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FaVU-1PDU-19Acad. year: 2023/2024
The lecture series introduces students to 19th-century painting, sculpture, architecture and urbanism and to defining contemporary theories. Instruction is introduced by presenting basic cultural theses and ideological concepts of the late 18th and early 19th centuries in a Euro-American context. In the fields of painting, sculpture, and applied arts, it focuses on the prevailing tendencies - classicism, pre-Romanticism, romanticism, Biedermeier, realism, impressionism, or symbolism - and in the field of architecture, on the stylistic positions of the receding Baroque, state classicism, neo-Palladianism, romanticism, and strict historicism, up to the advent of modernism. Attention is also paid to questions of style, function, artistic role, archaeology and conservation. Topics such as the birth of civil society and the emergence of its institutions, the shaping of public space, and the relationship of art and architecture to the representation of the political order are also examined. World trends are compared with local Central European developments. The interpretation also includes the emergence and establishment of public art museums and picture galleries as part of the process of making culture and education accessible to the wider society.
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Knowledge of 19th century art and architectural history at the high school level; general overview of the cultural and political history of the period.
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Classes are held in the classrooms of the Department of Theory and History of Art at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the Brno University of Technology in Brno in the hours determined by the timetable. The excursion may be situated on working days when standard teaching is not taking place. Attendance is compulsory (3 unexcused absences allowed). Higher numbers of absences may be compensated by submitting alternative assignments in agreement with the teachers.
Aims
The aim of the course is to provide students with an overview of the defining artistic movements, theoretical concepts, developmental tendencies and authorial approaches in the field of painting, sculpture, applied art and architecture of the 19th century. Particular emphasis is placed on the interconnection of art and architecture with the socio-political framework, the function of the artwork, representation and the position of the artist. Topics such as modernity, national liberation and revival movements, the democratization of society and the autonomy of art are also examined. The course introduces students to these topics through lectures, readings and interpretations of contemporary and current texts, presentations with discussions, and field trips. They will become familiar with the political, social and ideological background of the artistic production of the period under study, whose manifestations they will be able to critically reflect, analyse and interpret in terms of contemporary art history theory and methodology.
Students will be able to define the basic concepts of painting, sculpture, applied art and architecture of the “long nineteenth century” in a broader social, cultural and political context. At the same time, they can identify, describe and interpret the basic stylistic tendencies and key works of art and architecture of the period under study and relate them to contemporary theoretical concepts against the background of current art history theory and methodology.
Upon completion of the course, the learner will acquire the ability to:
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branch VU-IDT , 2 year of study, summer semester, compulsorybranch VU-IDT , 2 year of study, summer semester, compulsorybranch VU-IDT , 2 year of study, summer semester, compulsorybranch VU-IDT , 2 year of study, summer semester, compulsorybranch VU-VT , 2 year of study, summer semester, compulsorybranch VU-VT , 2 year of study, summer semester, compulsorybranch VU-VT , 2 year of study, summer semester, compulsorybranch VU-VT , 2 year of study, summer semester, compulsorybranch VU-VT , 2 year of study, summer semester, compulsorybranch VU-IDT , 2 year of study, summer semester, compulsorybranch VU-VT , 2 year of study, summer semester, compulsorybranch VU-IDT , 2 year of study, summer semester, compulsory
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