Course detail

History of Architecture III.

FAST-AG23Acad. year: 2011/2012

Survey of the history of the Modern Age ranging from the Italian Renaissance, its evolutionary stages and high representatives, over the transalpine Renaissance, the Renaissance in the Bohemian lands, the Italian Baroque, the French Baroque and the Classicism, the German and Austrian Baroque, the Baroque in Bohemia and Moravia to the greatest personalities working at that time in our territory. The development of the art of construction of the Modern Age in relation to the social and economic background and the stage of technological development.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

2

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. PhDr. Martin Horáček, Ph.D.

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Student will manage the goal of the subject, i.e. knowledge of the history of architecture, the Renaissance in Italy, the transalpine Renaissance, the Renaissance in the Bohemian lands, the Italian Baroque, the French Baroque and the Classicism, the Baroque in the Central Europe, the Baroque in the Bohemian lands.

Prerequisites

The subject connects with the history of Architecture – the Antiquity and the Middle Ages, partially applying the knowledge of the building construction subjects.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Not applicable.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Requirements for successful completion of the subject are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Course curriculum

1. Renaissance – cultural and social background, technology, space, set of architectonic elements
2. Italy – the Early Renaissance (Bruneleschi, Alberti, Sangallo sr., etc.)
3. Italy - the High Renaissance (Bramante, Rafael, Sangallo jr., Peruzzi, etc.), the Late Renaissance, the Mannerism (Michelangelo, Vignola, Paladio, etc.)
4. Renaissance ouside Italy – France, Spain and Portugal, the Netherlands, Germany
5. Renaissance in Bohemia and Moravia I.
6. Renaissance in Bohemia and Moravia II.
7. Baroque – cultural and social background, technology, space, set of architectonic elements, evolution
8. Italian Baroque I. (Maderna, Bernini)
9. Italian Baroque II. (Borromini, Guarini)
10. French Baroque and Classicism
11. Baroque in Germany and Austria
12. Baroque in Bohemia and Moravia
13. The most outstanding representatives of the Bohemian Baroque (the Dientzenhofers, Kaňka, Santini, etc.)

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

Knowledge of the history of architecture, the Renaissance in Italy, the transalpine Renaissance, the Renaissance in the Bohemian lands, the Italian Baroque, the French Baroque and the Classicism, the Baroque in the Central Europe, the Baroque in the Bohemian lands.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Haas, F.: Vývoj architektury a umění v novověku. ES VUT Brno, 1987. (CS)
Kratochvíl Petr a kol.: Velké dějiny zemí Koruny české: Architektura. Paseka, 2009. 9788074320019. (CS)
Raeburn, M.: Dějiny architektury. Odeon Praha, 1993. 80-207-0185-0. (CS)
Syrový, B.: Architektura - svědectví dob. SNTL Praha, 1987. (CS)

Recommended reading

Pijoan, J.: Dějiny umění. Euromedia Praha, 2000. (CS)

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme B-P-C-APS Bachelor's

    branch APS , 2 year of study, summer semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. PhDr. Martin Horáček, Ph.D.