Course: CULTURAL HISTORY II

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Course title CULTURAL HISTORY II
Course code KHI/PBH60
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 3
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
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
1. Early Italian Renaissance. 2. Early Italian Renaissance 2. 3. European Mannerism. 4. The Renaissance in Western Europe. 5. Renaissance in Bohemia. 6. Rudolphine Mannerism 7. Art and Culture of Baroque Europe (I). 8. Art and Culture of Baroque Europe (II). 9. Baroque in the Czech Lands (I) - 17th century. 10. Baroque in the Czech lands (II) - 18th century. 11. Classicism. 12. Artistic and cultural currents of the 19th century. 13. Czech art and culture of the 19th century. 14. Art and culture of the 20th century (I). 15. Art and culture of the 20th century (II).

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified, unspecified
Learning outcomes
The aim of the subject is provide students of historically-focused disciplines with basic knowledge of the development of cultural and artistic development from prehistory to the first half of the 20th century. Emphasis is mainly laid on the sphere of fine arts, especially in the European and, as far as the later periods are concerned, also Bohemian and Czech environment. The time span of the first semester ranges from prehistoric art to Gothic style. The follow-up, second semester then maps out the late period from Renaissance to the early 20th century.
The student demonstrates an overview knowledge of the cultural development of Renaissance Italy, European Mannerism, the Czech Renaissance, the Baroque in Europe and the Czech lands, and the main European and domestic artistic and cultural currents of the 19th and 20th centuries. In addition to this, the student has a basic knowledge of the terminology of the field and some partial knowledge of literature, theatr studies, musicology and othe fields. (S)he has an overview of the basic titles of domestic and foreign literature.
Prerequisites
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
KHI/PBH51

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Attendance, continuous performance of the assigned tasks in the seminar, passing the written exam.
Recommended literature
  • Garin, E. Renesanční člověk a jeho svět. Praha, 2003.
  • Huyge, R. Umění nové doby. Praha, 1974.
  • kol. aut. Baroko. Architektura - Sochařství - Malířství. Praha, 2007.
  • kol. aut. Dějiny českého výtvarného umění II. (1, 2). Praha, 1989.
  • kol. aut. Dějiny českého výtvarného umění III. (1, 2). Praha, 2001.
  • kol. aut. Dějiny českého výtvarného umění IV. (1, 2). Praha, 1998.
  • kol. aut. Umění italské renesance, Architektura - Sochařství - Malířství - Kresba.. Praha, 2001.
  • Villari, R. Barokní člověk a jeho svět.. Praha, 2003.


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