LEARNING OUTCOMES

The course aims to provide adequate knowledge of the languages of contemporary art and to highlight the potential of their use for cultural promotion and tourism promotion of the territory.

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

Knowledge of the history of contemporary art (19th - 21st century), understanding and recognising crucial junctures in the evolution of language and formal and communication strategies of works. Acquisition of the methodological and critical tools to read, interpret and develop virtuous relations in terms of the valorisation of the territory through contemporary art.

At the end of the course the student must have acquired adequate knowledge and an effective ability to understand the dynamics of artistic production in the contemporary age, with particular attention to the valorisation and promotion of the Ligurian territory; he/she must be able to apply the knowledge acquired showing the ability to "read" a work of art of the contemporary age; must be able to use the acquired knowledge both on a conceptual and operational level with autonomous evaluation capacity and with ability in the various application contexts; must develop adequate learning skills that allow him/her to continue to deepen autonomously the main themes of the discipline, especially in the working contexts in which he/she will operate.

 

PREREQUISITES

Basic knowledge about the evolution of Western art history of the 19th and 20th centuries.

TEACHING METHODS

Lectures with images and videos projections; in-depth study and classroom discussion of case studies; external educational visits.

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

The multiform expressive codes of contemporary art and the cultural and tourist valorisation of the historical-artistic heritage. 

A significant Ligurian case of cultural and tourist enhancement of the territory: the Museo diffuso di Albissola Marina (MuDA)

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

One textbook of your choice from the following:
V. TERRAROLI, Arte, Rizzoli-Skira, Milano 2012: volumi 4 (pagine 184-327) e 5;
C. BERTELLI, La storia dell'arte, Bruno Mondadori, Milano 2010: volumi 4 (pagine 1087-1324) e 5;
G. DORFLES, A. VETTESE, Storia dell'arte per le Scuole superiori, Atlas, Bergamo 2005: volumi 3 e 4.

and the following volume:

L. BOCHICCHIO, Il Lungomare degli artisti di Albissola Marina (1963-2013). La nascita dell’arte pubblica in Italia, Cinisello Balsamo, Silvana 2013.

The candidate must also prepare a text of his or her choice from among those listed below:

- L. BOCHICCHIO, Scultura e memoria. Leoncillo, i Caduti e i Sopravvissuti, Milano, Mimesis 2016.

- M. FRULIO (a cura di), Pottery on board. Fontana, Alfieri, Luzzati e la ceramica di Albisola a bordo dei transatlantici italiani, Albissola Marina, Vanilla Edizioni (MuDA Books) 2016.

and an essay from the book:

L. BOCHICCHIO, P. VALENTI (a cura di), Asger Jorn: oltre la forma / The form and beyond, Genova University Press, Genova 2014.