Course: Rural monuments

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Course title Rural monuments
Course code KHI/KBS22
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Podroužek Kamil, PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Rural architecture, folk architecture or rural buildings? 2. Theoretical aspects and the background of cultural landsccape formation. 3. Forms of rural settlements. 4. Structure of a traditional rural homestead. 5. Layout of a traditional permanent rural house I. 6. Layout of a traditional permanent rural house II. 7. Furnishings of a traditional permanent rural house I. 8. Furnishings of a traditional permanent rural house II. 9. The front a rural house. 10. Building structures and materials I. 11. Building structures and materials II. 12. Agricultural and technical buildings. 13. Protection of rural buildings. 14. Excursions.

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified, unspecified, unspecified, unspecified, unspecified
Learning outcomes
The aim of this course is to acquaint students with the typology of settlements and buildings of traditional rural society and with the basic tendencies of their development in the Czech Republic. In this course, students will learn to trace the reflection of social relations in the formal construction structure of rural settlements and buildings. Emphasis is placed on the individual functional types of buildigns, the transformation of their interior furnishings, and the traditional structures used. The social significance and symbolic meaning of the buildigns and their parts are also addressed in addition to the practical function. Students will also learn about the history and methodology of research into rural buildings and how they are protected in the Czech Republic.
In this course, students learn to trace the reflection of social relations in the formal construction structure of rural settlements and buildings. The student gains a basic overview of the typology of rural settlements and buildings in the Czech Republic, and of the topography of these buildings observed on the basis of their formal features. Students also learn about the history and methodology of research into rural buildings and how they are protected in the Czech Repbulic.
Prerequisites
None

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
There are two requirements to complete the course: an individual presentation of a given seminar topic and a verification of study result. The student independently presents the selected topic relating to rural buildings through a lecture followed by a discussion, the whole lasting 20 minutes.The submitted presentation is proof of completion. The method of verification of study results is by credit. The student draws one worksheet from each of the 14 topic areas. They write and draw the answers directly on the worksheet. The written part of the test may be supplemented by verbal testing in the form of an oral interview.
Recommended literature
  • Frolec, V. Vařeka, J. Lidová architektura. Praha, 1983.
  • J. PETRÁŇ. Dějiny hmotné kultury II/1-2. Praha, 1995.
  • J. PETRÁŇ. Dějiny hmotné kultury I/1-2. Praha, 1985.
  • Langer, J. Co mohou prozradit lidové stavby. Rožnov pod Radhoštěm, 1997.
  • Langer, J. Evropská muzea v přírodě. Praha, 2004.
  • Mencl, V. Lidová architektura v Československu.. Praha, 1980.
  • P. Vařeka. Archeologie středověkého domu. Plzeň, 2005.
  • Podroužek, K. Člověk a pískovec. Ústí nad Labem, 2018.
  • Scheybal, J. V. - Scheybalová, J. Umění lidových tesařů, kameníků a socharů v Severních Čechách. Ústí nad Labem, 1985.
  • Škabrada, J. Lidové stavby. Architektura českého venkova. Praha, 1999.


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