226-0413/01 – History of Architecture 3 (DA3)
| Gurantor department | Department of Architecture | Credits | 2 |
| Subject guarantor | PhDr. Jiří Jung, Ph.D. | Subject version guarantor | PhDr. Jiří Jung, Ph.D. |
| Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Compulsory |
| Year | 3 | Semester | winter |
| | Study language | Czech |
| Year of introduction | 2019/2020 | Year of cancellation | |
| Intended for the faculties | FAST | Intended for study types | Bachelor |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
Student demonstrates knowledge:
- basic periodization, stylistic characteristics and basic orientation
- development of design principles
- professional terminology
Student can:
- style and approximate building monuments in style
- characterize building styles of individual epochs
- to compare and specify the distinctive features of individual regional schools
- when interpreting specific architectural works, take into account the contemporary cultural, social and spiritual situation
- identify iconic artworks significant for individual epochs and styles
- recognize and evaluate the quality of architecture
Teaching methods
Lectures
Summary
A lecture series covering the development of European and Czech Baroque architecture of the 17th and 18th centuries. The lecture will focus on the different phases of Baroque style, the main protagonists and key architectural works. A substantial part of the lectures will be devoted to the development of architecture in the Czech lands. Students will learn the main topics of contemporary architectural practice - sacral, palace, residential and fortification architecture. They will get an idea of the transformation of the expressive means of Baroque architecture, the development of the solution of structural problems and the use of building materials; they will also have the ability to take this knowledge into account in the independent interpretation of building monuments from this period;
Compulsory literature:
Syrový, Bohuslav a kol.: Architektura - svědectví dob. Praha: SNTL, 1974.
Koch, Wilfried - Kaška, Petr - Vyplel, Zdeněk: Evropská architektura. Encyklopedie evropské architektury od antiky po současnost. Praha : Ikar, 1998.
Reaburn, Michael - Solperová, Jana - Švácha, Rostislav: Dějiny architektury. Praha: Odeon, 1993.
Staňková, Jaroslava – Pechar, Josef: Tisíciletý vývoj architektury. Praha: Polytechnická knižnice, 1989.
Recommended literature:
Toman, Rolf : Baroko. Architektura, plastika, malířství. Praha : Slovart, 1999.
Macek, Petr - Biegel, Richard - Bachtík, Jakub - Uher, Vladimír - Micka, Martin:
Barokní architektura v Čechách. Praha : Univerzita Karlova v Praze, nakladatelství Karolinum, 2015.
Preiss, Pavel: Italští umělci v Praze. Renesance. Manýrismus. Baroko. Praha: Panorama, 1986.
Horyna, Mojmír - Kučera, Jaroslav: Dientzenhoferové. Praha : Akropolis, 1998.
Horyna, Mojmír: Jan Blažej Santini-Aichel. Mojmír Horyna. Praha: Karolinum, 1998.
Dvorský, Jiří - Fučíková, Eliška: Dějiny českého výtvarného umění. Díl 2/1-2. Od počátků renesance do závěru baroka. Praha : Academia, 1989.
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
oral exam
E-learning
Other requirements
There are additional requirements for students
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
1. Italian Baroque architecture
2. French palace and baroque architecture
3. Austrian Baroque architecture
4. Baroque architecture in German countries
5. Principles of Baroque urbanism
6. The beginnings of Baroque architecture in the Czech lands during the Thirty Years War
7. Early Baroque architecture in the Czech lands
8. High Baroque architecture in the Czech lands
9. Late Baroque architecture in the Czech lands
10. Baroque castle
11. Pilgrimage temple
12. Baroque fortresses and fortifications
13. Excursion
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction