Università Roma Tre

The psychological approach to the arts: the artist, the artwork and the viewer. Methods of study: the psychoanalysis of the art, Gestalt psychology, experimental aesthetics and neuroesthetics. Art, perception and visual communication: symmetry, balance, rhythm, dynamics, expression. The relationship between visual and auditory perception, images and music. The museum fruition.

Mastandrea S. (2015). "Psicologia dell’arte". Carocci, Roma.
Gilli G. e Rozzi F. M. (2013). "Smart museum: La psicologia della fruizione artistica". Franco Angeli, Milano.
Ligozzi M. M. e Mastandrea S. (2016, a cura di). "Lo sguardo del pubblico". Anicia, Roma.

In addition to the study of the text books is required that the student chooses two photographs taken from the book "Lo sguardo del pubblico", one in black-and-white and the other in color. To start, the student will have to apply to these two photographs an analysis the image as reported in the book "Psicologia dell’arte"(chapter 2). Afterward she/he can propose an analysis of the images on the basis of a personal approach.