B031461 - CLASSICAL ARCHAEOLOGY HISTORY

Italian

The course focuses on the collection of antiquities that the Marquis Vincenzo Giustiniani collected in his Roman residences in the first half of the seventeenth century. The Giustiniani collection will be treated in the context of collections of antiquities in the seventeenth century. Issues relating to individual works and the history of culture will be addressed.

-G. Fusconi (a cura di), I Giustiniani e l’Antico, catalogo della mostra (Roma, 26 ottobre 2001 - 27 gennaio 2002), Roma, “L’Erma” di Bretschneider, 2001.

-S. Danesi Squarzina (a cura di), Caravaggio e i Giustiniani. Toccar con mano una collezione del Seicento, catalogo della mostra (Roma, 26 gennaio - 15 maggio 2001; Berlino, 15 giugno - 9 settembre 2001), Milano, Electa, 2001.

-S. Settis - C. Gasparri (a cura di), I marmi Torlonia. Collezionare capolavori, Milano, Electa, 2020.

The learning outcomes are aimed at deepening the skills in the history of Greek and Roman art previously acquired during the Bachelor’s degree and the formation of appropriate knowledge, with particular reference to the awareness of the value of archaeology (inclusive of the history of ancient art) as a historical discipline, to the acquisition and improvement of a methodologically rigorous and correct approach to monuments and materials, starting from an accurate analysis and a solid formal, typological and chronological framework, supported also by the study of literary sources and by an in-depth scientific research, aimed at recomposing and reconstructing the topographical and social context of belonging; to the theme of the reception of antiquity and the importance of ancient art in the formation of art, taste and culture of the modern age; to the development of a critical spirit, communication skills and active participation in discussions both during frontal lessons and visits and exercises.

Basic knowledge of Greek and Roman archeology acquired during the Bachelor’s degree; auspicious knowledge of Greek and Roman history and epigraphy and of the Latin and Greek languages.

The course consists of frontal lessons, with the projection of power points, and student exercises with the preparation of written or oral papers on specific topics.

The exam will focus on the discussion of the texts indicated in the bibliography, and in particular on the topics discussed during the lessons and illustrated in the power points. The comprehension of the general concepts and the ability to deepen individual issues are expected. Upon presentation of suitable certification, students with disabilities, or with SLD, or in any case temporarily unable for health reasons to take the exam in the manner provided, will be able to agree on an alternative exam method with the teacher.

Personality of Vincenzo Giustiniani; the Roman residences of the Giustiniani family: palace and villas; the formation of the collection of antiquities: dates and sources of the works; the setting upof the collection in the family residences; the restorers at work; the publication of the Galleria Giustiniana; the Giustiniani collection in the context of Roman collecting: precedents and parallels; the fortune of the main works in the collection; the dispersion of the collection from the eighteenth to the twentieth century; the Giustiniani marbles in the Torlonia collection; in-depth analysis of some sculptures (ideal statues, portraits, reliefs, sarcophagi) belonging to the Giustiniani collection.

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