Prof. A. Del Puppo

Storia
dell'arte

Corso / DIUM

Beauty in Everyone’s Eyes: Discovering Heritage

The ALA Art History course transforms aesthetic experience into an active and participatory process. It is not simply about studying dates and styles, but about learning to “read” the images, architecture, and artworks that surround us.

Through encounters with masterpieces from the local area and from universal art history, students develop their own aesthetic sensitivity, discovering that art is a universal language capable of breaking down all communication barriers. At ALA, art becomes a mirror in which each student can recognize their ability to feel emotions and interpret the world.

Learning Goals

The course aims to provide tools for visual interpretation and to enhance critical thinking skills:

  • Visual Literacy: Learning to recognize the fundamental elements of an artwork (subjects, colors, shapes, perspective).
  • Knowledge of the Territory: Discovering key artistic heritage sites, connecting local history with major international movements through targeted educational visits.
  • Development of Personal Taste: Encouraging the expression of personal opinions and critical reflections on artworks, strengthening self-determination.
  • Facilitated Communication: Learning how to describe an artwork using simplification criteria that make it accessible to others as well.

Methodologies

  • Guided observation and open dialogue to encourage active participation and value different perspectives.

  • Experiential learning, starting from direct and concrete experience.
  • Respect for individual learning pace, with attention to each participant’s rhythms and ways of engagement.
  • Adaptation of activities to participants’ communicative and cognitive abilities, through personalized mediation and support.
  • “On-site” cultural mediation in front of artworks, to foster direct and contextualized understanding.

 

Educational materials

  • Visual and iconographic supports: photographs, high-definition images, enlarged details, and visual comparisons between artworks and historical periods.

  • Illustrated teaching sheets: with images, keywords, Easy-to-Read sentences, and content summaries.
  • Accessible digital tools: tablets, simplified presentations, audiovisual content.
  • Multimedia projections: videos and 3D reconstructions.
  • Tactile reproductions and three-dimensional materials: models, casts, surfaces, and textures to understand volumes, shapes, and techniques through sensory exploration.