Course: History of textiles and fashion I

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Course title History of textiles and fashion I
Course code KDT/FU033
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Lesson
Level of course unspecified
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 1
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Kolečková Zdena, prof. Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Clothing and textiles at the beginning of the ages - Paleolithic. 2. The oldest civilization; the emergence of sophisticated technologies; an overview of the textile materials used. 3. Inspiration from Egypt. 4. Ancient Mediterranean peoples, Crete and Mycenae - testimony of murals of palace complexes. 5. Ancient culture and principles of European civilization; architecture - society - lifestyle - clothing. 5. Clothing of mainland Greece. 6. Heritage of Etruscans and Romans. 7. Early Christians - the transformation of invoked values; clothing of the Byzantine court. 8. Transformation of the civilization framework: the formation of medieval Europe; material culture of the period of migration of nations, cultural influences of Huns, Goths, Celts, Germans and Arabs. 9. Franconian Empire, Charlemagne and the Carolingian Renaissance - jewelry and decor, architecture, clothing, music. 10. Clothing of the Romanesque period. 11. Gothic - principles of noble vertical, cuts, materials and color contrasts, courtesy, visual identity of the individual. 12.-13. Presentation of seminar papers.

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified, unspecified
Learning outcomes
The course focuses on the perception of textile creation as an important part of cultural heritage, as an artifact of material culture, testifying to the general history of mankind, the history of fine arts and architecture. The course introduces both textile materials and traditional technologies (chronology and typology of fiber processing, types of textiles, types of textile weaves, the development of lacemaking, etc.), as well as forms of their use. Clothing and home textiles are presented as symbols of the individual's social status, a reflection of contemporary thinking and lifestyle. Completion of the whole cycle, in which the development of textile creation is seen from a chronological point of view, allows students a basic orientation in the functional, morphological and aesthetic qualities of textiles from prehistory to the emergence of modern clothing. The winter semester is devoted to the development of textiles and clothing from the Paleolithic to the early Middle Ages. The end of the semester is devoted to the presentation of seminar papers based on the analysis of the work of a selected designer and the contextualization of his work.
The gained capabilities constitute an encompassment and an aquirement of knowledge and experience in the given field of study, they result from a concrete annotation of the subject and are aimed at a profile´s fulfilment of the graduate of the given field of study.
Prerequisites
Successful completion of the previous study

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Attendance
Recommended literature
  • BOUCHER, François. 20.000 Years of Fashion. The history of costume and personal adornment. Harry N. Abrams, New York, 1987.
  • BREWARD, Christopher. The Culture of Fashion: a new history of fashionable dress. Manchester University Press, Manchester, 2003.
  • Eco, U. Dějiny krásy. Argo, Praha, 2005.
  • Kybalová, L. Dějiny odívání - Starověk. NLN, Praha, 1997.
  • Kybalová, L. Dějiny odívání - Středověk. NLN, Praha, 2001.
  • Lipovetsky, Gilles. Říše pomíjivosti. Praha: Prostor, 2010. ISBN 978-80-7260-229-2.
  • LIPOVETSKY, Gilles. Věčný přepych. Prostor, Praha, 2003.
  • STEELE, Valerie. Encyclopedia of Clothing and Fashion. Thomson Gale, Detroit, 2005.


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