Early Modern Art - A

Prof. Arnold Nesselrath 

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MS Teams class

 

*IMPORTANT for Erasmus Students: this module is part of an indivisible 12-credits (Early Modern Art A+B) CLASS/EXAM, to be attended both in the 1st and 2nd semesters: if you are going to stay in Tor Vergata for one semester only, then you cannot put this Class in your Learning Agreement as a 6 credits module.

 

 

a.y. 2022-2023

17. 10.                13-15               2 h       introductory session

 

                           16-18               2 h       lecture: art in Rome the 15^th and 16^th centuries

 

18. 10.                09-12               3 h       visit to San Clemente

                                                           Masolino: Chapel of St Catherine

                                                           tomb of Cardinal Roverella attrib. to Giovanni Dalmata                                                    

                                                           tomb of Cardinal Venerio attrib. to Andrea Bregno

 

                           14-17               3 h       visit to S. Maria sopra Minerva

                                                           Carafa Chapel

                                                           tomb of Andrea Bregno

                                                           Michelangelo: Christ

 

19. 10.               10.30-14          3.5 h      visit to Villa Farnesina

                                                           Galatea

                                                           Psyche

                                                           Peruzzi

                                                           Sodoma

 

                          15-17.30          2.5 h      visit to Campidoglio:

                                                           donation of Pope Sixtus IV

 

20. 10.                 12-14               2 h       lecture: Sistina, ‘400

 

                            16-18               2 h       lecture: Michelangelo, Sistina

 

03. 11.                 10-12               2 h       visit to the Church of S. Agostino

                                                           Raphael

                                                           Sansovino

21. 11.                 13-15               2 h       lecture: Stanze di Raffaello

 

22. 11.                   9-12               3 h       visit to the Church of S. Maria del Popolo

                                                           Pinturicchio

                                                           Raphael

 

14. 12                  10-13               3 h       final discussion

 

***Introductory session, lectures, and final discussion will take place in class rooms, visits on site.

 

 

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a.y. 2021-2022 – 1^st semester

15. 10.             13-15               2 h           Introductory session

                        15-17              2 h            Lecture: art in Rome, the 15^th and 16^th centuries

 

28. 10.             09-12              3 h             Visit to San Clemente

                                                                  Masolino: Chapel of St Catherine tomb of Cardinal Roverella attrib. to Giovanni Dalmata

                                                                  Tomb of Cardinal Venerio attrib. to Andrea Bregno

                        14-17               3 h            Visit to S. Maria sopra Minerva: 

                                                                  Carafa Chapel

                                                                  Tomb of Andrea Bregno

                                                                 Michelangelo: Christ

 

29. 10.             10.30-14         3.5 h       Visit to Villa Farnesina:

                                                               Galatea

                                                               Psyche

                                                               Peruzzi

                                                               Sodoma

                        15-17.30         2.5 h        Visit to Campidoglio:

                                                                donation of Pope Sixtus IV

 

03. 11.             13-15               2 h           Lecture: Sistina, ‘400

                        15-17              2 h            Lecture: Michelangelo, Sistina

 

04. 11.             10-12               2 h       Visit to the Church of S. Agostino

                                                              Raphael

                                                              Sansovino

 

29. 11.               9-11              2 h         Lecture: Stanze di Raffaello

10. 12.               9-12              3 h            Visit to the Church of S. Maria del Popolo

                                                               Pinturichio

                                                               Raphael

                        14-17              3 h            Final discussion

 

 

 Introductory session, lectures, and final discussion should take place in classrooms, visits on site.

 

 

Suggested Bibliography

 General

• Amato Pietro Frutaz: "Le Piante di Roma", Rome 1962
• Sydney Freedberg: "Painting in Italy, 1500-1600", 1st edition Penguin/Yale University Press, New Haven, 1971
• Steffi Rottgen: "Affreschi italiani del Rinascimento". Tra '400 e '500, Pannini Editore, Modena 2000 (German edition, 2 vols., Himer Verlag, Munich 1996 and 1997)

 

Sistine Chapel

• Jorge Maria Cardinal Mejia, Arnold Nesselrath, Pier Nicola Pagliara & Maurizio De Luca: "The Fifteenth Century Frescoes in the Sistine Chapel" (Recent Restorations vol. IV), Vatican City State, 2003
• Arnold Nesselrath: "Vaticano - La Cappella Sistina - Il Quattorcento", Parma 2003 (Italian and French edition)

 

Iconography

• Bibel
• "Lexikon der christlichen Ikonographie", Herder Verlag, Freiburg i. Br. 1968-1976

 

Art and Technique

• Carl Brandon Strehlke: "The Panel Paintings of Masolino and Masaccio - The Role of Technique", 5 Continents Edition, Milan 2002

 

 

 

2020/2021

MODULE A

Academic Year 2019-2020 1st Semester

Instructor: Prof. Arnold Nesselrath

Schedule:  Full timetable here

 

Office: Building B, II Floor, Room 25

Office Hours by appointment only

 

Programme

 

The course will be dedicated to the arts in papal Rome between the XVth and the XVIth century, with a specific focus on Raphael and his workshop.

Details and Visits' timetable HERE.

 

Bibliography

 

General

• Amato Pietro Frutaz: Le Piante di Roma, Rome 1962
• Sydney Freedberg: Painting in Italy, 1500-1600, 1st edition Penugin/Yale Universty Press, New Haven, 1971
• Steffi Rottgen: Affreschi italiani del Rinascimento. Tra '400 4 '500, Pannini Editore, Modena 2000 (German edition, 2 vols., Himer Verlag, Munich 1996 and 1997)

 

Sistine Chapel

• Jorge Maria Cardinal Mejia, Anrold Nesselrath, Pier Nicola Pagliara & Maurizio De Luca: The Fiftheent Century Frescoes in the Sistine Chapel (Recent Restorations vol. IV), Vatican City StATE, 2003
• Arnold Nesselrath: Vaticano - La Cappella Sistina - Il Quattorcento, Parma 2003 (Italian and French edition)

 

Iconography

 

• Bibel
• Lexikon der christlichen Ikonographie, Herder Verlag, Freiburg i. Br. 1968-1976

 

Art and Technique

 

• Carl Brandon Strehlke: The Panel Painitngs of Masolino and Masaccio - The Role of Technique, 5 Contients Edition, Milan 2002

 

MODULE B - SECOND SEMESTER

Prof. Frank Dabell

COMING SOON

 

MODULE B additional visits and Materials with Dott.ssa Richiello

 

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