Course detail

Architecture of 19th Century

FA-A19-TAcad. year: 2020/2021

The lecture is accompanied with practical samples (digitalised copies of project documentation, photographs of structures, reproduction of architect's drawings etc.) to provide a comprehensive overview of European architecture during 1780-1914. The lectures focus on typological scale of structures, and their individual design, on building materials and structures, and on the artistic usage of their potential. The differences between particular European countries are observed; in the Czech Lands, the differences between town centres and rural municipalities are identified.
In the study programme “Architecture and urban design” the course is part of the theoretical courses.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

1

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

prof. PhDr. Pavel Šopák, Ph.D.

Department

Department of Theory (UT)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

– Students will learn about the types of structures in European architecture of the 19th century.
– Students will familiarize themselves with the materials used on the structures of the 19th century.
– Students will familiarize themselves with the structural systems used in the 19th century structures.
– Students will be able to evaluate the meaning of a particular type of structure in a specific historical and social situation.

Prerequisites

Not applicable.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

The cycle of lecture presents the thematically arranged topics that are accompanied by visual material (photographs, drawings, reproductions of models and maquettes, written documents of the time).

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

The assessment is based on a written test; the minimum pass is 60 %.

Course curriculum

1. Characteristics of the 19th century: periodisation of architecture, the importance of school centres; magazines, publications; history of fine art and its influence on architecture
2. Sacred architecture – town and countryside church; monasteries and their modifications
3. Public buildings 1 – architecture of administrative buildings, governmental and parliament buildings, courthouses
4. Public buildings 2 – architecture of schools; nursery, primary, and town schools, Realschulen, grammar schools, universities and campuses of apprentice schools
5. Public buildings 3 – social charity institutions; hospitals, psychiatric hospital and spa buildings
6. Public buildings 4 – culture and arts: theatres, museums, cinemas, galleries and picture galleries, lapidaries, exhibition centres, trade fair centres, and the grounds of the world and regional exhibition centres
7. Public buildings 5 – transportation structures: railways, train station buildings and metro
8. Residential buildings 1 – residential architecture: chateau and palace
9. Residential buildings 2 – town house and tenement building
10. Residential buildings 3 – house and villa
11. Industrial architecture of the 19th century – types of factories, production estates and their visual aspects
12. Sepulchral architecture and plastic art – tombstones and their types, cemeteries and their dispositions, tombs
13. Architecture of Czech and Moravian countryside in the 19th century: the influence of industrialisation and urbanisation on countryside structures

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The course aims to provide the knowledge of architect´s work during the dynamic 19th century, i.e. between 1780-1914; to identify the characteristics of architectural works from this epoque in terms of typology, structure and materials.

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

Students must attend 80 % of the instruction.
In the case of a student's apology and with approval of the subject guarantor, personal attendance may be substituted with online attendance in the classes.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

FRAMPTON, Kenneth. Moderní architektura. Kritické dějiny. Praha: Academia, 2004. ISBN 80-20012-61-3 (CS)
MIGNOT, Claude. Die Architektur des XIX. Jahrhunderts. Stuttgart: DVA, 1983. ISBN 10-38228-91-27 (DE)
ZEITLER, Rudolf. Die Kunst der XIX. Jahrhundert. Berlin: Propyläen Verlag, 1990. ISBN 978-35490-511-15 (DE)

Recommended reading

BENEŠOVÁ, Marie. Česká architektura v proměnách dvou století. Praha: SPN, 1984;. (CS)
MORAVÁNSZKY, Ákos. Die Architektur der Donaumonarchie. Budapest: Corvina Kiadó, 1988. ISBN 3-433-02037-X (DE)
MUTHESIUS, Hermann. Stilaarchitektur und Baukunst. Wandlungen der Arhcitektur im XIX. Jahrhundert. Mühlheim-Ruhr: K. Schimmelpfeng Verlag, 1902. (DE)
NERDINGEN Winfried, PHILIPP Klaus Jan, SCHWARZ Hans-Peter. Revolutionsarchitektur. Ein Aspekt der europäischen Architektur um 1800. München: Hirmer Verlag, 1990. ISBN 3-7774-5200-9 (DE)
PRAHL, Roman a kolektiv. Umění náhrobku v českých zemích 1780-1830. Praha: Academia, 2004. ISBN 80-200-1188-9 (CS)
SCHÄDLICH, Christian. Das Eisen: in der Architektur des 19. Jahrhunderts. Aachen: Geymüller Verlag für Architektur , 2015. ISBN 978-39431-640-53 (DE)
ŠOPÁK, Pavel. Století proměny. Devatenácté století ve stavební kultuře českého Slezska a Ostravska. Opava: Slezské zemské muzeum, 2018. ISBN 978-80-87789-54-4 (CS)
WAISSENBERGER, Robert. Wiener Nutzbauten des 19. Jahrhunderts als Beispiele zukunftweisenden Bauens. Wien - München, 1977. ISBN 3-7141-6789-7 (DE)
ZATLOUKAL, Pavel. Brněnská architektura 1815-1915. Průvodce. Brno: Obecní dům, 2006. 248 s. ISBN 80-23977-45-8 (CS)
ZATLOUKAL, Pavel. Příběhy z dlouhého století. Architektur let 1750-1918 na Moravě a ve Slezsku. Olomouc: Muzeum umění, 2002. ISBN 80-85227-49 (DE)

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme N_A+U Master's 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional