Course detail

History of Art

FA-DVUAcad. year: 2009/2010

Emphasis is put on the interaction of art and architecture.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

2

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

prof. PhDr. Jan Sedlák, CSc.

Department

Department of Theory (UTold)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Basic overview of style periods, prominent artists, art societies and foreign contacts encountered on the Czech creative art scene in the first half of the 20th century.

Prerequisites

Lectures on the development of architecture and history of graphic and plastic art, delivered under the bachelor degree study program.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Teaching methods depend on the type of course unit as specified in the article 7 of BUT Rules for Studies and Examinations.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Written test, in idividual cases completed with an interview.

Course curriculum

The cycle of lectures deals with the basic subject matters: Secession in the works of the generation of the nineties; founders of the Czech modern art associated in the guilds Osma
(Eight) and Group of creative artists; civilism, primitivism and social trends in post-war painting and sculpture; avant-gard role of the Devětsil Artists Union; surrealism and the Surrealist group, the Seven in October Association, Group 42 and Ra during the country's Nazi occupation.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

In the first half of the 20th century had formed the tradition of modern Czech graphic and plastic art culture from which contemporary Czech painiting and sculpture drive. In many cases, creative art developed in close cooperation with architecture; therefore the knowledge of graphic and plastic art is indispensable for students of architecture.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Lectures are not obligatory.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Not applicable.

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme ARCHURB Master's

    branch ARCH , 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional
    branch ARCH , 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

prof. PhDr. Jan Sedlák, CSc.