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– Students will familiarize themselves with the cultural and historical context of the 18th century.
– Students will learn about the late Baroque, Rococo and Classicist architecture and its spread throughout the whole Europe.
– Students will be able to identify the style of most 18th century structures and to analyse the broader context of stylistic pluralism on the verge of Baroque, Rococo and Classicism.
– Students will be informed of the most important architects and structures of the European 18th century.
– 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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The Architecture of the 18th century - Baroque cycle will be presented as lectures accompanied by Powerpoint slides. Apart from the lectures, the course consists of the discussions about the assigned texts and individual works that should engage the students in the presented topics. The course includes three excursions where the students will present their papers and practically apply the acquired knowledge in the analysis of architecture, terminology, and in dating of individual structures.

The assessment will be based on the participation during the lectures, on the contribution to the discussions during the lectures, and namely on the presentation of the paper during the excursions when the active participation in art and historical interpretation of historic architecture will be assessed.

1. Introduction to the European cultural history of the 18th century
2. French architecture of the first half of the 18th century (Pineau, Bofrand, Blondel, Briseux)
3. French architecture of the second half of the 18th century and Revolution Classicism
4. Italian architecture of Settecento (Juvara, Vanvitelli, Fuga, Raguzzini, Gallilei, Vaccarini)
5. Architecture of the first half of the 18th century in Germany (Schlüter, Tessin, Neumann, Pöppelmann, Schlaun)
6. Architecture of the second half of the 18th century in Germany (Bavarian and Prussian Rococo, Wörlitz)
7. Architecture of late Baroque in the Habsburg monarchy (Fischer, Hildebrandt, Martinelli)
8. Architecture of Classicism in the Habsburg monarchy (Ospel, Fischer, Pacassi, Ganeval, Hetzendorf)
9. Czech late Baroque architecture (Dietzenhofers, Santini, Kaňka)
10. Czech and Moravian architecture of Rococo and Classicism of the 18th century (Lurago, Wirch, Grimm)
11. Excursion – the chateau in Vranov nad Dyjí, Uherčice and Znojmo
12. Excursion – Baroque palaces in Vienna
13. Excursion – the chateau in Rájec nad Svitavou and the Grimm´s collection of plans

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The lectures present the theoretical framework and the form of the Baroque, Rococo and Classicist architecture which had significantly influenced the subsequent development of architecture until the beginning of the 19th century (reflected in the forms of the 19th century “Neo-styles”). Students will familiarize themselves with the basic concepts, terminology, names, and the most important structures of the European Baroque, Rococo and Classicism.

Students will regularly participate in most of the lectures and should actively engage in the discussions; they will take part in the obligatory excursions where they will interpret the paper on the previously assigned topic. Absence from the lectures and namely from the excursions can be excused only for serious reasons.
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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KROUPA, Jiří. V zrcadle stínů. Morava v době baroka 1670-1790. Brno: Moravská galerie 2002. ISBN 80-7027-121-3. (CS)
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)
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)
VLČEK, Pavel. Dějiny architektury renesance a baroka. Praha: Česká technika - nakladatelství ČVUT, 2006. ISBN 80-01-03407-0. (CS)

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