Part I: Nicolas Poussin, Roma e Francia nel ‘600. The greatest French painter of the 17th century lived most of his life in Rome: through his work and its context, the aim is to extend the load-bearing axis of the cultural historical-artistic transformation of the 17th century, with reference to the following texts:
L’ Idea del Bello, exhib. cat. Roma 2000, volume one, volume two (essays)
I Barberini e la cultura europea del Seicento, Roma 2007 (essays)
M. Fumaroli, La scuola del silenzio, Milano 1996
E. Panofsky, Il significato nelle arti visive, It. ed. Torino 1962
Part II: Italian art and European art from 15th to 17th century. The lessons are geared to analysing art and architecture from the Renaissance to Neoclassicism in the constant exchange between Italy and various European countries. Reference texts:
F.Sricchia Santoro, Arte italiana e arte straniera, in Storia dell’arte italiana, Torino 1979, 3, pp. 69-171
Non-attending students should add: Poussin, i primi anni romani, exhib. cat. Roma 1998 (essays)
segreti di un collezionista. Le straordinarie raccolte di Cassiano dal Pozzo, 1588-1657, Roma 2000 (saggi)
For those needing 6 ECTS, the whole programme with either Fumaroli’s or Panofsky’s book.
Texts available at Paratore Library and Architecture Library.
