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.

Study Plan

This information is intended exclusively for students already enrolled in this course.
If you are a new student interested in enrolling, you can find information about the course of study on the course page:

Laurea magistrale in Storia delle Arti - Enrollment from 2025/2026

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:
Modules Credits TAF SSD
Between the years: 1°- 2°
English B2
6
F
-
Between the years: 1°- 2°
Further activities
6
F
-

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mMasterful

Teaching code

4S001437

Credits

6

Language

Italian

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

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

Period

CuCi 2 A, CuCi 2 B

Courses Single

Authorized

To show the organization of the course that includes this module, follow this link:  Course organization

Program

Part II: Birth, Development and Decline of Art Deco (1920-1930)

Roots of Art Deco: Symbolism and Secessions
Transformations of Art Nouveau in the First Decade of the 20th Century
Ca' Pesaro Secession; the first Art Biennials; Rome 1911
The beginnings of Art Deco taste in Italy; the Milanese School
The First Monza Biennale (1923)
Paris 1925, and Monza 1925, and the codification of Art Deco styles
The European Déco; Monza 1927 and 1930
The End of the Déco Taste and the Birth of “Novecentismo”



Orientative Bibliography:
Rossana Bossaglia, Il Déco italiano. Fisionomia dello stile 1925 in Italia, Rizzoli, Milano 1975 (Museo di Castelvecchio, LXI.1 [161] / Civica 220.a.041 )
Rossana Bossaglia, Guide all’architettura moderna. L’Art Déco, Laterza, Roma-Bari 1984, pp. 1-64 (Biblioteca Ambrosoli, Centro Bossaglia, STL 709 CSB DEC 13 / STL 709 CSB DEC 13 BIS)
Le arti a Vienna, catalogo della mostra (Venezia , Palazzo Grassi, 20 maggio – 16 settembre 1984), Mazzotta editore, Milano 1984, pp. 91-113, 241-254, 265-312, 363-370 (Biblioteca Ambrosoli, Centro Bossaglia, STL 709 CSB LIB 219)
V. Terraroli, Appunti sul dibattito del ruolo delle arti decorative negli anni Venti in Italia: da Ojetti a Papini, da Conti a D’Annunzio, da Sarfatti a Ponti, in L’arte nella storia. Contributi di critica e storia dell’arte per Gianni Carlo Sciolla, a cura di V. Terraroli, F. Varallo, L. De Fanti, ed. Skira, Milano 2000, pp. 131-140
V. Terraroli, Una rivista per l’architettura, l’arredo e le arti decorative moderne: gli esordi di “Domus”, in Riviste d’arte fra Ottocento ed Età contemporanea, a cura di G.C.Sciolla, ed. Skira, Milano 2003, pp. 199-212
De Guttry, M. P. Maino, Dagli artisti-artigiani agli architetti-designer, in Il modo italiano, catalogo della mostra a cura di G. Cogeval e G.P. Bosoni, ed. Skira, Milano 2007, pp. 51-66
La forza della modernità. Arti in Italia 1920-1950, catalogo della mostra a cura di M. F. Giubilei e V. Terraroli, Fondazione Ragghianti, Lucca 2013, pp. 13-37, 71-75
Marta Nezzo, Ugo Ojetti. Critica, azione, ideologia. Dalle Biennali d’arte al Premio Cremona, Il Poligrafo, Padova 2016, pp. 113-145
Art Déco: gli anni ruggenti in Italia 1919-1930, catalogo della mostra a cura di Valerio Terraroli, Silvana editoriale, Cinisello Balsamo 2017, 19-54, 105-112, 122-429 (Biblioteca Ambrosoli, Centro Bossaglia, STL 709 CSB DEC 112)

Bibliography

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Didactic methods

Classroom lessons with the help of images and texts

Learning assessment procedures

The exam will be oral with a conversation between student and professor related to the topics of the course, the bibliography and critic texts, the external tours.
The evaluation will be on 30/30 and, could be dispense in one session or through the grade point average of the two separate exams.

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 exam purposes should verify the learning and critic reprocessing capacities of the treated topics, texts and bibliography.
The exam contents inspects the proposed and discussed topics during the lessons, external tours and the seminary.
The modalities will be oral through a conversation on the above subjects.

Exam language

Italiano