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Architecture of 17th Century
FA-A17-TAcad. year: 2021/2022
This cycle of lectures on the European architecture of the 17th century will acquaint the students to the early and late Baroque and Classicist architecture in Italy, Spain, France, England, Germany, Austria and the Czech Lands. Students will learn the broader cultural and historical context and basic information about the most important architects, architectural practice, the most important structures and theoretical publications. The course includes three excursions (to the Baroque chateaus and urbanism).
In the study programme “Architecture and urban design” the course is part of the theoretical courses.
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Learning outcomes of the course unit
– Students will learn about the beginnings of Italian Baroque architecture and its spread throughout the whole Europe.
– Students will be able to identify the style of most Baroque structures and to analyse the broader context of Baroque architecture.
– Students will be informed of the most important architects and structures of the European Baroque.
– Students will learn to orient in the most important architectural publications and will be able to describe their influence on the subsequent architecture.
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2. Roman architecture of Seicento (the successors of Michelangelo – Vignola, della Porta, Fontana)
3. Roman architecture of the late Baroque and Accademia di San Luca (Bernini, Borromini, Cortona)
4. Italian architecture of Seicento (Savoy, Veneto, Lucca, Naples and Sicily)
5. Baroque architecture in Spain, Belgium, Portugal and South America (Carbonel, Churriguera)
6. Classicist architecture and urban design in France (de Brosse, Mansart, Le Vau, Mansart)
7. Classicist architecture in England (Jones, Wren, Vanbrugh, Hawksmoor)
8. Baroque architecture in the Habsburg monarchy (Pomis, Tencalla, Fischer von Erlach, Hildebrandt)
9. Early Baroque architecture in Bohemia (Italian architects Filippi, Carrati, Lurago, Mathey)
10. Early Baroque architecture in Moravia (Pieroni, Carlone, Tencalla, Erna)
11. Excursion – early Baroque monuments in the city of Brno
12. Excursion – Valtice Chateau
13. Excursion – town conservation area, the chateau and the gardens in Kroměříž
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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.
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Basic literature
KRSEK, Ivo, KUDĚLKA, Zdeněk, STEHLÍK, Miloš, VÁLKA, Josef. Umění baroka na Moravě a ve Slezsku. Praha: Academia, 1996. ISBN 80-200-0540-4. (CS)
MACEK, Petr, BIEGL, Richard, BACHTÍK, Jakub (eds). Barokní architektura v Čechách. Praha: Nakladatelství Karolinum, 2015. ISBN 978-80-246-2736-6 (CS)
PREISS, Pavel. Italští umělci v Praze. Praha: Panorama, 1986. (CS)
PREISS, Pavel. Italští umělci v Praze. Praha: Panorama, 1986. (CS)
PREISS, Pavel. Panoráma manýrismu. Kapitoly o umění a kultuře 16. století. Praha: Odeon, 1974. (CS)
TOMAN, Rolf. Baroko. Architektura, plastika, malířství. Praha: Slovart, 2007. ISBN 978-80-7209-771-5 (CS)
VLČEK, Pavel. Dějiny architektury renesance a baroka. Praha: Česká technika - nakladatelství ČVUT, 2006. ISBN 80-01-03407-0. (CS)
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Classification of course in study plans
- Programme N_A+U Master's 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional