Detail předmětu

Kult památek

FA-CLM-TEAk. rok: 2025/2026

This seminar explores the transformation of the idea of historic monuments from the nineteenth century until today while analyzing various approaches to historic preservation and the tools for monuments’ representation. The course focuses on the seminal theory of modern monuments as framed by Austrian art historian and preservationist Alois Riegl and its transformation over more than a hundred years. Students will examine the historical, cultural, and technological shifts that have influenced architectural thinking and the methods applied in monument preservation from the early twentieth century until today.

Jazyk výuky

angličtina

Počet kreditů

Garant předmětu

MArch Nikola Beim

Zajišťuje ústav

Ústav teorie architektury (UT)

Nabízen zahraničním studentům

Pouze domovské fakulty

Pravidla hodnocení a ukončení předmětu

The seminar will be based on a lecture given by the instructor. Each lecture will be followed by a section where students present the reading assigned for the given week followed by the discussion of all students. Students should read all of the assigned texts for each class and be prepared to raise relevant questions and participate in the discussions.
Attendance and class participation is mandatory. Students are expected to be conversant in the readings prior to class discussions.
The students will be expected to complete the weekly readings, conduct one presentation, participate in class discussions, and complete the final written assignment in a timely manner.

Učební cíle

  • Understand key preservation theories and their historical context.
  • Analyze the impact of historic preservation movements.
  • Explore tools (from analog to digital) employed for monument preservation and representation.
  • Develop critical thinking and research skills in architectural history, theory, and preservation.

Základní literatura

Allais, Lucia. Designs of destruction: The making of monuments in the Twentieth Century. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2018. (EN)
Arrhenius, Thordis. Fragile Monument on Conservation and Modernity. London: Artifice, 2012. (EN)
Carpo, Mario. “The Postmodern Cult of Monuments.” Future Anterior 4, no. 2 (2007). (EN)
ColumbiaBooks on Architecture and the City, 2016. (EN)
Forster, Kurt W. “Monument/Memory and the Mortality of Architecture.” Oppositions 25 (1982). (EN)
Choay, Françoise. The Invention of the Historic Monument. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001. (EN)
Koolhaas, Rem, Jorge Otero-Pailos, and Jordan Carver. Preservation is overtaking us. New York: (EN)
Norberg-Schulz, Christian. Architecture: Meaning and Place: Selected Essays. New York, NY: Rizzoli International Publications, 1988. (EN)
Olin, Margaret. “The Cult of Monuments as a State Religion in Late 19th Century Austria,” Wiener Jahrbuch Für Kunstgeschichte 38, no. 1 (1985): 177–98, https://doi.org/10.7767/wjk-1985-0107 (EN)
Otero-Pailos, Jorge, Erik Langdalen, and Thordis Arrhenius. Experimental preservation. Zürich, Switzerland: Lars Müller Publishers, 2016. (EN)
Riegl, Alois. “The Modern Cult of Monuments: Its Character and Its Origin,” Oppositions 25 (1982). (EN)
Ruskin, John. The Seven Lamps of Architecture. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1884. First published in 1849 in London: Smith, Elder, and Co. (EN)
Vidler, Anthony. “Air War and Architecture.” In Ruins of Modernity. Durham NC: Duke University Press, 2010. (EN)
Witt, Andrew. Formulations: Architecture, mathematics, culture. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 2021. (EN)
Young, Michael. Reality modeled after images: Architecture and aesthetics after the Digital image. New York, NY: Routledge, 2022. (EN)

Zařazení předmětu ve studijních plánech

  • Program NX_A+U magisterský navazující 1 ročník, zimní semestr, volitelný
  • Program BX_A+U bakalářský 1 ročník, zimní semestr, volitelný

Typ (způsob) výuky

 

Seminář

26 hod., povinná

Vyučující / Lektor

MArch Nikola Beim

Osnova

Part I: The Modern Cult of Monuments

  1. Introduction: Development of Historical Monument
  2. Alois Riegl and the Cultural Context of fin-de-siècle Vienna
  3. Relation of Art History and Preservation in Riegl’s Theory
  4. The Modern Cult of Monuments

Part II: The Cult of Ruins

  1. 5. Anamnesis of the Cult
  2. Return to Memory and Monuments
  3. The Cult of Ruins
  4. Application of Age Value in Architecture

Part III: The Digital Cult

  1. Monuments in the Digital Age
  2. Transformation of Riegl’s theory into Digital
  3. Digital Documentation Instruments for Preservation
  4. Representational Shift of Monuments
  5. Digital Preservation and Generative AI