History of Italian art I

Course Information
TitleΙΣΤΟΡΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΙΤΑΛΙΚΗΣ ΤΕΧΝΗΣ Ι / History of Italian art I
Title in ItalianStoria dell’arte Italiana I
Code11363
FacultyPhilosophy
SchoolItalian Language and Literature
Cycle / Level1st / Undergraduate
Teaching PeriodWinter/Spring
CommonYes
StatusActive
Course ID280006620

Programme of Study: UPS School of Italian Language and Literature 2013

Registered students: 25
OrientationAttendance TypeSemesterYearECTS
Italian Language and LiteratureMandatory Elective Courses636
Class Information
Academic Year2025 – 2026
Class PeriodSpring
Faculty Instructors
Weekly Hours4
Total Hours52
Class ID
600273479
Course Type 2021
Specific Foundation
Course Type 2016-2020
  • Scientific Area
Course Type 2011-2015
Specific Foundation / Core
Mode of Delivery
  • Face to face
Digital Course Content
Erasmus
The course is also offered to exchange programme students.
Language of Instruction
  • Italian (Instruction, Examination)
Prerequisites
General Prerequisites
NO
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of the course, students will: have enriched their knowledge on specific issues concerning art, have become familiar with its terminology and theories, be able to express personal evaluations on broader aesthetic aspects of art, be able to approach with a critical mindset the mutual influences between language and art, be able to apply their scientific knowledge, through research, to specific artistic fields.
General Competences
  • Apply knowledge in practice
  • Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
  • Adapt to new situations
  • Work autonomously
  • Work in teams
  • Appreciate diversity and multiculturality
  • Respect natural environment
  • Demonstrate social, professional and ethical commitment and sensitivity to gender issues
  • Be critical and self-critical
  • Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
The course focuses on the historical development of art in Italy from the 12th century AD up to the period of Mannerism. It examines the innovative trends in the art of the most important artists of the 12th–16th centuries, a time considered the most creative era of Italian art, encompassing the Golden Age of the Renaissance. Indicatively, the course studies artists whose work is regarded as a landmark in Italian art, such as Giotto, Andrea Mantegna, Sandro Botticelli, Raffaello Sanzio, Leonardo da Vinci, Filippo Brunelleschi, and Michelangelo.
Keywords
ITALY, ART, MIDDLE AGE, GOTHIC ART, RENAISSANCE, MANNERISM
Educational Material Types
  • Notes
  • Slide presentations
  • Multimedia
  • Book
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
  • Use of ICT in Course Teaching
  • Use of ICT in Communication with Students
Description
NO
Course Organization
ActivitiesWorkloadECTSIndividualTeamworkErasmus
Lectures753✓✓✓
Reading Assigment753✓✓✓
Total1506
Student Assessment
Description
Oral examination
Student Assessment methods
  • Oral Exams (Formative, Summative)
Bibliography
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
Giorgio Cricco, Francesco Paolo Di Teodoro, Itinerario nell'arte, Volume 3, Dal Gotico internazionale al Manierismο, Zanichelli, 2016
Additional bibliography for study
Giulio Carlo Argan, Storia dell’arte italiana, Sansoni, Firenze 2000, vol. II-III Piero Adorno, L’arte Italiana, G. D’Anna, Messina-Firenze 1998 Erwin Panofsky, Il significato delle arti visive, Einaudi, Torino 2010 Erwin Panofsky, Studi di iconologia, Einaudi, Torino 2009 Andrea De Marchi, L'arte del Quattrocento in Italia. Vol. 1: 1400-1450, Einaudi, Torino 2025 Vittorio Sgarbi, Leonardo. Il genio dell'imperfezione, La nave di Teseo, Milano 2023 Antonio Forcellino, L'ultimo Michelangelo. Dal "Giudizio universale" alla Cappella Paolina, Laterza, Roma 2022
Last Update
29-10-2025