Winter semester
Subject: Art Exhibitions after 1945: Institutions, Artistic Movements, and the Making of Art-Historical Narratives
Summary: Over the last decades, art exhibitions have become a significant field of inquiry within Art History. Temporary exhibitions organized by museums and other institutions, as well as large-scale international exhibitions, are no longer regarded as neutral sites for the presentation of art. Rather, they are understood as complex historical events that require contextualization and critical analysis in order to illuminate the ways in which institutions, curators, and (state-sponsored) cultural policies shape the production, circulation, and reception of artistic practices, while simultaneously constructing, reaffirming, or challenging established art-historical narratives and canons. Against this background, the seminar examines landmark temporary and travelling exhibitions, as well as major exhibition-making institutions, from 1945 to 1990. Particular attention will be paid to exhibitions organized in Germany in the immediate aftermath of WWII (1945-1949), to exhibitions staged in Europe (including Greece) within the framework of U.S. Cold War cultural diplomacy, and to exhibitions that played a decisive role in the institutional recognition and canonization of artistic movements such as Pop Art, Minimalism, and Conceptual Art. Special emphasis will be placed on documenta, with particular focus on its first five editions, while a number of less widely studied case studies will also be discussed. The seminar will further address artists’ institutional critique, as well as the phenomenon of exhibition reenactment and the reconstruction of “landmark” historical exhibitions.
Selected bibliography
Αδαμοπούλου, Αρετή, Τέχνη και ψυχροπολεμική διπλωματία. Διεθνείς εικαστικές εκθέσεις στην Αθήνα (1950-1967), Θεσσαλονίκη, University Studio Press 2019.
Αλεξάκη, Ευγενία, «Εκθέσεις που έγραψαν τη δική τους ιστορία (της τέχνης). Πολιτικές της μνήμης και τεχνοϊστορικά αφηγήματα στην πρώτη documenta», Ιστορία της Τέχνης 11 (2022), 52-77.
Altshuler, Bruce, Salon to Biennial. Exhibitions that Made Art History, τ. I, Λονδίνο/Νέα Υόρκη, Phaidon Press Limited 2008.
Altshuler, Bruce, Biennials and Beyond. Exhibitions that Made Art History, τ. II, Λονδίνο / Νέα Υόρκη, Phaidon Press Limited 2013.
Δασκαλοθανάσης Νίκος, Ιστορία της τέχνης 1945-1975. Από τη μοντέρνα στη σύγχρονη τέχνη. Ζωγραφική-Γλυπτική-Αρχιτεκτονική, Αθήνα, futura 2021.
documenta. Politics and Art, κατάλογος έκθεσης, επιμέλεια Raphael Gross, Lars Bang Larsen, Julia Voss και Dorothee Wierling, Βερολίνο, Deutsches Historisches Museum & Prestel 2021.
Haro García, Noemi de, Mayayo, Patricia και Carrillo, Jesús (επιμ.), Making Art History in Europe After 1945, Νέα Υόρκη, Routledge 2020.
Ιωαννίδης, Κώστας, Έργα τέχνης, άνθρωποι και ιδέες: Ελλάδα – ΗΠΑ και Ψυχρός Πόλεμος, Αθήνα, futura 2025.
Λαλιούτη, Ζηνοβία, Ο «άλλος» Ψυχρός Πόλεμος. Η αμερικανική πολιτιστική διπλωματία στην Ελλάδα 1953-1973, Ηράκλειο, Πανεπιστημιακές Εκδόσεις Κρήτης 2019.
Μπουρνάζος, Στρατής, Η ιστορία μιας ματαίωσης. Το CCF και ο πολιτισμικός ψυχρός πόλεμος στην Ελλάδα (1950-1967), Αθήνα, Αντίποδες 2024.
«Rewriting or Reaffirming the Canon? Critical Readings of Exhibition History», Stedelijk Studies Journal 2 (2015). DOI: https://stedelijkstudies.com/journal-archive/issue-2-exhibition-histories/
Winter semester
Subject: Raphael’s roman period: patronage and artistic projects
Summary: The seminar will examine the diverse artistic production of Raphael in Rome from 1508 to 1520. During this period the master had undertaken large-scale projects and his workshop –headed by Gianfrancesco Penni and Giulio Romano who would prove themselves to be successful artists after Raphael’s premature death– was actively involved in the creation and execution processes. The role of distinguished patrons, including two popes and some of Rome’s most prominent men, is explored.
Selected bibliography
Kathleen Wren Christian, Empire Without End: Antiquities Collections in Renaissance Rome, c. 1350-1527, New Haven / London, Yale University Press 2010.
Culotta Alexis Ruth, Finding Rome in Rome: Reexamining Raphael’s Transformation Through HisRoles at the Villa Farnesina, Ph.D. dissertation, University of Washington 2014.
