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Lecturer(s)
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Svoboda Milan, doc. PhDr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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The subject presents the beginning and development of book creation from the end of the 15th century to the beginning of the 19th century. It focuses on the explanation of the terminology of typography and bookbinding. Problems with financing the prints, their technical processing as well as the social impact of the increased reproduction of information are demonstrated on examples of selected printers. Students are introduced to valuable spiritual records of book culture from Renaissance to Classicism preserved in Czech libraries with the focus on old and precious prints in the museum and libraries in Liberec. Old prints are also presented as useful multilateral sources. 01) Thousand years of book in Czech lands - introduction 02) Book and its parts - terminology and definition 03) Predecessors of printed book: handwriting and its development 04) Written material and its variations 05) Forms of book and its description 06) Placing of book (libraries, museums, archives, private collections 07) Book as a source of historian 08) Reader as a recipient and creator 09) Book as instrument of fixation of memory, presentation of author and owner 10) Book as cultural phenomenon 11) Relations towards books in "folk" environment 12) Bibliophilism and bibliophoby - past and present of affinity of readers to books 13) Example of creation memorial volumes, scripts, books 14) Summary of course
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Monological explanation (lecture, presentation,briefing), Self-study (text study, reading, problematic tasks, practical tasks, experiments, research, written assignments), Project teaching
- Home preparation for classes
- 16 hours per semester
- Class attendance
- 28 hours per semester
- Preparation for credit
- 16 hours per semester
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Learning outcomes
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The subject presents the beginning and development of book creation from the end of the 15th century to the beginning of the 19th century. It focuses on the explanation of the terminology of typography and bookbinding. Problems with financing the prints, their technical processing as well as the social impact of the increased reproduction of information are demonstrated on examples of selected printers. Students are introduced to valuable spiritual records of book culture from Renaissance to Classicism preserved in Czech libraries with the focus on old and precious prints in the museum and libraries in Liberec. Old prints are also presented as useful multilateral sources.
Students will learn the origins and evolution of Czech book design from the late 15th the early 19th century, bookbinding and printing legacy terminology in the creation and processing of books and crafts as a specific field.
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Prerequisites
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Fulfilment of previous study obligations, knowledge of Czech history, culture and history.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Student's performance analysis
Active attendance on discussions (lessons); fulfilment of homework; passing a test successfully; study of recommended literature
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Recommended literature
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Voit, P. Encyklopedie knihy. Praha, 2006.
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