652-2041/02 – History of the Metalcasting Industry (DHS)
Gurantor department | Department of Metallurgical Technologies | Credits | 3 |
Subject guarantor | doc. Ing. Ivana Lichá, Ph.D. | Subject version guarantor | doc. Ing. Ivana Lichá, Ph.D. |
Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Compulsory |
Year | 2 | Semester | summer |
| | Study language | Czech |
Year of introduction | 2022/2023 | Year of cancellation | |
Intended for the faculties | FMT | Intended for study types | Bachelor |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
Acquired knowledge
- Student will be able to describe the development of metal melting and casting technologies .
- Student will be able to create a timeline of the development of metal casting
Acquired skills
- Student will be able to identify various prehistoric and historic cultural center
- Student will be able to demonstrate examples of significant artifacts from different historical stages of development
Teaching methods
Lectures
Individual consultations
Tutorials
Summary
Concise development of metallurgy and foundry from the Chalcolithic Age over the Bronze Age and the Iron Age up to the artistic performances of Egypt, Mesopotamia, Crete, Greece and Roma. The plastic art of the early and supreme Middle Ages, of the Renaissance and Baroque. The sculpture of the 19th and 20th century in our country and in the world.
Compulsory literature:
Recommended literature:
[1] TYLECOTE R.F. A History of Metallurgy, The Institut of Materials 1992.
Additional study materials
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
E-learning
http://www.fmmi.vsb.cz/cs/urceno-pro/studenty/podklady-ke-studiu/studijni-opory
Other requirements
Elaboration of semestral project
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
1. - 2. Prehistoric metallurgy, civilization centres , Midle East, Egypt, India,China, Grece, Rome, melting techniques, molding techniques
3. Seminary – significant prehistoric cast artefacts
4. Copper metallurgy from prehistory to modern period,
5. Seminary - significant bronze object of art
6. - 7. History of bell casting – material, design, molding material, molding techniques, significant world bells, significant bell founders
8. History of iron metalurgy, direct reduction of the iron ore, melting techniques
9. History of cast iron, melting, molding, use of castings
10. Visit of museum Frýdlant art cast iron
11. Seminary- significant architectural cast iron monument, sculptures
12. Malleable iron, cast steel beginning
13. History of mining education, VŠB history
14. Final seminary, defence of semestral papers
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction