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Course: History of Modern Architecture

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Course title History of Modern Architecture
Course code UHV/DEMAR
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 2
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
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
Historisms and architecture of the 19th century. Art Nouveau. Modernism. Czech architectonic Cubism. Art Déco. Neo-Classicism. Purism, Poetism and Functionalism. So-called "International style". Socialist-Realist architecture (Sorela). Brussels style.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Projection
Learning outcomes
The aim of this course is to introduce the outline of the main stylistic periods of modern architecture in the Czech countries from the first half of the 19th till the end of the 20th century. The development of theoretical thinking about the period is stressed; and the ideological background of architectural works and the joining of Czech architectural/cultural modes in a European context is centralized. Student will acquire a basic orientation in the history of Czech and European modern architecture and learn about the origin of specific architectonic works and about the context of thought together with the social-political context.
Students will learn how to recognize the main architectonic movements in the Czech lands from 1850 up to the end of 20 century.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Written examination, Home assignment evaluation, Discussion

Credit is dependent upon presentation of a seminar paper on an assigned topic, passing the final picture-recognition test, and a final oral examination based on the knowledge of the literature and the subject.
Recommended literature
  • BENEŠOVÁ, M. Česká architektura v proměnách dvou staletí. Praha: SPN, 1984.
  • FRAMPTON, K. Moderní architektura: kritické dějiny. Praha: Academia, 2004.
  • HAAS, F. Architektura 20. století. Praha: SNTL, 1980.
  • Kol. aut. Dějiny českého výtvarného umění III / 1, 2. 1780/1890. Praha: Academia, 2001.
  • Kol. aut. Dějiny českého výtvarného umění IV/1, 2. 1890/1938. Praha: Academia, 1998.
  • LUKEŠ, Z. Architektura 20. století. Praha: Pražský hrad, 2001.
  • PECHAR, J.; URLICH, P. Programy české architektury. Praha: SNTL, 1981.
  • ŠLAPETA, V. a kol. Jan Kotěra 1871-1923. Praha: Obecní dům, 2001.
  • ŠVÁCHA, R. Lomené, hranaté a obloukové tvary: Česká kubistická architektura 1911-1923. Praha: Gallery, 2001.
  • ŠVÁCHA, R. Od moderny k funkcionalismu. Praha, 1994.
  • VYBÍRAL, J. Česká architektura na prahu moderní doby. Devatenáct esejů o devatenáctém století. Praha: Argo, 2002.
  • WITTLICH, P. Česká secese. Praha, 1982.


Study plans that include the course
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Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Study plan (Version): German for Business (2014) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Study plan (Version): German for Business (2016) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Study plan (Version): Religious Studies (2013) Category: Philosophy, theology - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Study plan (Version): Humanities (2013) Category: Philosophy, theology - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Study plan (Version): Social Anthropology (2013) Category: Social sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Study plan (Version): Historical and Literary Studies (2013) Category: History courses - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Study plan (Version): Historical and Literary Studies (2015) Category: History courses - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Study plan (Version): Protection of Historical Heritage and Archeology (2012) Category: History courses - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Study plan (Version): Religious Studies (2015) Category: Philosophy, theology - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Study plan (Version): Slavonic Studies of the European Union (2015) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Study plan (Version): English for Business (2015) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Study plan (Version): Cultural History (2013) Category: History courses 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Study plan (Version): Philosophy (2015) Category: Philosophy, theology - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Study plan (Version): English for Education (2013) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Study plan (Version): English for Business (2016) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Study plan (Version): Humanities (2016) Category: Philosophy, theology - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Study plan (Version): Philosophy (2013) Category: Philosophy, theology - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Study plan (Version): History (2013) Category: History courses - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Study plan (Version): Slavonic Studies of the European Union (2013) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Study plan (Version): English for Education (2013) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Study plan (Version): Historical and Literary Studies (2013) Category: History courses - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Study plan (Version): Protection of Historical Heritage and Archeology (2013) Category: History courses - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Study plan (Version): German for Business (2013) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Study plan (Version): History (2013) Category: History courses - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Study plan (Version): Slavonic Studies of the European Union (2013) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Study plan (Version): Social Anthropology (2015) Category: Social sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Study plan (Version): Slavonic Studies of the European Union (2013) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer
University of Pardubice, date of update: 03.11.2024 23:50. Data created for academic year 2016/2017