Course: History of Art I

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Course title History of Art I
Course code UHV/DUM1
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 2
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 3
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.
  • Hrubý Vladimír, doc. PhDr.
Course content
Outline of the plastic arts and their basic characteristics; graphic and plastic methods. Primeval art. Egyptian art and the art of South American civilizations (America before Columbus, Mexico, Peru). The period before Hellenism. Greek and Roman art - architecture (column arrangement), sculpture, and painting. Early Christian and Byzantium art. Pre-Roman and Carolinian art. Roman art in southern and western Europe - architecture, sculpture, painting, artistic craft. Roman art in Bohemia and Moravia - architecture, sculpture, mural and book painting. Gothic - time definition, style characteristics, art of the Middle Ages, and aesthetics. Gothic art in southern and western Europe - architecture, sculpture, painting, artistic craft. Gothic in Bohemia and Moravia - architecture, sculpture, painting, artistic craft. Art and culture during the reign of Charles IV.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Monitoring, Projection
Learning outcomes
The aim of this course is to introduce the problem of individual plastic arts and painting (architecture, sculpture, painting, drawing and graphics, arts and crafts). During individual lessons, the basic outline of art from ancient times to the period of the late Middle Ages and Renaissance will be introduced to the students.
The students will acquire a basic orientation in the problems of plastic arts history, and will become familiar with the chronological outline and stylistic attributes of individual styles.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Written examination, Home assignment evaluation

Credit is dependent upon passing the final oral examination, where the student is expected to demonstrate an understanding of the subject matter and the recommended literature.
Recommended literature
  • BALEKA, J. Výtvarné umění: výkladový slovník (malířství, sochařství, grafika). Praha: Academia, 1997.
  • BLAŽÍČEK, O. J.; KROPÁČEK, J. Slovník pojmů z dějin umění. Názvosloví a tvarosloví architektury, sochařství, malby a užitého umění. Praha, 1991.
  • CENNINNI, C. Kniha o umění středověku. Praha: V. Žikeš, 1946.
  • GOMBRICH, E. H. Příběh umění. Praha, 1992.
  • HALL, J. Slovník námětů a symbolů ve výtvarném umění. Praha: Mladá Fronta, 1991.
  • HEROUT, J. Staletí kolem nás. Přehled stavebních slohů.. Praha, 2001.
  • KOCH, W. Evropská architektura. Praha: Ikar, 1998.
  • Kol. autorů. Dějiny českého výtvarného umění I / 1-2. Od počátku do konce středověku. Praha, 1984.
  • LURKER, M. Slovník biblických obrazů a symbolů. Praha: Vyšehrad, 1999.
  • MERHAUTOVÁ, A.; TŘEŠTÍK, D. Románské umění v Čechách. Praha: Odeon, 1983.
  • PAUSANIAS. Cesta po Řecku I - II. Praha, 1973.
  • PETRÁŇ, J. Dějiny hmotné kultury I - II. Praha, 1985.
  • RAEBURN, M. a kol. Dějiny architektury. Praha: Odeon, 1993.
  • SEKUNDUS, G. P. O umění a umělcích. Praha, 1941.
  • SPUNAR, P. Kultura českého středověku. Praha, 1987.
  • TOMAN, R. (ed.). Gotika: architektura - plastika - malířství.. Praha: Slovart, 2000.
  • TOMAN, R. (ed.). Románské umění: architektura - plastika - malířství. Praha: Slovart, 2006.
  • VITRUVIUS. Deset knih o architektuře. Praha: Svoboda, 1979.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Study plan (Version): Historical and Literary Studies (2015) Category: History courses 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Study plan (Version): Humanities (2016) Category: Philosophy, theology 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Study plan (Version): Slavonic Studies of the European Union (2013) Category: Philological sciences 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Study plan (Version): Slavonic Studies of the European Union (2015) Category: Philological sciences 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Study plan (Version): Historical and Literary Studies (2013) Category: History courses 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Study plan (Version): Humanities (2013) Category: Philosophy, theology 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Study plan (Version): Slavonic Studies of the European Union (2013) Category: Philological sciences 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Study plan (Version): History (2013) Category: History courses 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Study plan (Version): History (2013) Category: History courses 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Study plan (Version): Cultural History (2013) Category: History courses 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Study plan (Version): Slavonic Studies of the European Union (2013) Category: Philological sciences 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter