9794088 - CULTURA ROMANZA E VISUALITA'

The course aims to compare and dialogue written forms with figurative ones through the methodological approach of visual culture studies

1) Knowledge and understanding

Know the cultural phenomena from the Middle Ages to the Contemporary; understand the processes of cultural transmission

2) Ability to apply knowledge and understanding

Through the course, students must be able to apply the ecphrastic method to any type of text and understand artistic phenomena through the methods of visual culture even on new and unfamiliar objects.

3) Autonomy of judgment

Students must be able to integrate knowledge and manage complex phenomena such as the ecphrastic one, formulating coherent judgments

4) Communication skills

Through the data, students must have the ability to communicate their knowledge and the underlying rationale in an appropriate language.

5) Learning skills

Study in a largely self-managed and autonomous way

The course is divided into two sections:

[A] Fundamentals: the concept of Romance culture and visual culture

[A] Foundamentals :

-     P.G. Beltrami, La filologia romanza, il Mulino, Bologna, 2017, pp. 85-89 e 121-122 (uploaded on Studium).

-     Pinotti e A. Somaini, Cultura visuale. Immagini sguardi media dispositivi, Einaudi, Torino, 2016, pp. 3-45 (uploaded on Studium).

-     O. Pächt, La miniatura medievale. Una introduzione, Bollati Boringhieri, Torino 2013 (pp. 15-122; 156-163).

[B] Case study :

Romance languages and literatures

Scopic regime

Visual culture

Miniatures in medieval manuscripts

Ecphrasis