Course detail
Architecture of 16th Century
FA-A16-TAcad. year: 2025/2026
This cycle of lectures on the European architecture of the 16th century will introduce students to Renaissance 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 Renaissance chateaus and urbanism).
In the study programme “Architecture and urban design” the course is part of the theoretical courses.
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Number of ECTS credits
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Guarantor
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Entry knowledge
Rules for evaluation and completion of the course
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. Absences 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.
Aims
– Students will familiarize themselves with the cultural and historical context of the 16th century.
– Students will learn about the beginnings of Renaissance architecture and its spread throughout the whole Europe.
– Students will be able to identify the style of most Renaissance structures and to analyse the broader context of Renaissance architecture.
– Students will be informed of the most important architects and structures of the European Renaissance.
– Students will learn to orient in the most important architectural publications and will be able to describe their influence on the subsequent architecture.
Study aids
Prerequisites and corequisites
Basic literature
BURKE, Peter. Italská renesance. Kultura a společnost v Itálii. Praha: Mladá fronta, 1996. ISBN 80-204-0589-5. (CS)
KONEČNÝ, Michal (ed.). Na věčnou paměť, pro slávu a vážnost. Renesanční aristokratická sídla v Čechách a na Moravě ve správě Národního památkového ústavu. Kroměříž : Národní památkový ústav, územní památková správa v Kroměříži, Masarykova univerzita, 2017. (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)
ŠAMÁNKOVÁ, Eva. Architektura české renesance. Praha: SNKLHU, 1961. (CS)
TOMAN, Rolf (ed.). Umění italské renesance. Praha: Slovart, 1996. ISBN 80-85871-94-7. (CS)
VLČEK, Pavel. Dějiny architektury renesance a baroka. Praha: Česká technika - nakladatelství ČVUT, 2006. ISBN 80-01-03407-0. (CS)
Recommended reading
Classification of course in study plans
- Programme N_A+U Master's 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional
2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional
specialization --- (do 2022) , 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional
specialization --- (do 2022) , 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional