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