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Lecturer(s)
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Šenk Filip, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Štulc Josef, doc. PhDr.
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Course content
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1. An introduction to the theory and history of conservation (with a special attention payed to the Czech Lands and Central Europe). 2. - 4. The introduction to the theory and history of conservation (continuation). 5. Case studies concerning the selected illustrative conservation undertakings in the Czech Lands. 6. The methods and practice of investigation and archaeological survey of historic buildings, their listing and protection by law. in the Czech Republic. Conservation areas, conservation zones and buffer zones. 7. An introduction to the technology of conservation. 8. Urban conservation and new constructions within historic surroundings (historic development and current situation in Czechia). 9. Presentation, popularization and awarness rizing in monuments care (Czech Castles and Country Houses open to the public). 10. International collaboration in the field of conservation (charters, conventions, instruments and institutions). 11. Excursion I. - Conservation in practice and new buildings in historical surroundings (Hradčany and Lesser Quarter). 12. Excursion II. - continued (Old Town, parts of New Town). 13. Excursion III. - conservation technologies in practice.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Monological explanation (lecture, presentation,briefing)
- Class attendance
- 28 hours per semester
- Preparation for exam
- 28 hours per semester
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Learning outcomes
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Lectures provide an explanation of concepts and definitions of the systematics of monument care. They will present the historical development of society's relationship to cultural heritage and changes in the approach to the conservation of monuments, including the protection of urbanism and landscape. The cycle is concluded by an overview of international documents dealing with the protection of cultural heritage and their implementation. Topics overview: 1. Basic definition of monument and monument care; systematics of the field in terms of three main goals - knowledge, preservation, presentation of monuments 2. Monument as a deliberate monument - genesis and changes 3. Architectural and artistic monuments of the past and the development of society's relationship to them. The beginnings in Classical Antiquity - Roman Antiques, reflection artistic value, authenticity and restoration with ancient authors 4. The Middle Ages: Charlemagne, Alkuin and the Rescue of the Survivors of Ancient Education; Carolingian and Ottonian Renaissance; cult of human remains 5. Renaissance monument care. Individualism of artistic creation as the basis of consciousness of irreplaceability of artistic monuments. Study of the ruins of ancient Rome as inspiration for present-day works (Brunelleschi, Donatello, Albert, etc.). Development of collecting, restoring of antique statues 6. Aesthetic dogmatism and selective relationship to artistic heritage: admiration for antiquity and contempt for the art of the Middle Ages. Pragmatic relationship to inherited buildings; their remodeling according to the period style, interesting exceptions (Borromini, Hawksmoor, Santini) 7. 18th century: Enlightenment and its influence on the development of science and making basic education accessible. The Great French Revolution and the emergence of the system of monument care in France; the impact of the industrial revolution on environment. Romanticism and patriotism as factors of a positive relationship between society and history and monuments 8. 19th century: establishment of monument care in parallel with the rise of historicism in period architectural creation. Violet-le-Duc and stylish (purist) restoration versus John Ruskin and conservation with respect to the value of age. Examples Purism of the second half of 19th century 9. The onset of early modernism and the parallel birth of modern (modernist) monument care at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries - Camillo Boito, Georg Dehio, Alois Riegl and Max Dvořák. Developing artistic topographical literature. 10. Analytical-modernist method of restoration of monuments in the interwar period and its limits. Synthetic approach of Václav Wágner, his dispute with Zdeněk Wirth. Vincenc Kramář and Bohuslav Slánský - founders of the Czechoslovak restoration school. 11. World War II and post-war reconstructions (Coventry, Warsaw, Nuremberg, etc.). Gradual journey to contemporary methodological pluralism 12. Historical and monumental urbanism. The emergence of cities in our country; their composition and its disruption with the onset of the industrial revolution. Prague redevelopment in the 1890s. The "Za starou Prahu" club (1900) and its importance for the theory urbanistic protection in the 20th century. Proclamation of the first monument reserves in 1950. The current concept of protection of historic towns, villages and landscapes in the Czech Republic 13. International cooperation in monument care. Overview of international conventions and charters. The Venice Charter (1964) and the founding of ICOMOS (1965). The World Heritage Convention (1972). Monuments on the UNESCO list and problems of their protection.
To develop the ability of reflection and contextual thinking.
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Prerequisites
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Unspecified
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Presentation of acquired knowledge via paper
A classified examination
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Recommended literature
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Hlobil, I. Na základech konzervativní teorie české památkové péče. Praha, 2008.
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Štorm, V. Základy péče o stavební památky. Praha, 2007.
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Wagner, V. Umělecké dílo minulosti a jeho ochrana. Praha, 2005.
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