STUDY PROGRAMME
Fashion and Textile Design

AFAM CODE
ABST47

DISCIPLINARY AREA
Style, History of art and costume

DISCIPLINARY FIELD
Style, History of art and costume

CREDITS
6

APPROACH
Theoretical

This course studies and analyses fabrics in terms of cultural geography, tracing back in the history and travels of fabrics what is called the "world's weft", going in-depth in the intertwining of history and art, costume and fashion, and historical, political, economic, social, and cultural changes. Through the discovery of different textile-related themes in the fields of culture, art and fashion, the students can broaden their vision to include useful research references, and better define their inspiration also in terms of innovation, technology and sustainability.

The programme consists of one single module, which grants 6 CFA credits.

By the end of the programme, successful students will be able to:

• Identify the geography, costumes, artistic elements, and aesthetic models of textiles in different historic periods, and relate them to the contemporary era.

• Analyse and decode textiles as an articulated visual language

• Improve their iconographic analysis skills with an interdisciplinary approach, comparison among different sources, analytical tools and historical-critic interpretations.

• Contaminations and influence among textiles, art, literature, cinema, and popular culture.

• Analysis of the role of textiles in fashion, in the shaping of culture over the centuries and today.

• In-depth study of the cultural geography of textiles in terms of innovation, technology, and sustainability.

This is a theoretical course. During the course, the students will carry out the following didactic activities, which may vary depending on the projects that will be developed:

• Front lectures

• Debates, presentations, peer assessment

• Use of multimedia material

• Individual study and research

• Field trips

Assessment tools may include:

• Oral exam

• Submission of research works, essays or projects

Further details about the exams will be provided by the professors.

RECOMMENDED:

• Buss, C. (2014) Seta. Il Dizionario delle MEZZETINTE 1628-1938 da Avinato a Zizzolino, Silvana Editoriale.

• Legrand, C. (2012), Textiles: a world tour, Thames and Hudson.

• Morini, E. (2017), Storia della moda, Skira.

• Postrel, V. (2020) The fabric of civilization: how textiles made the world, Basic books.

• St Clair, K. (2019) La trama del mondo: i tessuti che hanno fatto la storia, UTET.

Many of the recommended sources, together with additional material, are also available online on MyNaba, in the Library section.

More books and resources might be requested or suggested by the professors.