Course: Exploring Historic Buildings

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Course title Exploring Historic Buildings
Course code KAR/PHSX
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Tutorial
Level of course Master
Year of study 1
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Gabriel František, Doc. PhDr. Ph.D.
  • Anderle Jan, Ing.
Course content
Village in the Middle Age and in the Early Modern Age, Middle Age town, rural house, church, monastery, castle, stronghold, chateau - structure and historic transformation of the dwelling area, agricultural and manufacturing buildings.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, Practicum
  • Practical training (number of hours) - 13 hours per semester
  • Contact hours - 26 hours per semester
  • Individual project (40) - 40 hours per semester
  • Preparation for an examination (30-60) - 50 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
To characterize individual prehistoric, medieval and modern periods
To summarize the importance of archaeology for understanding the past
Skills
To understand a scientific text in English/German
To use adequate terminology in Czech
To understand a scientifically-structured lecture
learning outcomes
Knowledge
To summarize building-related issues such as typology, function and historical transformations of features within individual kinds of buildings (e.g. village house, townhouse, sacral architecture, noble house, economic and production facilities)
To outline historical development of urbanism
Skills
To identify and describe basic development phases of chosen feature types
To formulate topics for a discussion based on their own interest in a specific field
teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecture
Practicum
assessment methods
Written exam
Project
Recommended literature
  • Durdík, Tomáš. Encyklopedie českých hradů. Praha : Libri, 1995. ISBN 80-901579-8-X.
  • Herout, Jaroslav. Staletí kolem nás : přehled stavebních slohů. Praha : Paseka, 2002. ISBN 80-7185-389-5.
  • Hoffmann, František. České město ve středověku : život a dědictví. Praha : Panorama, 1992. ISBN 80-7038-182-5.
  • Klápště, Jan. Proměna českých zemí ve středověku. Vyd. 1. Praha : Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, 2005. ISBN 80-7106-175-1.
  • Menclová, Dobroslava. České hrady. Praha : Odeon, 1976.
  • Škabrada, Jiří. Konstrukce historických staveb. Praha : Argo, 2003. ISBN 80-7203-548-7.
  • Škabrada, Jiří. Lidové stavby : architektura českého venkova. 1. vyd. Praha : Argo, 1999. ISBN 80-7203-082-5.
  • Vlček, Pavel; Foltýn, Dušan; Sommer, Petr. Encyklopedie českých klášterů. Praha : Libri, 1997. ISBN 80-85983-17-6.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Archaelogy (16-4) Category: History courses 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer