Comprehension and analysis of contemporary artworks. Critic and historical attitude in using the methodological tools of the discipline. How to research in the field of Contemporary Art History. Deep knowledge of the monographic topic of the course.
The artistic culture of the first post-war period (1920-1940)
Topics:
1. The so-called "Ritorno all'Ordine"
2. Magic realism in Italy
3. The New Objectivity and Magic realism in Germany
4. Novecento Italiano
5. The realisms in the thirties
| Author | Title | Publisher | Year | ISBN | Note |
| Catalogo di mostra | Da Boccioni a Sironi. Il mondo di Margherita Sarfatti | Skira | 1997 | pp.41-61; 65-67 e repertorio delle opere ( E-Learning) | |
| R. Bossaglia, C. Gian Ferrari | Il Novecento italiano | Charta | 1995 | pp. 7-55 (E-Learning) | |
| Elena Pontiggia | La Nuova Oggettività tedesca | Abscondita | 2002 | (E-Learning) | |
| S. Barron | Nuova Oggettività. Arte in Germania al tempo della Repubblica di Weimar 1919-1933 | ed. 24 Ore Cultura | 2015 | 15-48 (E-Learning) | |
| Valerio Terraroli e Gabriella Belli | Realismo Magico. L'incanto della pittura italiana negli anni Venti e Trenta | Electa | 2017 | (E-Learning) |
The exam purposes should verify the learning and critic reprocessing capacities of the treated topics and bibliography.
The modalities will be oral through a conversation on the above subjects. The exam will be oral with a conversation between student and professor related to the topics of the course and the bibliography.
The evaluation will be on 30/30.
Due to the Coronavirus pandemic, and in accordance with the University of Verona guidelines, during the 2020 summer session the assessment modality will be modified as follows: online oral exam.
