Course: History of Art 1

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Course title History of Art 1
Course code KTD/DUM1
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 5
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
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Sloupová Andrea, PhDr. Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Introduction to the Course: From Prehistoric Origins to the Civilizations of Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia. The Development of Visual Language and Symbolic Systems in the Earliest Cultures. 2. Art of the Aegean Region and Ancient Greece: From Minoan Aesthetics to the Ideal of Classical Harmony and the Dramatic Expression of Hellenism. 3. Art of Ancient Rome: from the Etruscan funerary tradition to the visual propaganda of the empire. 4. Early Christian and Byzantine art, Pre-Romanesque and Romanesque Europe: the transformation of the ancient heritage into a medieval visual language. 5. Great Moravia and Romanesque art in the Czech lands: local traditions between the Byzantine and Western cultural spheres. 6. Gothic art in Europe: spiritual symbolism of the High Middle Ages. 7. The Czech lands as a center of Central European Gothic art. 8. The emergence and development of the Renaissance in Italy: a shift in the conception of humanity and space. 9. The Renaissance and Mannerism in the Alps and the Czech Lands: the transmission of ideals, regional adaptations, and court culture. 10. Baroque, Baroque Classicism, and Rococo in Europe. 11. The Baroque in the Czech Lands. 12. Neoclassicism and Empire style, Romanticism: from a return to antiquity to the discovery of subjectivity and nature. 13. Realism: the objectification of reality and social analysis of the modern world.

Learning activities and teaching methods
E-learning, Discussion, Multimedia supported teaching, Students' self-study, Self-study of literature, Lecture, Lecture with visual aids
  • Contact hours - 52 hours per semester
  • Preparation for an examination (30-60) - 60 hours per semester
  • Undergraduate study programme term essay (20-40) - 20 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
to demonstrate basic knowledge of general history and art history at the level of general secondary education
Skills
to verify subject facts to work with sources, to infer conclusions from the premises to apply general information to her/his own creation and the real socio-cultural context
Competences
N/A
take decisions individually and responsibly, on the basis of a framework contract comprehensibly and convincingly communicate to experts and laymen information about the nature of professional problems and their own opinion on their solution, to acquire further professional knowledge, skills and competencies on the basis
learning outcomes
Knowledge
to describe and briefly define the gradual evolution of art
to characterize historical artistic canons
to classify a work of art, according to the origin and style.
to enumerate major centers of development of particular styles, name principal representatives of various art branches
to explain the role of artist or artisan, their position in the process of art piece development
structural model of art
a magical, mythical, realistic, reflexive, modernist and postmodernistic semiological model of art
Skills
to identify and classify the elements used in various periods and styles
to classify a work of art, according to the origin and style
to evaluate the historical development of the relationship between the contracting authority, the artist and the social impact of the work
to assess the impact of technological progress on the development of art
roughly assess the relation between art and semiology
to apply historical knowledge to the current situation and to her/his own creation
Competences
N/A
independently and responsibly, decides in new or changing contexts or in a fundamentally evolving environment, taking into account the wider social implications of their decision-making comprehensibly and convincingly inform their experts and the wider public about their own professional opinions
teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecture
Lecture with visual aids
Multimedia supported teaching
E-learning
Skills
Discussion
Self-study of literature
Seminar
Competences
Self-study of literature
Lecture with visual aids
assessment methods
Knowledge
Test
Individual presentation at a seminar
Combined exam
Skills
Seminar work
Competences
Individual presentation at a seminar
Oral exam
Recommended literature
  • On-line katalogy knihoven.
  • Gombrich, E. H. Příběh umění. Praha: Mladá fronta, 2001. ISBN 80-7203-143-0.
  • Hall, James. Slovník námětů a symbolů ve výtvarném umění. Praha: Mladá fronta, 1991. ISBN 80-204-0205-5.
  • Herout, Jaroslav. Staletí kolem nás : přehled stavebních slohů. Praha: Paseka, 2002. ISBN 80-7185-389-5.
  • MRÁZ, Bohumír. Dějiny výtvarné kultury 1-3. .
  • Syrový, Bohuslav. Architektura - svědectví dob : Přehled vývoje stavitelství a architektury. Praha: SNTL - nakladatelství technické literatury, 1974.
  • ŠVÁCHA, Rostislav et al. Dějiny umění v českých zemích 800-2000. Arbor vitae, 2017. ISBN 978-80-88283-02-7.


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