Teaching code

4S01360

Teacher

Alessandro Stavru

Coordinator

Alessandro Stavru

Credits

6

Language

Italian

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

M-FIL/06 - HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY

Period

Sem. 2B dal Apr 8, 2019 al Jun 1, 2019.

Lessons timetable Moodle Seminars 0

Learning outcomes

Learning Objectives: The course aims to provide students with a knowledge of the main philosophical, political and artistic texts of the Renaissance (15th-16th centuries). At the end of the course the student shall be able to demonstrate his ability to contextualize from both an historical and critical viewpoint the authors and the topics discussed during the course.

Program

Prerequisites: none

Title and content of the course: Reality and illusion in the thought of the Renaissance
The course focuses on the relationship between reality and illusion in the Renaissance period (XV-XVI centuries), taking into consideration two fundamental angles: 1) the political one, focused around the discussion of the best form of government; 2) the artistic one, focused around the themes of mimesis, the paragone between the arts and the relationship between Love (Amore) and God. The course will therefore be divided into two parts: the first part (Prof. Napolitano) will examine "Utopia" by Thomas More, with reference to other political concepts of the time; the second part (Prof. Stavru) will examine the "Trattato della Pittura" by Leonardo da Vinci, expanding the horizon to other important artistic concepts of the Renaissance.

Course programme:
-T. Moro, L’Utopia o la miglior forma di repubblica, Prefazione di M. Isnardi Parente, Introd. di T. Fiore, tr. It., Laterza, Roma-Bari 1993 (2007).
-L. da Vinci, Trattato della pittura, parte prima (any edition).
-Handouts containing: 1) Texts of authors of the Renaissance; 2) La Filosofia del Rinascimento: figure e problemi, a cura di Germana Ernst, Carocci, Roma 2003, chapters 1, 2, 7, 13, 15; 3) C. Vasoli, L'estetica dell'Umanesimo e del Rinascimento, in: Momenti e problemi di Storia dell'Estetica, vol. I, Marzorati, Milano 1959, pp. 325-414. The handouts can be purchased at the copy-shop "Ateneo", Via Lungadige Porta Vittoria 37.

Teaching methods: frontal lectures

Examination Methods

Exam method: oral. The purpose of the exam is to verify the knowledge and understanding of the topics discussed during the course and to evaluate the capacity to delve into the topics. For those who do not attend the course the program remains unvaried, but they should contact the teacher to agree on personalized readings (depending on their previous knowledge and interests), which should compensate the non-attendance of the course.