Michelangelo
MICHELANGELO DEPARTMENT - DRAWING AND HISTORY OF ART
Responsible teacher: Prof. Giuseppe Cassalia contacts : giuseppe.cassalia@editore.it
The professor. Giuseppe Cassalia graduated in History and Conservation of Architectural and Environmental Heritage at the Faculty of Architecture of Reggio Calabria. Having moved to Trieste in 2002 he collaborated in the drafting of the Atlas of Cultural Heritage of the Municipality of Trieste and in 2004 he held the position of substitute teacher of Geometric Disciplines at the Liceo Artistico “E. and U. Nordio”. From 2005 to 2015 he taught Technology and Image Art in lower secondary schools and in 2012 he won the ordinary competition for teaching Drawing and History of Art in upper secondary schools (A017). Positioned at Galilei since 2015, he teaches Drawing and History of Art.
Mission of the Department
The Michelangelo Department is made up of teachers of Drawing and art history - class A025. The teaching aims to provide the student with the methodological tools for an in-depth understanding of the historical-artistic reality, with references, where possible, also to history and culture of the place, so that the problems and questions that arise from the past can be addressed with a critical, creative and planning attitude. At the same time, these ideas taken from the past, where the connection appears legitimate and compatible, can be updated thanks to the comparison with topics taken from the contemporary world.
The graphic and geometric language is acquired not only as a tool for investigating shapes, space and the physical environment, but the use of drawing techniques and knowledge of descriptive geometry methods are also aimed at understanding, studying and to the analysis of fundamental works in the history of art and architecture.
Upon completion of the five years of the course, the main skills acquired by the student are: being able to read the peculiar elements of the architectural and figurative language in its constituent and stylistic components, using appropriate terminology and descriptive syntax; acquire the ability to interpret and place the works over time, relating them to the social, cultural and economic context that produced them, recognizing their materials, techniques, symbolic values and functions and being able to use specific languages and recognize the formal elements and relationships with intentions and meanings, using formal and iconographic reading as analysis tools.