The 2nd cycle Degree Course in History of Art is designed in a way to provide graduates with advanced education in the field of historical-artistic subjects with competences in the various fields of figurative arts, under the chronological point of view, from the Middle Age to the Contemporary Age, under the geographic point of view form the byzantine to the western area, and under the disciplinary point of view, from strictly historical subjects to methodological ones.
The course provides the capability of using adequate computer tools for personal production, publishing and filing of historical-artistic heritage, as well as the methodological skills for correct bibliographic research as well as for the study and interpretation of primary and secondary sources.
The course thus provides a wide range of specialist historical-artistic subjects (History of Design, Phenomenology of Contemporary Art, History of Textiles, Iconography and Iconology, Comparative History of the Art of European countries, etc.), and an advanced methodological investigation for the study and analysis of the artistic phenomena and their transmission patterns (methodology for the study of Decorative Arts, Contemporary Art Teaching Methodology and Communication, Iconography and Iconology, History of Art Criticism, History of miniature, etc.).
These objectives are achieved through:
- The use of lectures and seminars and subsequent assessment of acquired skills through written and/or oral tests;
- Field applications of the acquired knowledge and methodologies also through synergies with the main museums of Palermo (Diocesan Museum, Regional Gallery-Palazzo Abatellis, etc.) who showed their availability during the confrontation necessary for the planning of the Degree Course;
- Specific lessons and/or exercises designed to provide the skills needed to carry out literature and documentary research on traditional media or via the Internet;
- The possible development of short papers of personal synthesis or bibliographical research or analysis of the sources and their interpretation;
- The preparation of a final written dissertation, representing the main occasion for original and personal elaboration of acquires knowledge and methods.
The course also provides some elective courses enabling students to have partial autonomy in the characterization of their training.
The duration of the 2nd cycle Degree Course in Art History is two years. To achieve the Degree in Art History, students must have acquired 120 credits.