| Course title | CULTURAL HISTORY II |
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| Course code | KHI/2DKU2 |
| Organizational form of instruction | Lecture |
| Level of course | Bachelor |
| Year of study | 2 |
| Semester | Summer |
| Number of ECTS credits | 4 |
| 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 |
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| Course content |
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Subject circles of the individual lectures: I. SEMESTER 1. Prehistoric art 2. Culture and art of the Near East - Mesopotamia and Egypt 3. Ancient Greece 4. Roman culture and Roman empire 5. Early Christianity and its artistic expressions 6. Europe of the "dark" Middle Ages 7. Great Moravian Empire and pre-Romanesque art in Bohemia and Moravia 8. Europe after 1000 9. Romanesque culture in Bohemia and Moravia 10. The age of cathedrals 11. Gothic in Bohemia I 12. Bohemian Gothic II 13. Verification test Note: One lecture is reserved for a film presentation II. SEMESTER 1. Tuscany and the arrival of Renaissance 2. Spreading of Renaissance to the Cisalpine area x late Gothic tendencies 3. Mannerism - European art of the 16th century 4. Renaissance in Bohemia 5. Rudolfine Mannerism 6. Culture of the Baroque Europe 7. Baroque in Bohemia I - 17th century 8. Bohemian Baroque II - 18th century 9. Neo-Classicism 10. 19th-century artistic trends 11. Art in the 19th-century Czech lands 12. Art of the 20th century I 13. Art of the 20th century II 14. Verification test Note: One lecture is reserved for a film presentation
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| Learning activities and teaching methods |
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| Learning outcomes |
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The graduates from the course demonstrate basal knowledge of cultural and historical development during the period from prehistory to the early 20th century. They can synoptically characterize the cultural development in the significant areas and historical epochs. They also manifest knowledge of selected works of art and architecture within the above-mentioned time frame, the ability to identify these works and correctly classify them from both the aspect of the period of their style and dating. The graduates can employ the acquired knowledge depending on their professional orientation. The pedagogically-focused ones apply them in the framework of teaching history and disciplines of social sciences. The graduates of historical fields apply them in the framework of their research and publication activities. On a general level, all graduates manifest their cultural literacy by the acquired knowledge. |
| Prerequisites |
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1. Graduation from the course does not require previous graduation from any particular discipline. 2. The appropriate initial knowledge should at least cover the secondary-school history curricula. Knowledge of foreign languages is not required
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| Assessment methods and criteria |
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unspecified
The subject is approved by two credit tests to prove whether a student managed at least the basic sum of the provided information at the end of each semester. |
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| Study plans that include the course |
| Faculty | Study plan (Version) | Category of Branch/Specialization | Recommended semester | |
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| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): History (Single Subject) (A14) | Category: History courses | 2 | Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Summer |
| Faculty: Faculty of Science | Study plan (Version): History (double subject) (A14) | Category: History courses | 2 | Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Summer |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): History (Two-Subject Combination) (A14) | Category: History courses | 2 | Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Summer |
| Faculty: Faculty of Education | Study plan (Version): History (A14) | Category: History courses | 2 | Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Summer |
| Faculty: Faculty of Science | Study plan (Version): History (A14) | Category: History courses | 2 | Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Summer |
| Faculty: Faculty of Education | Study plan (Version): History (A14) | Category: History courses | 2 | Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Summer |