Department of Communication and Didactics of Art

Three year course

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First Level Communication and Didactics of Art course

The Course is characterized by a theoretical approach with disciplines that weave perfectly between the areas of the history of art and the history of criticism, as well as aesthetics, phenomenology and anthropology, pedagogy, museum tutorials, cataloging archives. Set in the Brera environment, in contact with historical traditions as well as the artists, the course allows you to enhance your training by approaching artistic practices and new technologies through workshops, offering the opportunity to identify specific interests which can be explored then in the two year Visual Culture and curatorial Practices course.

FOCUS SUBJECTS STUDIED ADMISSION
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  • contemporary art and its relationship with modern day know-how
  • design and set-up of exhibition and museum spaces
  • communication techniques for conveying and teaching contemporary arts through traditional media and new technologies
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Core disciplines

Cultural Anthropology | Natural and cultural heritage | Cataloguing and archive management | Aesthetics | Phenomenology of contemporary arts | History of contemporary art 1 | History of contemporary art 2| History of modern art | Didactics of artistic styles | Didactics of multimedia 1| Didactics for museums 1  Didactics for museums 2 | Didactic methodologies for audio visuals | Museology and the history of collecting | Pedagogy and didactics of art | History and methodology of art criticism | Extra-media techniques 

Advanced and supplementary disciplines

Design for painting | History of film and video | History of design and graphics | History of architecture and urban planning | History of photography | History of fashion | History of applied arts | History of artistic techniques | History of performance | Techniques and technologies of visual arts | History and theory of cultural heritage

Students must have a secondary school diploma or similar equivalent foreign qualification. The admission test is made up of a multiple choice test which includes 30% of general knowledge questions and 70% of specific history of art questions from ancient times to modern day.

Future Employment Prospects

  • Professional activities in the communication and organization of art exhibitions and events (press office public relations, curatorship)
  • Cataloguing and archiving contemporary works of art
  • Creation and design of didactic workshops for a wide target range

Study Plan

Communication and Didactics of art 1 Level

A.Y. 2023/2024