DU2308 Painting at the court of Philip IV of Spain (Velázquez, Rubens and Lorrain)

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2024
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Michaela Šeferisová Loudová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Michaela Šeferisová Loudová, Ph.D.
Department of Art History – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Art History – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Wed 14:00–15:40 K31, except Wed 17. 4.
Prerequisites
The course is intended for students of master degree studies. Basic knowledge on history of European baroque painting in 17th and 18th century is presupposed.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
The course is focused on the specifics of the art at the court of the Spanish King Phillip IV, the patronage of art works in Spain and Italy and contemporary works of Spanish painters, especially of Diego Velázquez. Current interpretations of his most important paintings "Las Meninas" and "Las Hilanderas" will be introduced.
Learning outcomes
After finishing the course student should be able to:
- characterise the Spanish painting in the Baroque and its place in context of the baroque painting in other European countries;
- explain the way of ordering of art works also a social status of artists in Spain and Italy;
- identify the typical stylistic feature of the Velázquez´s work and interpret the most important pictures of Velázquez "Las Meninas" and "Las Hilanderas".
Syllabus
  • Art collections of Spanish kings, Phillip IV and painting.
  • Velázquez as the painter at the court of Phillip IV.
  • Art decoration of the Kings summer residences: Rubens and Torre de la Parada, Lorrain and Buen Retiro.
  • Velázquez´s journeys in Italy.
  • Velázquez´s allegoric compositions "Las Meninas" and "Las Hilanderas".
Literature
  • Spaniens goldene Zeit : die Ära Velázquez in Malerei und Skulptur. Edited by Roberto Contini - María López-Fanjul y Díez del Corral. München: Hirmer, 2016, 335 stran. ISBN 9783777424781. info
  • ALBL, Stefan. Velázquez :an exhibition of the Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien in cooperation with the Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, and the Réunion des Musées Nationaux and the Musée du Louvre, Paris : 28.10.2014-15.2.2015. Edited by Sabine Haag, Translated by Friedrich Frosch. München: Hirmer, 2014, 336 s. ISBN 9783777423135. info
  • CARR, Dawson W. and Xavier BRAY. Velázquez. Stuttgart: Belser, 2006, 255 s. ISBN 3763024743. info
  • BROWN, Jonathan. Painting in Spain, 1500-1700. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1998, 283 s. ISBN 0300064748. info
  • BROWN, Jonathan. Velázquez : Maler und Höfling. Translated by Annemarie Seling, Illustrated by Diego Velázquez. München: Hirmer, 1988, xi, 322. ISBN 3777447501. info
  • GUDIOL, José. Velázquez, 1599-1660. Translated by Libuše Prokopová. Vyd. 1. Praha: Odeon, 1978, 328 s. URL info
  • DÍAZ PADRÓN, Matías. Museo del Prado : catálogo de pinturas. Madrid: Museo del Prado, 1975, 335 s. ISBN 8460005097. info
  • DÍAZ PADRÓN, Matías. Museo del Prado : catálogo de pinturas. Madrid: Museo del Prado, 1975, 499 s. ISBN 8460068935. info
Teaching methods
lectures, home reading
Assessment methods
The course is closed by written work.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught only once.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2020, Spring 2022.
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