Unit HISTORY OF MODERN ART II
- Course
- Archaeology and history of art
- Study-unit Code
- 35252506
- Curriculum
- Generico
- Teacher
- Laura Teza
- Teachers
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- Laura Teza
- Hours
- 36 ore - Laura Teza
- CFU
- 6
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2024
- Offered
- 2025/26
- Learning activities
- Affine/integrativa
- Area
- Attività formative affini o integrative
- Academic discipline
- L-ART/02
- Type of study-unit
- Opzionale (Optional)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa monodisciplinare
- Language of instruction
- Italian
- Contents
- Analysis and in-depth study of the development of Luca Signorelli's artistic career and his relationship with Raphael during the latter's Umbrian period (1500-1504). The study will be conducted in relation to the research and new scientific results arising from the various exhibitions promoted in conjunction with the centenaries of the anniversary of the death of Raphael (2020), Perugino (2023) and Signorelli (2023). The intention is to set up the teaching program with frequent seminar opportunities, in which students will take an active part in bibliographic research, in didactic reports, in the preparation of didactic ppt, in the exhibition with on-site visits to monumental and museum sites. These occasions will be dedicated in particular to the study of the gonfalon of the SS. Raphael's Trinity from Città di Castello, which will be restored for the major Raphael exhibition in New York (Spring 2026), and the Altarpiece of the Coronation of the Virgin from Monteluce, studied for the upcoming exhibition in the Capitular Museum of the Cathedral of Perugia (September 2025-January 2026).
- Reference texts
- Bibliography. The reading of at least four essays and participation in a seminar activity, chosen by the student, is required.Further bibliographic indications, also modulated on the specific interests of the students, will be provided in class Luca Signorelli “de ingegno et spirto pelegrino”, catalogo della mostra, (Perugia, 21 aprile-26 agosto 2012), a cura di F. De Chirico, V. Garibaldi, T. Henry, F.F. Mancini, Milano, Silvana editoriale, 2012. Il meglio maestro d'Italia. Perugino nel suo tempo, cat. mostra GNU 2023. L. Teza, La scelta di Città di Castello. Raffaello la peste e tre ostaggi tifernati a Urbino, in Raffaello giovane a Città di Castello e il suo sguardo, catalogo della mostra (Città di Castello, Palazzo Vitelli alla Cannoniera, 30 ottobre 2021 – 9 gennaio 2022), a cura di M. Mercalli e L. Teza, Milano, SilvanaEditoriale, 2021, pp. 47-55. HENRY T., The Life and Art of Luca Signorelli, Yale University Press., New Haven e Londra 2012, trad. it. La vita e l’arte di Luca Signorelli, Petruzzi editore, Città di Castello (Pg) 2014. CARACCIOLO R., Iacopo Vagnucci vescovo e committente d’arte nel secondo Quattrocento, Provincia di Perugia, Agraf 2008. CARACCIOLO R., La prima tarda attività di Luca Signorelli: nuove indagini e acquisizioni, Fabrizio Fabbri Editore, Perugia 2016. Signorelli Maestro Luca da Cortona, pittore di luce e poesia, cata. della mostra (Cortona23 giugno - 8 ottobre 2023) a cura di T. Henry, Milano, Skira. Further bibliographical references will be found in the catalogues of forthcoming exhibitions, the titles of which will be made known during the lessons.
