"Sculptors and workshops in baroque Rome. An art industry."
The course aims to investigate the production processes of sculpture in seventeenth-century Rome through its most important protagonists and the functioning of their workshops.
-J. Montagu, La Scultura barocca Romana. Un'industria dell'arte, Torino 1991
-A. Angelini, La scultura del Seicento a Roma, Milano 2005
Learning Objectives
The course aims to provide the tools to analyze the production of Baroque sculpture, trying to highlight elements of continuity with tradition and innovative aspects.
Prerequisites
Knowledge of 17th century Italian art and knowledge of English.
Teaching Methods
During the lectures the case studies will be presented through powerpoints, then made available to the students. There will also be a visit to Rome to study in situ some sculptures analyzed in class.
Type of Assessment
The verification will take place in oral form starting from the presentation of images of works analyzed in class or during the visit to Rome. A thorough knowledge of the texts in programme is also required.
Course program
The course aims to investigate the production processes of sculpture in seventeenth-century Rome through its most important protagonists (i.e. Gian Lorenzo Bernini e Alessandro Algardi) and the functioning of their workshops. Through some case studies he will try to understand the major problems of this type of artistic production, from the purchase of marble in Carrara, to its transport, to the realization of the preparatory models and their translation into monumental size.