Course detail

History of Architecture 2

FAST-BGA020Acad. year: 2022/2023

Knowledge of the Middle Ages architecture, from the ancient Christians, over the Byzantine and Islamic architecture, the Pre-Romanesque architecture, the Old Slavonic architecture, the European and the Czech Romanesque and Gothic architecture to the most outstanding Middle Ages building complexes; development of the art of construction 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

Ing. arch. Adam Guzdek, Ph.D.

Department

Ústav architektury (ARC)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Student will manage the goal of the subject, i.e. knowledge of the history of architecture, the ancient Christians, the Byzantine and Islamic architecture, the Pre-Romanesque architecture, the Romanesque architecture, the Gothic in foreign countries, the Gothic in the Czech lands.

Prerequisites

The course connects with the history of the Antiquity, partially applying the knowledge of the building construction courses.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Not applicable.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Not applicable.

Course curriculum

1. Architecture of the ancient Christians of the Eastern and Western Empires
2. Byzantine architecture, the Islamic architecture
3. Pre-Romanesque architecture from 6th to 10th century in the territory of France and Germany
4. Art of construction of the Great Moravian Slavs
5. Romanesque architecture – cultural and social background, technology, space, set of architectonic elements
6. Romanesque architecture – Italy, France, Germany
7. Romanesque architecture – Bohemia and Moravia
8. Gothic architecture – cultural and social background, technology, space, set of architectonic elements
9. Gothic architecture – France, England
10. Gothic architecture – Germany, Italy
11. Gothic architecture – Bohemia and Moravia I.
12. Gothic architecture - Bohemia and Moravia II.
13. The most outstanding Middle Ages building complexes in Bohemia and foreign countries.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

Knowledge of the history of architecture, the ancient Christians, the Byzantine and Islamic architecture, the Pre-Romanesque architecture, the Romanesque architecture, the Gothic in foreign countries, the Gothic in the Czech 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

BARTLOVÁ, Milena. Průvodce studiem dějin středověkého výtvarného umění. 3. vyd. Praha: UMPRUM, 2018. E-kniha, 347 s.
KOCH, Wilfried. Evropská architektura. Encyklopedie evropské architektury od antiky po současnost. 3. vyd. Praha: Euromedia Group – Knižní klub, 2012. 552 s. ISBN: 978-80-242-3657-5.
SYROVÝ, Bohuslav. Architektura – svědectví dob: přehled vývoje stavitelství a architektury. 3., dopl. vyd. Praha: Státní nakladatelství technické literatury, 1987.

Recommended reading

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BARTLOVÁ, Milena. Skutečná přítomnost. Středověký obraz mezi ikonou a virtuální realitou. 1. vyd. Praha: Argo, 2012. 407 s. ISBN: 978-80-257-0542-1.
CASSON, Hugh. Dějiny architektury. Praha: Odeon, 1993. ISBN 80-207-0185-0.
RALLS, Karen. Gothic Cathedrals: A Guide to the History, Places, Art, and Symbolism. Lake Worth, Florida: Ibis Press, 2015. ISBN 978-0892541737.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme BPC-APS Bachelor's 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Mgr. Markéta Žáčková, Ph.D.
Mgr. Michal Konečný, Ph.D.

Syllabus

1. Architecture of the ancient Christians of the Eastern and Western Empires
2. Byzantine architecture, the Islamic architecture
3. Pre-Romanesque architecture from 6th to 10th century in the territory of France and Germany
4. Art of construction of the Great Moravian Slavs
5. Romanesque architecture – cultural and social background, technology, space, set of architectonic elements
6. Romanesque architecture – Italy, France, Germany
7. Romanesque architecture – Bohemia and Moravia
8. Gothic architecture – cultural and social background, technology, space, set of architectonic elements
9. Gothic architecture – France, England
10. Gothic architecture – Germany, Italy
11. Gothic architecture – Bohemia and Moravia I.
12. Gothic architecture - Bohemia and Moravia II.
13. The most outstanding Middle Ages building complexes in Bohemia and foreign countries.