Studying at the University of Verona

Here you can find information on the organisational aspects of the Programme, lecture timetables, learning activities and useful contact details for your time at the University, from enrolment to graduation.

The Study Plan includes all modules, teaching and learning activities that each student will need to undertake during their time at the University.
Please select your Study Plan based on your enrollment year.

CURRICULUM TIPO:

1° Year 

ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
1 module to be chosen among the following
6
A
L-FIL-LET/02
6
A
L-FIL-LET/04
6
A
L-FIL-LET/09
Foreign language B1
6
E
-

2° Year   activated in the A.Y. 2021/2022

ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
1 module to be chosen among the following
2 modules to be chosen among the following
6
B
L-ANT/01

3° Year   activated in the A.Y. 2022/2023

ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
1 module to be chosen among the following
Final exam
6
E
-
ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
1 module to be chosen among the following
6
A
L-FIL-LET/02
6
A
L-FIL-LET/04
6
A
L-FIL-LET/09
Foreign language B1
6
E
-
activated in the A.Y. 2021/2022
ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
1 module to be chosen among the following
2 modules to be chosen among the following
6
B
L-ANT/01
activated in the A.Y. 2022/2023
ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
1 module to be chosen among the following
Final exam
6
E
-
Modules Credits TAF SSD
Between the years: 1°- 2°- 3°
Between the years: 1°- 2°- 3°
Other activities
6
F
-

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Teaching code

4S01242

Coordinator

Monica Molteni

Credits

6

Language

Italian

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

L-ART/04 - MUSEOLOGY, ART AND RESTORATION CRITICISM

Period

1 A, 1 B

Learning objectives

The student should be able to acquire the fundamental elements to critically interpret the History of Collecting, History of Museums, Museology and Museography. The student should be able to analyze and confront facts, formulating lines of reasoning and, consequently, the student should develop a smart and critic use of documents, sources, collectable materials, and architectural-expositive structures of museums. The course intends to give tools for a correct speaking ability on historic/artistic problems and critic/historic/structural analysis of a museum collection, and various professional figures in the museum management. The student should be able to use the correct glossary of the specific sector. The student should acquire the knowledge of various development lines of art history, History of Art Criticism and History of Taste, Collectionism, Museums; the student should also be able to reinforce different kind of critical approaches, to demonstrate capacity in reinterpretation of data and obtain critic notations.

Prerequisites and basic notions

No prior knowledge is required

Program

The course will retrace the history of the museum starting from the Hellenistic tradition up to the contemporary age, without neglecting insights into problems of a museographic and museological nature. During the lessons the following topics will be mainly addressed: the definition of Museion in the classical age and the definition of the ICOM Museum; professional figures active within museum institutions; the collection of art objects in Roman and medieval culture; the Renaissance study; the Wunderkammer; the princely collections; the French Revolution and the Louvre; the birth of the museum in the neoclassical age; the nineteenth-century museum; civic museums and the safeguarding of the artistic heritage; museums in Italy after World War II; contemporary art museums

Bibliography

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Didactic methods

The course will take place through lectures with the help of power points and web supports; There will be visits to museums and exhibition sites, meetings with professionals and scholars of the discipline, insights into the new digital communication technologies in museums. There is no registration of lessons; in the foreseen cases (certification of positivity to Covid 19) the recovery methods will be agreed with the teacher.

Learning assessment procedures

The final assessment of preparation takes the form of an oral exam. No distinction is made between attending students and non-attending students. The duration of the exam is directly proportional to the level of preparation demonstrated by the student (up to a maximum of 40 minutes of interview with the teacher).

Students with disabilities or specific learning disorders (SLD), who intend to request the adaptation of the exam, must follow the instructions given HERE

Evaluation criteria

The test will focus on the topics covered in class and on the notions acquired through the specific bibliography of the course. The ability to organize knowledge, to identify the constituent elements of the case studies, to critically reason disciplinary themes, the ability to use the technical vocabulary correctly will be evaluated.

Criteria for the composition of the final grade

The final grade is expressed out of thirty

Exam language

italiano