Course: History of Material Culture III

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Course title History of Material Culture III
Course code KDT/FU065
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
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)
  • Polanecký Jaroslav, PhDr. Ph.D.
  • Hejný Kryštof, Mgr.
Course content
1. Development of Applied Arts and Industrial Design in the First Half of the 19th Century: From Classicism to the Second Rococo 2. Biedermeier as a "Bourgeois Style"- Romantic Tendencies in the First Half of the 19th Century 3. Historicizing Tendencies in Applied Arts in the Second Half of the 19th Century 4. The Art and Crafts Movement; Transformation of Artistic Sensibility in the Last Quarter of the 19th Century: Foundations of Art Nouveau 5. Viennese Secession and Modernism 6. Wiener Werkstätte: Adolf Loos, His Work and His Attitude toward Art Nouveau 7. The Rise of Czech Modernism and Cubism 8. Deutscher Werkbund (1907-1934): Origins, Goals, Activities, and Key Figures 9. Bauhaus (1919-1933): Inspirations and Educational Structure - Bauhaus vs. De Stijl 10. Interwar Avant-Garde: The New Mission of Architecture and Urbanism 11. Art Deco: Preconditions of Its Emergence, Main Centers, the Paris Exhibition of 1925, Czech Art Deco - Main Characteristics and Representatives 12. Field Trip / Professional Excursion

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified, unspecified
Learning outcomes
Course History of Material Culture III. it focuses on the genesis of material culture, especially arts and crafts and applied arts. The basis is a thematic art history set in a cultural-historical framework, which aims to provide an overview of the development of material culture in the context of cultural history of Europe with emphasis on Central Europe and the development of art historical styles, illuminate the links between art and craft categories, on the functions of fine arts, symbolism. Special emphasis is placed on an interdisciplinary approach to the issue. Students will gain a basic overview of art history as well as history. Emphasis is then placed on the acquisition of safe knowledge of basic concepts and professional terminology, development directions of arts and crafts, applied and fine arts and art techniques of their application in their own artistic or curatorial practice.

Prerequisites
Successful completion of the previous study

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Attendance
Recommended literature
  • ADLEROVÁ, Alena; NEŠLEHOVÁ, Mahulena a Vojtěch LAHODA, ed. Dějiny českého výtvarného umění. (IV/1), (IV/2),,1890/1938. Praha: Academia, 1998.
  • BÁRTL, Lukáš; TRNKOVÁ, Petra. Fotografie především. Barrister a Principal, 2018.
  • JANSON, Horst Woldemar; DAVIES, Penelope J. E.; FOX HOFRICHTER, Frima; JACOBS, Joseph F.; SIMON, David L.; ROBERTS, Ann S. Janson's History of Art: The Western Tradition Reissued Edition (8th Edition).. Prentice Hall: Upper Saddle River, 2011.
  • Morant De, Henry. Dějiny užitého umění. Od nejstarších dob po současnost. Praha: Odeon, 1983.
  • Mrázek, Ivan. Drahé kameny od renesance po secesi. Masarykova univerzita, 2017.
  • PETRASOVÁ, Taťana; LORENZOVÁ, Helena (edd.). Dějiny českého výtvarného umění III/1-2. Praha: Academia, 2001.
  • PETRASOVÁ, Taťana; ŠVÁCHA, Rostislav. Dějiny umění v Českých zemích 800-2000. Praha: Artefactum, 2017. ISBN 978-80-904534-8-7.
  • Švácha, Rostislav. Od moderny k funkcionalismu: proměny pražské architektury první poloviny dvacátého století. Praha: Odeon, 1985.
  • VONDRÁČEK, Radim. Biedermaier. Umění a kultura v Českých zemích 1814-1848. Praha, 2008.


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