STUDY PROGRAMME
Scenography

AFAM CODE
ABST47

DISCIPLINARY AREA
Style, History of art and costume

DISCIPLINARY FIELD
History of costume

CREDITS
6

APPROACH
Theoretical

The course analyses costumes as a communication tool of societies in different historic ages.

The programme includes the analysis of the origins of the fashion phenomenon, of the difference between fashion and costume, and of the socio-economic dynamics that determined the development of fashion.

This course is made of a single module of 6 CFA credits.

Successful students will be able to:

• Identify the fundamental costumes for every era, and contextualise them in their age.

• Identify the aesthetic models of different historic ages, and relate them to costumes.

• Understand the costume and fashion phenomenon in different historic contexts.

• Carry out costume analysis research, complete with bibliography and sitography

• Analysis of costumes, dresses, accessories, hair and make-up

• Analysis of silhouettes

• Study of aesthetic models in every historic period, in relation to the socio-cultural context

This is a theoretical course.

Over the course, the students will carry out the following didactic activities, which may vary depending on the themes that will be developed.

• Front lectures

• Students engagement in debates, presentations, peer assessment

• Use of tutorials, videos or other multi-media material

• Exercises and revisions

• Individual study and research

Assessment criteria may include:

• Oral exams

• Graded exercises/reviews

• Submission of papers, projects or research work

Further details on the specific tests will be given by the professor.

The final grade for this course will result from the weighted average of its modules.

• Cumming, V., Cunnington, C.W. and Cunnington, P. E. (2010) The Dictionary of Fashion Hi- story, Berg Publisher.

• Mafai, G. (2011) Storia del costume dall’età romana al Settecento, Milano: Skiraeditore.

• Morini, E. (2011) Storia della moda XVIII-XX secolo, Milano: Skiraeditore.

A lot of the referenced material, together with other in-depth study material, can be consulted online in MyNaba, in the Library section.

Further books and other recommended or required resources may be specified by the professor.