Course detail

History of the Fine Arts

FAST-AG026Acad. year: 2023/2024

Rough survey of the history of arts from the pre-historic age to the late 20th century. The subject is to explain the common ideological background of the arts disciplines and the architecture, their mutual influence and completion.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

2

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Mgr. Markéta Žáčková, Ph.D.

Department

Ústav architektury (ARC)

Entry knowledge

The subject applies the knowledge acquired in the subjects aimed at the history of architecture, the composition of architecture and aesthetics, and own experience of the arts disciplines gained in the fine arts subjects.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

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

Aims

Knowledge of the history of the Fine Arts, the pre-historic arts, Egypt and Mesopotamia, Greece and Rome, the Romanesque arts, the Gothic arts, the Renaissance, the Baroque in the foreign countries, the Baroque in the Czech lands, the 19th-century arts, the Modern Arts, the contemporary tendencies.
Student will manage the goal of the subject, i.e. knowledge of the history of the Fine Arts, the pre-historic arts, Egypt and Mesopotamia, Greece and Rome, the Romanesque arts, the Gothic arts, the Renaissance, the Baroque in the foreign countries, the Baroque in the Czech lands, the 19th-century arts, the Modern Arts, the contemporary tendencies.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Not applicable.

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme B-P-C-APS (N) Bachelor's

    branch APS , 4 year of study, winter semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Mgr. Markéta Žáčková, Ph.D.

Syllabus

1. Pre-historic arts, Egypt, Mesopotamia 2. Arts of the Ancient Greece and Rome 3. Romanesque arts in the Western Europe and the Czech lands 4. Gothic arts of France, Germany and Italy 5. Gothic arts of the Czech lands 6. Renaissance in Italy, Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raffael 7. Renaissance north of the Alps, Prague in the time of King Rudolf 8. Baroque in Italy and the Western Europe 9. Baroque in Bohemia and Moravia 10. 19th-century European arts, new trends in the late 19th -century French arts 11. Modern arts at the beginning of 20th century 12. Czech modern arts until the middle of 20th century 13. Tendencies of the world´s arts after 1945