Course: History of Art and Architecture 2

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Course title History of Art and Architecture 2
Course code KDA/DUA2
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements Course does not contain work placement
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Šenk Filip, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
The course will consider selected topics, e.g. the relationship between early medieval visuality and contemporary spiritual practice (Romanic mosaics and departure from the antique tradition. Byzantine art in relation to iconoclasm.) The gradual transformation of religious images, comparison between an icon and a modern painting as a model of different types of representations (icon vs. portrait; the religious scenario on the path from the symbol to capturing particular time and space variable situations). The course will be also focused on the concept of the artist (workshop, studio vs. personal autograph, anonymity, signature, additional names). The concept of originality and original works - imitation, variants, replicas, copies, the role of technological manuals, sketchbooks and recipes. The artistic (or aesthetic) nature of art works and other functions of art: e.g. representational, magical (cult, religious), communication (information). The role of church building where sculpture and painting were integrated with architecture to create a ?multi-media? environment for communal and personal devotion.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monological explanation (lecture, presentation,briefing)
  • Preparation for exam - 16 hours per semester
  • Semestral paper - 16 hours per semester
  • Class attendance - 28 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The course continues with an overview presentation of historical periods, it is focused on the Middle Ages and especially Renaissance art in Italy. Architecture and works of art are presented in the context of fundamental social changes and themes of the time, specifically from the rediscovery of the individual personality to the period codes of image reading. Attention is focused on basic personalities such as Gioto, Filippo Brunelleschi, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Rafael or Andrea Palladio, as well as on places such as Florence, Venice or Rome in their period changes. Topics: 1. Romanesque architecture 2. Gothic architecture 3. Gothic sculpture and painting 4. Florence before the Renaissance and the Medici family 5. Early Renaissance: Brunelleschi, Masaccio, Donatello 6. Florence during the High Renaissance 7. Leon Battista Alberti 8. Urbino and Piero della Francesca 9. Rome and the papacy during the Renaissance 10. Venice and Andrea Palladio 11. Michelangelo 12. Leonardo da Vinci 13. Rafael 14. Venetian painting during the Renaissance
To develop the ability of reflection and contextual thinking. To grasp knowledge of relations of visual art and architecture of that period of time.
Prerequisites
Unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Presentation of acquired knowledge via paper

Examination: written test
Recommended literature
  • Ackerman, J. Palladio. London, 1991.
  • Alberti, J.B.:. Deset knih o stavitelství. SNTL Praha, 1956.
  • Baxandall, M. Painting adn Experience in Fifteeth-Century Italy. London, 1988.
  • Belting, H. Florence and Baghdad. Penguin Books, 2011.
  • Burke, P.:. Italská renesance: kultura a společnost v Itálii. Praha, 1996. ISBN 80-204-0589-5.
  • Eco, U. Dějiny krásy. Praha: Agro, 2005.
  • Forcellino, A. Michelangelo. Praha Vyšehrad, 2012.
  • Francastel, P. Figura a místo. Praha Odeon, 1984.
  • Francastel, P. Malířství a společnost. Brno, 2003.
  • Gombrich, E.H. Příběh umění. Praha Mladá fronta Argo, 1998. ISBN 80-204-0685-9.
  • Isaacson, W. Leonardo da Vinci. Praha Eastone Books, 2018.
  • Palladio, A. Čtyři knihy o architektuře. Praha, 1958.
  • Toman, R. Umění italské renesance: Architektura, sochařství, malířství, kresba. Slovart: Praha, 1996.


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 Architecture Study plan (Version): Architecture (1) Category: Architecture 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Architecture Study plan (Version): Environmental Design (20) Category: Art and applied art 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer