 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://uniupo.it/it/servizi/servizi-studentesse-e-studenticondizione-di-disabilit%C3%A0-e-dsa. 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.
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.
Registration to the D.I.R. it is necessary to receive communications, as well as to be able to acquire teaching materials that will be made available on D.I.R. All students interested in receiving information and updates are therefore invited to register for the course on D.I.R.

The final exam consists of an interview of 4-5 questions and addresses the topics dealt with in the class and the bibliography assigned*.
Visits to monuments and exhibition done during the course are an integral part of the program and are subject to examination.
During the exam it is advisable to have the images of the course with you.
The questions concern the topics covered during the lessons (only for students attending) and in the texts indicated in the bibliography. Questions can therefore concern phenomena related to the dynamics center-periphery (transmission, delay, formation of artistic centers, coasts, mountain ranges, artistic geography of the centers, etc.), figures of artists, works of art related to center-periphery dynamics, to displacements, to dispersions and / or centers and periphery of particular importance (Florence, Rome, Flanders, Avignon), or to texts of the Artistic Literature related to territorial issues.

The precision and adherence to the texts of the bibliography scheduled in the reconstruction of the contents, especially with regard to artists, works, contexts, is a priority and a rewarding criterion for
evaluation.
Summaries from different sources (above all, but not only television and other non-academic disclosure channels), especially if not scientifically reliable and rigorous, are a penalizing element in the verification of learning. On the other hand, the additional spontaneous readings of indepth analysis (especially if published on D.I.R.) by Students are a reward element.

Vote of the exam is valuated in 30/30 points and based on the following parameters:
1) knowledge of the main and principal notions presented in the lessons and in the texts indicated in the bibliography * (18-20 points out of 30);
2) critical reasoning capability and associations and connections (4-6 out of 30);
3) ability to discourse knowledge and to express it effectively and linearly, using the specialized vocabulary, where needed (4-6 out of 30).

* For non-attending students, only on the assigned bibliography.

The course will take the start from an historical definition of the concept of the relation between 'center and periphery' as a key idea of the broad theme of artistic geography. It will cover its history and provide a series of examples and case studies also, but not exclusively, related to the Piedmont area. Particular attention will be paid to the interconnections operating, over the centuries, between physical geography, political geography, and artistic geography, especially in relation to the travels of artists and movement of the works of arts, the relationships between cultural areas, the spread of innovation, the dynamics of patrons in relation to the places and the tangible and intangible communication routes in modern times.

Integration of the gender dimension: 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.
Specific and significant case studies linked to the cultural context of Eastern Piedmont will be analyzed in the last part of the course, in order to verify in the field the validity of the theoretical framework of the proposed model. Special attention will be paid to figures of women artists, collectors, benefactors, donors and protagonists of the artistic life of the geographical area between the 16th and 19th centuries.

In order to achieve the knowledge, skills and abilities corresponding to the expected learning levels (basic and advanced), according to the objectives and purposes and within the work times provided by the Course of Study as well as in continuity with the training objectives set, the Student is required to do the following:
to achieve a basic level (minimum level of sufficiency in the evaluation), the Student must demonstrate:
- Knowledge and understanding: knowing contents, methods and vocabulary related to the presence of territorial historical-artistic centers and contexts characterized by both simple and complex dynamics of relationships and interconnections.
- Ability to apply knowledge and understanding: ability to apply the acquired knowledge demonstrating to be able to orient oneself in space and time, relative to the historical artistic territorial contexts, even complex and polycentric, which characterize the modern age.
Transversal skills
- Autonomy of judgment: knowing how to express autonomous evaluations of the historical-artistic contexts in the geographical dimension and in the existing cultural relationships, in the course of history and in actuality, between the different centers, also in light of the movements of artists and works.
- Communication skills: being able to communicate the specificity of a historical-artistic context on a territorial and geographical basis to a non-specialist public, also in the perspective of its enhancement.
- Learning skills: knowing how to transmit and disseminate, in an autonomous and personal way, the specificity of the territorial historical-artistic contexts not only for the benefit of their knowledge, but also in the concrete perspective of their future cultural enhancement.

For the achievement of an advanced level (maximum level in the evaluation), the Student must demonstrate:
- Knowledge and understanding: knowing how to identify, describe and analyze the dynamics that govern, in the different ways, the relationships of artistic geography in the center-periphery dynamic.
- Ability to apply knowledge and understanding: to be able to carry out limited but original reflections / researches on a territorial basis.
Transversal skills
- Independent judgment: use the digital sources (both textual and visual) available in a correct and functional way.
- Communication skills: use disciplinary vocabulary in communicating content.
- Learning skills: being able to independently trace and use historical and possibly archival sources in the short and wide range.