Course teached as: B005593 - STORIA DEL TEATRO DEL RINASCIMENTO E DEL BAROCCO Second Cycle Degree in PERFORMING ARTS Curriculum STORIA E CRITICA DELLO SPETTACOLO
Teaching Language
Italian
Course Content
The course aims to explain the reciprocal interferences between the two fundamental aspects
which stand at the base of the renaissance and baroque theatre (XVI-XVII centuries): on a side, the professionalism of the actors (Commedia dell'Arte); on the other one, the deep and tight cultural exchange which stands behind the courtesan theatre.
J. Le Goff, Documento/monumento, voce in Enciclopedia Einaudi, Torino, Einaudi, 1978, vol. V, pp. 38-48
S. Mamone, Dèi, Semidei, Uomini. Lo spettacolo a Firenze tra neoplatonismo e realtà borghese (XV-XVII secolo), Bulzoni, Roma, 2003
S. Mazzoni, L'Olimpico di Vicenza. Un teatro e la sua «Perpetua memoria», Firenze, Le Lettere, 1998
S. Ferrone, Attori, mercanti, corsari. La Commedia dell’Arte in Europa tra Cinque e Seicento, Torino, Einaudi, 2011
S. Mamone, Introduzione, in Serenissimi fratelli principi impresari. Notizie di spettacolo nei carteggi medicei. Carteggi di Giovan Carlo de' Medici e di Desiderio Montemagni suo segretario (1628-1664), Firenze, Le Lettere, 2003, pp. VII-LXVIII
Learning Objectives
Being a course of the second grade degree, it aims to integrate the basic knowledge of the bibliography with a deeper investigation withing the complexity of the Baroque spectacle and of the Ancient Regime societies.
Prerequisites
The students must have achieved 18 cfu in the disciplines of the area L-ART/05.
Teaching Methods
Frontal lessons and vision of multimedial supports.
Further information
The bibliography doesn't cover for the frequency of the course. The unauthorized use of photocopies is a violation of the law 248/2000.
Type of Assessment
Oral examination. During the esamination, students must prove to have acquainted the bases of the discipline, the key ideas and to refer them with a critical exposition.