Dacos Nicole, The Loggia of Raphael: a Vatican Art Treasure, New York, Abbeville Press Publishers 2008.
Elet Yvonne, Architectural Invention in Renaissance Rome: Artists, Humanists, and the Planning of Raphael's Villa Madama, New York, NY, Cambridge University Press, 2018
Franklin David (επιμ.), From Raphael to Carracci: the Art of Papal Rome, Ottawa, National Gallery of Canada, 2009.
Frommel Christoph Luitpold, Ray Stefano, Tafuri Manfredo, Raffaello architetto, Milan, Electa 1984.
Gnann Achim, Oberhuber, Konrad, 1999, Raphael und der klassische Stil in Rom 1515-1527, κατ. έκθεσης Palazzo Te / Graphische Sammlung Albertina, Milan, Electa 1999.
Hall Marcia (επιμ.), Artistic Centers of the Italian Renaissance, Rome, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2005
Hall Marcia (επιμ.), The Cambridge Companion to Raphael, Cambridge / New York, Cambridge University Press, 2005.
Hall Marcia, After Raphael: Painting in Central Italy in the Sixteenth Century, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press 1999.
Henry Tom, Joannides Paul (επιμ.), Late Raphael, κατ. Έκθεσης Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid 2012.
Jones Roger, Penny Nicholas, Raphael, New Haven, Yale University Press 1983.
Kleinbub Christian, Vision and the Visionary in Raphael, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania State University Press, University Park, 2011.
Lafranconi Matteo, Faietti Marzia (επιμ.), Raffaello, 1520-1483, Milan, Skira 2020.
Meyer Zur Capellen Jürg, Raphael: a Critical Catalogue of his Paintings, 5 vol., Landshut, Arcos 2001-2015.
Frommel Christoph Luitpold, Winner, Matthias, Raffaello a Roma: il convegno del 1983, Rome, Edizioni dell'Elefante 1986.
Salmi Μaria (επιμ.), The Complete Work of Raphael, New York, Harrison House 1969.
Sherman John, Raphael’s Cartoons in the Collection of Her Majesty the Queen, and the Tapestries for the Sistine Chapel, London, Phaedon 1972.
Wouk Edward, Morris David (επιμ.), Marcantonio Raimondi, Raphael and the Image Multiplied, κατ. έκθεσης The Whitworth, Manchester 2017.
Spring semester
Subject: Public Monuments in post-war Greece
Summary: The public monuments (heroes, statues, busts, installations) of post-war Greece, their creators (sculptors, architects, designers), the institutions that support them and the problems of their conservation are being studied.
Selected bibliography
Αδαμοπούλου, Αρετή, Ελληνική Μεταπολεμική Τέχνη. Εικαστικές παρεμβάσεις στο χώρο, Θεσσαλονίκη, University Studio Press 2000.
Αδαμοπούλου, Αρετή, Τέχνη & ψυχροπολεμική διπλωματία. Διεθνείς εικαστικές εκθέσεις στην Αθήνα (1950-1967), Θεσσαλονίκη, University Studio Press 2019.
Αδαμοπούλου, Αρετή (επιμ.), Η τέχνη στην Ελλάδα. Το θεσμικό πλαίσιο μετά το 1945, Θεσσαλονίκη, University Studio Press 2024.
Αυγητίδου, Αγγελική (επιμ.), Δημόσια Τέχνη – Δημόσια Σφαίρα, Θεσσαλονίκη, University Studio Press 2021.
Κωτίδης, Αντώνης, Μοντερνισμός και “Παράδοση” στην ελληνική μεταπολεμική και σύγχρονη τέχνη. Ζωγραφική – Γλυπτική – Αρχιτεκτονική 1940-2010, τ. Β’, Θεσσαλονίκη, University Studio Press 2015.
Λυδάκης, Στέλιος, Η νεοελληνική γλυπτική. Ιστορία – Τυπολογία, Αθήνα, Μέλισσα 2011.
Μιχαηλίδου, Μαίρη, Μνημεία – Ηρώα – Ανδριάντες. Μελέτη για την υπαγωγή τους σε ενιαίο φορέα, Αθήνα, Άποψη 1989.
Μουτσόπουλος, Θανάσης, Όχι ακριβώς τέχνη. Η υπερδιόγκωση του πολιτισμικού φαινομένου, Αθήνα, Πλέθρον 2021.
Παπανικολάου, Μιλτιάδης Μ., Η Ιστορία της Τέχνης στην Ελλάδα, 18ος-21ος αιώνας, Θεσσαλονίκη, Επίκεντρο 2026.
Τενεκετζής, Αλέξανδρος, Τα μνημεία για τον Β΄ Παγκόσμιο Πόλεμο. Εικονομαχίες στην Ευρώπη του Ψυχρού Πολέμου (1945-1975), Πρόλογος: Ευγένιος Δ. Ματθιόπουλος, Αθήνα, Ασίνη 2020.
