Università Roma Tre

The course focuses on one of the essential tools of art history, the analysis of style: alongside collective exercises in the analysis of the works, attention will be paid to the importance of reflection on style in the history of European art from the 15th to the 18th century. If possible, a large part of the course will be dedicated to visits to churches and museums.

- R. Longhi, Precisioni nelle Gallerie italiane, [1926-1927], in Opere complete di Roberto Longhi. Saggi e ricerche, 1925-1928, Firenze 1967, pp. 265-354

- F. Zeri, Rivedendo Piero di Cosimo, [1959], in F. Zeri, Giorno per giorno nella pittura. Scritti sull’arte toscana dal Trecento al primo Cinquecento, Torino Allemandi 1991, pp. 175-182


- L. Bellosi, Buffalmacco e il Trionfo della morte, [1974], Milano 5 Continents 2003 or Milano Abscondita 2016

- G. Previtali, Attribuzione, in Arte/2, Enciclopedia Feltrinelli Fischer, Milano 1971, 1, pp. 56-60:
https://www.storiedellarte.com/2012/07/sullattribuzione-il-messaggio-di-previtali.html


- E. Castelnuovo, Attribution, in Encyclopaedia universalis, II, Paris 1980 (ed. or. Paris 1968), pp. 780-783:
https://www.storiedellarte.com/2012/08/sullattribuzione-la-storia-di-castelnuovo.html




Knowledge is required for the period from 1401 to 1789 of a manual of your choice:

- P. De Vecchi-E. Cerchiari, Arte nel tempo, Milano Bompiani
- C. Bertelli-G. Briganti, Storia dell’arte, Milano Electa o Milano Bruno Mondadori
- S. Settis-T. Montanari, Arte. Una storia naturale e civile, Milano Arnoldo Mondadori

During the lessons students will be asked to draw up analysis of two works of their choice in the following museums: Galleria Borghese; Galleria Nazionale di Arte Antica di Palazzo Barberini; Galleria Spada. The model to follow for these notices, which will be illustrated during the lesson, is that of Federico Zeri's catalogue, La Galleria Spada di Roma, Rome 1952 (and subsequent reprints). They will be taken into account in the examination evaluation.