Art History

This course is part of the Laurea Magistrale degree program and is intended for advanced level students. Enrolment is by permission of the instructor. The course offers a general view of the history of Medieval and Renaissance art. Students learn to develop a general vision of the history of Medieval and Renaissance art. On one hand, students learn how to use the skills necessary to become familiar with the artistic production of the period, and on the other, they learn to analyze some of the main works of the history of Medieval and Renaissance art using specific methodologies, and relate these to one another appropriately. Classes are divided into three sections. The first section introduces students to medieval and renaissance history and to the different approaches to a work of art (style, techniques, iconography, etc.), and discusses the most important methodological issues about them. The second section offers, in chronological order, the main lines of Italian artistic history between the beginning of Middle Age and early XVI century: Late Antique and Early Christian Art, Barbaric Art, the medieval revivals (Carolingian and Ottonian), Romanesque Art, Gothic Art, the Early Renaissance, and the High Renaissance. The third section focuses on a specific topic, which varies each year. The fall 2023 topic is "Luca Signorelli and the young Michelangelo: two great artists between the 15th and 16th c."

Although Southeast Asia locates between two origins of ancient Asian culture, China and India, Indian-influenced culture had played a more important role in various phases than Chinese influenced culture. In this course, characteristics of such Indian influenced culture and arts are discussed, especially in focus material evidence, such as Buddhism towers (stupa), Hinduism architecture, sculptures, Islamic architecture, cloth culture and performing arts. Assessment: term paper.

This course introduces single songs and comprehensive stage music art. It traces century-old school music, and then expands to a variety of musical performance. The main topics include: song creation from a hundred years ago, school songs and campus songs, Chinese and foreign popular music, Chinese folk music culture, small and medium instrumental music basics, Western classic symphonic music, Chinese and foreign classic opera comparison, Chinese and foreign dance and dance music, classic musical drama appreciation, and an introduction to China opera culture.

This course is a challenging introductory course and is specifically for non-History of Art students. It examines early modern European art from the 13th to the 16th century, focusing on objects in London's galleries and museums and taught predominantly in front of works in these collections. The specific content of this course changes each year but the aim is to introduce students to key issues in Italian Renaissance and northern European art, focusing on paintings, sculpture, and the decorative arts in London institutions such as the National Gallery and the Victoria & Albert Museum.

This course covers almost 1400 years of the history of art, from c.500 to c.1700, from the Early Medieval period to the Baroque. The course (though it follows a roughly chronological sequence) is not a chronological survey and does not pretend to provide comprehensive coverage of this vast and complex subject. Instead the work of prominent artists, important types, key periods and diverse geographies of art are selected to provide representative examples for study. All teaching considers the visual arts as a reflection of the societies in which they were produced.