- Educational objectives
- The discipline of History of Modern Art II represents an optional choice and constitutes the in-depth study of a subject already covered, thus becoming a further opportunity to refine one's study skills and mature one's interpretative ability. It is therefore intended to help students achieve a more mature historical-critical awareness of the various processes of figurative elaboration that involved Luca Signorelli, his formative experience with Perugino, his positioning as a fundamental personality in the shift between a naturalistic but iconic figurative language such as that of Perugino and the new sixteenth-century interest in anatomy and the body in space, together with the search for emotional expressions. It is thus intended to provide the tools to bring to maturity a more conscious ability to read works, an analysis of figurative experiences accompanied by an adequate methodological awareness, a development of autonomous research and elaboration skills. Knowledge Acquire a more mature knowledge of this protagonist of the history of Italian art, of his manner of breaking away developed especially in the first phase of his career, from his training with Piero della Francesca, his participation in the construction of the Sistine Chapel, to the works of the 90s close to Perugino, up to the intense relationship with the young Raphael. Skills Know how to frame the activity of this author and his relationship with Raphael, his works and the construction sites of which he was a protagonist, in relation to the original historical, liturgical, environmental contexts. In-depth study of the technical and conservation conditions of his works, of their iconographic reading, of their critical-bibliographic fortune, of the varied role of patrons and collectors. Ability Develop an adequate ability to develop autonomous research paths and historical-critical in-depth analysis in view of the preparation of the master's thesis. These skills will be developed through participation in seminar groups that will promote the formation of autonomous bibliographic research paths, analysis and synthesis processes, and didactic and narrative presentation skills.
- Prerequisites
- A good knowledge of the main figurative phenomena of the fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries.
- Teaching methods
- Frontal lessons with interactive dynamics and frequent involvement of students. Educational visits to the Galleria Nazionale dell'Umbria and to the main museums where Raphael's works are preserved. Seminar activities for the study and in-depth analysis of the contents organized for students under the supervision of the teacher.
- Other information
- Office hours: while waiting to receive the annual calendar of lessons, the office hours will be Wednesday from 3pm to 5pm.
Please email the teacher for an appointment.
Students with disabilities and/or DSA: for any information on University services, consult the page https://lettere.unipg.it/home/disabilita-e-dsa and contact the teacher who will forward the request to the contact person for the Department (prof. Alessandra Di Pilla: alessandra.dipilla@unipg.it) - Learning verification modality
- Frequent dialogues during the course which stimulate learning and discussion. The final oral test, lasting approximately 30 minutes, includes questions on the topics covered in class and discussion on the texts indicated in the bibliography. Verification of skills: ability to describe the context of the figurative phenomenon and its critical issues; ability to express complex and critically evolved concepts; ability to hierarchize problems; acquisition of good language skills in the use of a specific technical and specialist vocabulary; articulation of information in a logical and concise manner. Ability to delve deeper into content with independent and original research paths. Students with disabilities and/or DSA who, having completed regular accreditation through SOL, have obtained access to University services, for the purposes of carrying out the verification tests, can benefit from the compensatory tools, dispensatory measures and inclusive technologies provided by the regulations, to be requested and agreed with the teacher well in advance of the tests. For information, consult the page https://www.unipg.it/disabilita-e-dsa and contact the contact person of the Department for Disability and DSA (prof. Alessandra Di Pilla: alessandra.dipilla@unipg.it ).
- Extended program
- The problem of Luca Signorelli's artistic training, of his discipleship with Piero della Francesca. Perugino's construction site in the Sistine Chapel and Signorelli's participation in the episodes of the cycle as a member of the Umbrian team. Signorelli's works in Perugia and Città di Castello. The intense and repeated relationship with Raphael. In-depth analysis of two works that mark the beginning and the end of Raphael's work for Umbrian clients, such as the gonfalon of the Citta di Castello and the Coronation of the Virgin of Monteluce, which will be exhibited in upcoming exhibitions, respectively in New York and Perugia, which will allow the completion of the restoration (gonfalon), the structural analysis and a new interpretative reading of the Monteluce altarpiece.Umbrian team. Signorelli's works in Perugia and Città di Castello. The repeated relationship with Raffaello and the large construction site of Monteoliveto Maggiore and the Capella Nova in Orvieto.
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- The goal is to build programs aimed at building cultural welfare, a new integrated model for the promotion of well-being and health of individuals and communities, through practices based on the visual and performing arts and on cultural heritage.
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