Course: History of Central European Art Culture II

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Course title History of Central European Art Culture II
Course code UHV/BDVK2
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
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
Topics of each session: 1. Introduction to the topic - time and territorial coordinates, overview of the main topics of spiritual and material culture. 2. 3. Renaissance art in the Western and Central Europe - main centres, personalities and works. Renaissance and Mannerism in Bohemia and Moravia. 4. Baroque - temporal definition, stylistic characteristics, main Central European centres, cultural and historical sources. 5. Baroque art in Central Europe - main personalities and iconic works. Baroque art in Bohemia and Moravia - main personalities and key works. 6. Classicism and Romanticism in Central European and Czech art. 7. Art Nouveau and Modernism in Central Europe and the Czech lands - main centres and personalities and key works. 8. Central European Modernism on the threshold of the 20th century - painting and sculpture (key stylistic movements, personalities and works). 9. Central European artistic avant-gardes - key movements, artistic groups and artists. Central European art between the world wars. Outline of development, key themes, artistic groups and personalities. 10. Central European art between 1945-2000. Outline of development, key themes and personalities.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Work with text (with textbook, with book), Skills training, Stimulating activities (simulation, games, drama)
  • Home preparation for classes - 40 hours per semester
  • Preparation for an exam - 60 hours per semester
  • Contact teaching - 24 hours per semester
  • Preparation of a presentation (report) - 40 hours per semester
  • Field research - 15 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to familiarize students with a selective overview of the stylistic development of Czech and Moravian art in the Central European context from the late humanism and Renaissance of the 16th century to the advent of modern art in the first half of the 20th century. Emphasis will be placed on the ability to recognize basic stylistic and formal characteristics, basic iconographic themes, and formal characteristics of stylistic development.
Graduates of the course will have acquired basic knowledge of the stylistic development of Czech and Moravian art in the Central European context from the late Renaissance period of the 16th century to the advent of modern art in the first half of the 20th century, as well as selected trends in visual art throughout the 20th century. They will be able to recognize basic stylistic and formal characteristics, basic iconographic themes, and formal signs of stylistic development, and will be able to orient themselves in the characteristics of the key representatives of individual movements.
Prerequisites
The student should have a basic orientation in European history and culture and in the historical context of the development and cultural portfolio of the Czech lands.
UHV/BDUM1
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UHV/BDVK1

Assessment methods and criteria
Home assignment evaluation, Student performance assessment, Didactic test, Systematic monitoring, Student portfolio analysis

Regular attendance at lectures and successful completion of the final exam are preferred for successful completion of the course. The exam is based on a combination of the following parts: 1.) an oral interview aimed at testing knowledge of the material covered and of the reading - at least 8 titles of specialist literature. Prior to the exam, students will submit a printed and signed reading list and a 4-page essay on a topic of their choice, inspired by a work of art from the 16th-20th centuries.
Recommended literature
  • HALL, J. Slovník námětů a symbolů ve výtvarném umění. Praha. 2008.
  • KALISTA, Z. Tvář baroka: poznámky, které zabloudily na okraj života, skicář problémů a odpovědí. Praha, 2005.
  • Kol. autorů:. Dějiny českého výtvarného umění III / 1-2. 1780-1890.. Praha, 2001.
  • Kol.autorů. Dějiny českého výtvarného umění IV/1-2,1890-1938. Praha, 1998.
  • MACEK, P. - BIEGEL, R. - BachtÍK, J. (eds,). Barokní architektura v Čechách. Praha. 2015.
  • MALÝ, T. ? SUCHÁNEK, P. Obrazy očistce: studie o barokní imaginaci. Brno. 2013.
  • PREISS, P. Boje s dvouhlavou saní. František Antonín Špork a barokní kultura v Čechách. Praha. 1981.
  • PREISS, P. Panoráma manýrismu. Kapitoly o umění a kultuře 16. století. Praha. 1974.
  • René Huyghe ( ed.). Encyklopedie umění renesance a baroku. Umění a lidstvo. Larousse.. Praha, 1970.
  • René Huyghe (ed.). Encyklopedie umění nové doby. Praha, 1974.
  • René Huyghe (ed.). Encyklopedie umění středověku. Umění a lidstvo. Larousse.. Praha, 1969.
  • ROYT, J. Zahrada mariánská. Mariánská úcta ve výtvarném umění od středověku do 20. století. Kašperské Hory. 2000.
  • ROYT, Jan. Obraz a kult v Čechách v 17. a 18. století. Praha, 1999.
  • SAVICKÝ, N. Renesance jako změna kódu: o komunikaci slovem a obrazem v italském rinascimentu. Praha. 1998.
  • ŠAMÁNKOVÁ, E. Architektura české renesance. Praha. 1961.
  • ŠVÁCHA, R. Od moderny k funkcionalismu: Proměny pražské architektury 1. poloviny 20. století. Praha. 1994.
  • Vít Vlnas (ed.). Sláva barokní Čechie. Umění, kultura a společnost 17. a 18. století.. Praha: NG, 2001.
  • WITTLICH, P. Česká secese. Praha. 1982.
  • WITTLICH, P. Sochařství české secese. Praha. 2000.


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