Unit HISTORY OF APPLIED ARTS AND GOLDSMITHING IN THE MIDDLE AGES
- Course
- Archaeology and history of art
- Study-unit Code
- A002579
- Curriculum
- Generico
- Teacher
- Mirko Santanicchia
- Teachers
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- Mirko Santanicchia
- Hours
- 36 ore - Mirko Santanicchia
- CFU
- 6
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2023
- Offered
- 2023/24
- Learning activities
- Affine/integrativa
- Area
- Attività formative affini o integrative
- Academic discipline
- L-ART/01
- Type of study-unit
- Opzionale (Optional)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa monodisciplinare
- Language of instruction
- Italian
- Contents
- TRANSLUCENT ENAMEL in goldsmithing between the late 13th and 14th centuries.
The great season of translucent enamel, inaugurated by the Sienese Guccio di Mannaia with the chalice of Pope Nicholas IV (ca. 1290), constitutes one of the most significant moments of Italian and European goldsmithing. The course will focus on techniques and the "dialogue" between goldsmiths, painters and sculptors, examining masterpieces such as the Reliquary of the Corporal of Orvieto. - Reference texts
- The bibliography will be provided at the beginning of the course.
- Educational objectives
- In-depth knowledge of the techniques and protagonists of central Italian goldsmithing between the second half of the 13th and 14th centuries.
- Prerequisites
- Know the main lines of development of art in the second half of the 13th and 14th centuries in line with the three-year degree program, with a focus on Tuscany.
Adequate knowledge of medieval history with particular reference to the final centuries of the Middle Ages (XII-XIV) - Teaching methods
- Frontal lessons with the aid of images.
Possibility of seminar opportunities.
Educational outings. - Learning verification modality
- Oral exam, lasting approximately 25 minutes, with the aid of images used during the course and provided to students at the end of the course itself.
- Extended program
- TRANSLUCENT ENAMEL in goldsmithing between the late 13th and 14th centuries.
The great season of translucent enamel, inaugurated by the Sienese Guccio di Mannaia with the chalice of Pope Nicholas IV (ca. 1290), constitutes one of the most significant moments of Italian and European goldsmithing. The course will focus on techniques and the "dialogue" between goldsmiths, painters and sculptors, examining masterpieces such as the Reliquary of the Corporal of Orvieto. - Obiettivi Agenda 2030 per lo sviluppo sostenibile
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