Course: History of Central European Art Culture I.

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Course title History of Central European Art Culture I.
Course code UHV/BDVK1
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 6
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Panoch Pavel, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
Basic thematic areas of teaching: 1. Introduction to the topic - artistic topography - centre and periphery: possibilities and ways of research; 2. Ancient echoes, pre-Romanesque and Romanesque art in Europe and the Czech lands - centers, works, and personalities; 3. Early Gothic art in Europe and the Czech lands - centres, works and personalities; 4. High Gothic in Europe and the Czech lands - centres, works and personalities; 5. Late Gothic in Europe and the Czech lands - centres, works and personalities; 6. Renaissance in Southern Europe - centres, works and personalities; 7. Early Renaissance in Bohemia and Moravia - characteristics, sites, commissioners, works and personalities; 8. Renaissance art in the Low Countries and Central Europe - main centres, works and personalities; 9. Renaissance and Mannerism in Bohemia and Moravia - main centres, works and personalities;

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Work with text (with textbook, with book)
  • Home preparation for classes - 40 hours per semester
  • Preparation of a presentation (report) - 30 hours per semester
  • Contact teaching - 24 hours per semester
  • Independent critical reading - 60 hours per semester
  • Data/material collection - 25 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The course aims to familiarize students with selected chapters from the history of fine arts from late antiquity through the Middle Ages to the second half of the 16th century. The course focuses on acquiring a basic understanding of the historical and stylistic characteristics of artistic styles and methods that manifested themselves in the Czech lands. Individual lecture blocks will be devoted primarily to the Middle Ages (Romanesque, Gothic) and the Renaissance. Emphasis will be placed on introducing selected important figures in European art and their stylistic trends, and on tracing the echoes of these works and tendencies in the art of Central Europe (or the Czech lands) with regard to the historical context influencing the emergence and transformation of artistic styles.
Graduates of the course will have acquired selected knowledge about the stylistic development of European art and visual culture in the Central European context from late antiquity through the Middle Ages to the secvond half of 16th century. Students will be able to recognize the basic stylistic and formal characteristics, iconographic themes, and formal features typical of individual periods and stylistic developments. They will be able to correctly place works of art in the broader cultural context of their time.
Prerequisites
It is assumed that the student has at least a basic orientation in European history and the history of the Lands of the Bohemian Crown.

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination, Discussion, Systematic monitoring, Presentation

For successful completion of the course, it is necessary to pass an oral interview, during which the student will demonstrate an orientation in the material discussed and study of the recommended literature (at least 6 titles, independent monographs or articles or chapters from synthetic works) and bring an analysis of the selected art monument in the range of 5,000 characters. The use of one's own intelligence in completing the assignments is preferred; if it fails, only afterwards is the admitted use of artificial intelligence allowed.
Recommended literature
  • BARTLOVÁ, M. Pravda zvítězila: výtvarné umění a husitství 1380-1490. Praha, 2015.
  • Brodský, Pavel. Krása českých iluminovaných rukopisů. Praha: Academia, 2012. ISBN 978-80-200-2175-5.
  • DaCOSTA KAUFMANN, T. Court, Cloister, and City: The Art and Culture of Central Europe, 1450-1800. Chicago. 1997.
  • Emanuel Poche et al. Praha středověká: čtvero knih o Praze. Praha, 1983.
  • Gombrich, E. H. Příběh umění. Praha: Argo, 2001. ISBN 80-204-0685-9.
  • Homolka, Jaromír . Pozdně gotické umění v Čechách : 1471-1526. Praha: Odeon, 1978.
  • CHADRABA, R. Staroměstská mostecká věž a triumfální symbolika v umění Karla IV. Praha. 1971.
  • Jiří Kuthan, Jan Royt. Karel IV. : císař a český král - vizionář a zakladatel. Praha, 2016.
  • Jiří Kuthan. Počátky a rozmach gotické architektury v Čechách. Praha, 1983.
  • Kol. aut.. Dějiny českého výtvarného umění I / 1-2. Od počátku do konce středověku. Praha: Academia, 1984.
  • KONEČNÝ, L. J. Románská rotunda ve Znojmě: ikonologie maleb a architektury. Brno. 2005.
  • Krása, Josef. České iluminované rukopisy 13.-16. století. Praha: Odeon, 1990. ISBN 80-207-0114-1.
  • KRATOCHVÍL, P. (ed.). Velké dějiny zemí Koruny české. Tematická řada Architektura. Praha. 2009.
  • KUBÍNOVÁ, K. Imitatio Romae - Karel IV. a Řím. Praha. 2006.
  • KUČA, K. Česká republika. Atlas památek. Praha. 2002.
  • KUTHAN, J. - ROYT, J. - ŠMIED, M. - VALECKÝ, Š. - VRÁNA, D. Dílo knížat a králů z rodu Přemyslovců. Praha. 2018.
  • KUTHAN, J. - ROYT, J. Katedrála sv. Víta, Václava a Vojtěcha: svatyně českých patronů a králů. Praha. 2011.
  • Petr Bareš .. et al. Karlštejn a jeho význam v dějinách a kultuře. Praha, 2010.
  • PETRASOVÁ, T. - ŠVÁCHA, R. (ed.). Dějiny umění v českých zemích 800-2000. Praha. 2017.
  • RADOVÁ, M. - RADA, O. Kniha o sklípkových klenbách. Praha. 1998.
  • René Huyghe (ed.). Encyklopedie umění středověku. Umění a lidstvo. Larousse.. Praha, 1969.
  • ROYT, J. - POKORNÝ, A. Mistr Třeboňského oltáře. Praha. 2013.
  • Royt, Jan. Středověké malířství v Čechách. Praha: Karolinum, 2002. ISBN 80-246-0265-2.
  • TOMAN, R. (ed.). Gotika: architektura - plastika - malířství. Praha. 2000.


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