Course: Introduction to Cultural History

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Course title Introduction to Cultural History
Course code KHI/PBH47
Organizational form of instruction Seminary
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 1
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)
  • Pátek Jakub, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
The seminars are divided into a theoretical part which has a specific topic and a practical part, which deals with terminology and the selected field of practical skills. Topics of lectures: 1. Introductory class 2. Overview of the beginnings of history of culture and art in the European region until the beginning of Enlightenment. 3. Basic overview of the beginnings of history of culture and art in Czech lands until the beginning of Enlightenment. 4. Iconographic minimum I 5. Iconographic minimum II 6. Interpretation of art work 7. Scientific terminology I 8. Scientific terminology II 9. Scientific terminology III 10. Historical topography - practical 11. Historical geography - practical 12: Practical excursion 13. Practice test

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified, unspecified, unspecified
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to provide students of single-subject history with a basic overview of cultural and artistic development from the Renaissance to the 20th century. The course is designed as a contextual extension of the knowledge that students axquire in basic theoretical courses, measured predominantly in political, religious, and economic history. The course primarily emphasizes issues of visual art and architecture, but issues of spiritual culture, literature, theatre, etc. are also represented. The lectures of course are designed in direct continuity with the content of the lectures on the history of the early modern, 19th and 20th centuries. The student applies the knowledge axquired in the course not only in his/her own research work, but also in selected areas of theSSZ question.
The student has wider knowledge of the field of cultural history which helps him in his further direction in study subjects of Historic sights documentation, cultural history, history or aesthetics. He is able to apply the knowledge in other subjects as well, mainly in history of visual art, but also in other purely historical or aesthetical subjects. The student manages the chronological overview of the development of the subject. He is able to speak about the most important personalities and their specifications, interpret the basic ideological structures. Further he can manage the scientific terminology and can use it in practice as well as some other skills (basic iconographic identification of the art work, style categorization of the monument, etc.). He also knows the magazines and publications of the field and knows scientific literature.
Prerequisites
1. No special needs of previous disciplines. 2. No specific knowledge or skills, knowledge of German language can be of use.

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Attendance at the seminars (at least 70%), study of scientific and recommended literature, writing a short individual paper.
Recommended literature
  • Blažíček, J. - Kropáček, J. Slovník pojmů z dějin umění. Praha, 1991.
  • Burke, P. Co je kulturní historie?. Praha, 2011.
  • Herout, J. Slabikář návštěvníků památek. Praha, 2001.
  • Herout, J. Staletí kolem nás.
  • Kol. autorů. Kapitoly z českého dějepisu umění I, II. Praha, 1986.
  • Kroupa, J. Školy dějin umění, Metodologie dějin umění II. Brno, 2010.
  • Kroupa, J. Školy dějin umění, Metodologie dějin umění I. Masarykova univerzita, 2007.
  • Petr Wittlich. Literatura k dějinám umění. Vývojový přehled. 1992.


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