Civilizations of Italy in the Golden Age : from the Middle Ages to the Baroque

LROM1544  2016-2017  Louvain-la-Neuve

Civilizations of Italy in the Golden Age : from the Middle Ages to the Baroque
3.0 credits
15.0 h
1q

Teacher(s)
Cavagna Mattia ;
Language
Italien
Prerequisites

Students should have basic Italian.

The prerequisite(s) for this Teaching Unit (Unité d’enseignement – UE) for the programmes/courses that offer this Teaching Unit are specified at the end of this sheet.

Main themes

The course is designed as a literary and artistic sequence on the main cultural families in Italy from the 15th to the 16th century, particularly the towns and princely courts of Florence, Ferrara, Urbino, Mantua, Rome, Naples, Milan and Venice.

Aims

The course enables students to acquire and strengthen skills  - including at the lexical level - in iconographic and literary analysis. They will be able to develop and give, in Italian, an appreciation of a work of art or literature, focussing on the context in which it was produced.

The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.

Evaluation methods

Written exam consisting of the description of a piece of art  (painting or fresco) according to the method that the student will have learned in class. The work will be projected through the data, with some basic information allowing the student to put it into the context of its production.

Teaching methods

Lectures with a variety of teaching material.

Content

The sessions are in two parts. The first provides a historical framework as well as an introduction to the main artistic and literary events in the town in question ; the second part is the analysis of an author "a writer, historian or artist" who is particularly representative of his milieu.

Bibliography

The bibliography will be available on Moodle.

Other information

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Programmes / formations proposant cette unité d'enseignement (UE)

Program title
Sigle
Credits
Prerequisites
Aims
Minor in Medieval Studies
3
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Bachelor in French and Romance Languages and Letters : General

Bachelor in Modern Languages and Letters : General

Minor in Italian Studies