Art in Fashion

IED Moda
Milan
Course Title
ART IN FASHION
Subject
ART HISTORY / FASHION / FASHION HISTORY
Semester
Spring
Contact Hours
Total Lecture
Hours
40
Total Project
Hours
20+
ECTS / USA Credit
Equivalency
7.5 ECTS / 3 US CREDITS
Pre-requisites
NONE
Learning Objectives
To provide students with basic knowledge about the period from Impressionism to
contemporary tendencies, focusing on the general characters of the main movements
and personalities. By the end of the module, students will know the general outlines in
the selected period, connecting the language of visual arts to the historical and cultural
background of ideas and movements. The analysis of the techniques, structures, lines,
colours and composition will enable the students to apply them to their own creations in
fashion, jewellery and accessories.
Course Content
The evolution and styles in art history from the middle of the 19 century to the present,
considering painting, sculpture, architecture and the new artistic media (photography,
video art, body art, performance…).
Didactic Method
Theory: the teaching method consists of lectures and vision of materials about the
topics. During the lectures the pictures will be commented on and brief summaries will
be provided on the white board. The students will be required, by the end of the course,
to focus on a selected painting. They will be asked to write a short introduction and
commentary and finally to develop their own project. The project consists of applying
the historical analytical tools as to create their own garment and accessory using the
abilities developed during the course.
Course Program
Lesson Plan Outline
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Lesson 1: Monet and the masters of the past
Lesson 2: Impressionism: the landscape genre and Monet
Lesson 3: Monet: the serial paintings and the Nympheas
Lesson 4: Beyond Impressionism: Van Gogh
Lesson 5: Van Gogh and Gauguin
Lesson 6: Lautrec and the Japanese influence
Lesson 7: Divisionism: Seurat and Signac
Lesson 8: Klimt and Schiele
Lesson 9: Picasso: the beginnings
Lesson 10: Picasso: from the Neoclassic period to Guernica
Lesson 11: Expressionism and abstraction
Lesson 12: Kandinsky and Klee
Lesson 13 :Futurism
Lesson 14 :Dadaism
Lesson 15: Surrealism: Dalì and Magritte
Lesson 16: Abstract Expressionism
Lesson 17: Pop Art
Lesson 18: Contemporary tendencies I (Body art and performance)
Lesson 19: Contemporary tendencies II (Video Art)
Course Bibliogrpahy
And Resource
Archer M., Art since 1960. World of Art, Thames and Hudson, 2002
Bois Y., Buchlon B., Art since 1900: Modernism, Antimodernism, Postmodernism, Vol I,
1900-1944, Thames and Hudson, 2005
Bowness A., Modern European Art, Thames and Hudson, 2003
Britt D., Modern Art, Thames and Hudson, 2003
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Dross E., 20 Century American Art, Oxford History of Art, Oxford University press, 2002
Harrison C., Art in Theory, 1900-2000: an anthology of changing ideas, Paul J. wood, 2001
Hopkins D., After Modern Art, 1945-2000, Oxford University Press, 2000
Laneyre-Dagen N., How to read paintings, Chambers, 2004
Lynton N., The story of Modern Art, Phaidon, 2003
Stangos N., Concepts of Modern Art, Thames and Hudson, 2003
Yeawine P., How to look at Modern Art, N. Abrams, 1991
Fieldtrips
Villa Necchi Campiglio
Palazzi stile Liberty (palazzo Castiglioni)
Museo Poldi Pezzoli
Teatro La Scala e Museo del Costume
Museo del Novecento
Duomo di Milano e centro storico
Castello Sforzesco
Cimitero Monumentale
Instructor
Alberto Marchesini
Instructor Biogrpahy
Alberto Marchesini is a teacher and a licensed guide.
His publications include:
Longhi e Pasolini fra “fulgurazione figurativa” e fuga dalla citazione, “Autografo”, n 26,
1991
La citazione pittorica nel cinema di Pasolini, Firenze, La Nuova Italia, 1994
Section “Praga” and “Itinerari tematici” in Praga . Repubblica Ceca e Slovacca. Guide
d’Europa, Touring Club Italiano, 2002.
Language of Instruction
English
Exams
There is a final written exam as well as an individual project.