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Lecturer(s)
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Šedivý Miroslav, prof. PhDr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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1. Introduction 2. The Revolutions of 1789-1848 3. Napoleon I and Europe 4. German Nationalism 5. The Rhine Crisis (1840) 6. The Eastern Question 7. Europe and Overseas 8. The Italian Question 9. Bohemia in the Habsburg Monarchy 10. Belle époque and Word War I
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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- Contact teaching
- 26 hours per semester
- Home preparation for classes
- 40 hours per semester
- Preparation for an exam
- 84 hours per semester
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Learning outcomes
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This seminar wants to provide the students with the artistic context for the period going from the late 18th century to the First World War and explain the impact of political, social and economic processes in Europe as well as in other parts of the World on the evolution of the fine arts and, simultaneously, how the artists interpreted these processes in their artworks.
The ability to understand the relationship between the history of society and the history of art in modern times; the ability to interpret history through works of art.
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Prerequisites
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Ability to understand a lecture in English.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Oral examination
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Recommended literature
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Blanning T.C.W. The Nineteenth Century. Oxford. 2000.
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Eisenman, S. F. Nineteenth Century Art: A Critical History. New York. 2011.
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Osterhammel, J. Die Verwandlung der Welt: Eine Geschichte des 19. Jahrhunderts. München. 2009.
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Rapport, M. Nineteenth-Century Europe. London. 2005.
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