Course: Formation of a modern town

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Course title Formation of a modern town
Course code KHI/0549
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Musilová Stanislava, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Introduction to the issue of towns in the 19 century, presentation of basic literature and resources 2. Town society and its modernization. Change of character of towns in connection with industrial development. 3. Edge social classes 4. Woman in a town versus woman in a country. Connection between urbanization and womenś emancipation 5. Foundation of clubs, function of a club life within modernization of a society 6. Historicist styles in town architecture 7. Fin de Si?cle, architecture on the brink of modernity 8. Changes of town urbanism in the 19 century 9. -10. Architectural changes in Ústí nad Labem in the 19 and in the beginning of the 20 cetury 11. Reflection of world exhibitions in Czech environment. Industrial exhibitions in the Northern Bohemia, formation of regional museums and galleries 12. Excursion - some of architectural exhibitions currently being in progress 13.-14. Presentation of students´ results of research during the course. Interpretation of resources.

Learning activities and teaching methods
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Learning outcomes
Student will acquire a knowledge of the change of the19 century town society and of character of a modern town. He/she will be informed about the change of town urbanism and architectural development of town buildings. Special attention will be aimed at the North-Bohemian region and the town of Ústí nad Labem.

Prerequisites
Credits from obligatory courses on history of Modern Times is an advantage and History of Long 19th Century.

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Recommended literature
  • Dějiny obyvatelstva českých zemí. Praha, 1998. ISBN 80-204-0720-0.
  • HLAVAČKA Milan. Dějiny dopravy v českých zemích v období průmyslové revoluce. Praha, 1990. ISBN 80-200-0221-9.
  • HORSKÁ Pavla, MAUR Eduard,MUSIL Jiří. Zrod velkoměsta. Urbanizace českých zemí a Evropa. Praha / Litomyšl, 2002. ISBN 80-7185-409-3.
  • HRŮZA Jiří, ZAJÍC Josef. Vývoj urbanismu II. Praha, 2007. ISBN 80-01-01549-1.
  • HRŮZA Jiří, ZAJÍC Josef. Vývoj urbanismu I. Praha, 1997. ISBN 80-01-01342-1.
  • KLADIWA Pavel, ZÁŘICKÝ Aleš (eds.). Město a městská společnost v procesu modernizace 1740 ? 1918. Ostrava, 2009. ISBN 978-80-7368-688-.
  • LAŠŤOVKA Marek a kol. Pražské spolky. Soupis pražských spolků na základě úředních evidencí z let 1895-1990. Praha, 1998. ISBN 80-902151-9-X.
  • LENDEROVÁ Milena, JIRÁNEK Tomáš, MACKOVÁ Marie. Z dějin české každodennosti. Praha, 2010. ISBN 978-80-246-1683-4.
  • VYBÍRAL Jindřich. Česká architektura na prahu moderní doby. Devatenáct esejů o devatenáctém století. Praha, 2002. ISBN 80-7203-475-8.
  • WITTLICH Petr. Česká secese. Praha, 1985.


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