226-0247/01 – History of Civil Engineering and Architecture (DSaA)
| Gurantor department | Department of Architecture | Credits | 2 |
| Subject guarantor | prof. Ing. Martina Peřinková, Ph.D. | Subject version guarantor | prof. Ing. Martina Peřinková, Ph.D. |
| Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Compulsory |
| Year | 1 | Semester | winter |
| | Study language | Czech |
| Year of introduction | 2013/2014 | Year of cancellation | 2020/2021 |
| Intended for the faculties | FAST | Intended for study types | Bachelor |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
Introduction to the historical development of architecture and construction in the late 19th century, with an emphasis on style classification and evolution of structure in different historical periods.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Summary
Students of the Civil Engineering program must master a number of subjects that are purely technical in nature. For an overall understanding of their significance and broad contexts of design and history, it is essential that listeners understand the history of construction and architecture throughout its timeline. Only on the basis of this study can they become quality technicians and engineers.
Compulsory literature:
Francis D. K. Ching, Mark M. Jarzombek, Vikramaditya Prakash.:A Global History of Architecture
Recommended literature:
Francis D. K. Ching, Mark M. Jarzombek, Vikramaditya Prakash.:A Global History of Architecture
Additional study materials
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
The course is concluded with an exam.
Active participation in lectures.
E-learning
Other requirements
1 drawing tutorial work on historic buildings (description, development and evaluation)
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
1) Building and Architecture - the importance and challenges the basic building terminology
2) The basic concepts of historical architecture - historical vaults, ceilings ...
3) Basic concepts of historic architecture - layout broken secular and religious buildings
4) Construction forms of Prehistory and Antiquity (the older Stone Age to Bronze Age, the area outside Europe, Egypt)
5) Construction forms of antiquity (ancient Greece)
6) Construction forms of antiquity (ancient Rome)
7) Construction forms of the Middle Ages (Christian antiquity, pre-Roman period, Byzantium)
8) Construction forms of the Middle Ages (Romanesque)
9) Construction forms of Ages (Gothic)
10) Building forms the Modern Era (Renaissance)
11) Construction forms of modern times (Baroque)
12) Construction forms of modern times (Classical)
13) Construction forms of modern times (historicism and romanticism)
14) Construction forms of the 19th and early 20th century (late historicism and art nouveau)
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction