KLBcB39 Overview of the History of Greek Art

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2007
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Marie Pardyová, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Jan Bouzek, DrSc.
Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: PhDr. Marie Pardyová, CSc.
Timetable
Tue 18:20–19:55 zruseno C21
Prerequisites
Interest on the visual arts of the main civilisations of the ancient world, basic visual memory. Te lecture is open to all students, especially recommended for the students of cultural and historical disciplines (art history, history of religions, classical philology, culturologie and cultural anthropology.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
there are 18 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
Course objectives
The aim of the lecture is to present a clear and vivid introduction to the greec art and civilisation, from the minoan-mycenean era to the end of hellenism. The student have to understand better the elaboration of the greek formal critieria which are important to the end of antiquity, distinguish the more importants artists and his works.
Syllabus
  • explain the historical and demographic situation of the dark ages and the beginnings of new greek live and cuture in the 1st millenium B.C. - rise of the specific qualities od greek point of the world this differentiates from the existing oriental civilisations. They contribute to the special expression in the arts - architecture, art of painting and sculpture.Abstraction, anthtopomorism and the reflection of the nature in this ideal status are the most important components on the way to the greek miracle accomplished in the 5th century in the classical era and the idea of the kalokagathia. The hellenism elarged the artistic theory to the different aesthetics aims and brought many new variations to the structure of the greek art.
Literature
  • BOARDMAN, J. Řecké umění. Praha, 1973. info
  • PELIKÁN, Oldřich. Dějiny antického umění. 1. vyd. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1971, 143 s. info
  • BOARDMAN, J. and W. FUCHS. Die griechische Kunst. München, 1967. info
  • SCHUCHHARDT, W.-H. Griechische Kunst. Stuttgart, 1968. info
  • Reclams Geschichte der antiken Kunst. Edited by John Boardman. Stuttgart: Philipp Reclam jun., 1997, 411 s., [2. ISBN 3-15-010432-7. info
  • PAPAIOANNOU, K. Griechische Kunst. Freiburg, 1977. info
  • MARSA, Jiří, Marie DUFKOVÁ and Jan BOUZEK. Řecké umění z jižní Itálie : [vázy, terakoty a bronzy z řeckých měst v jižní Itálii : Národní muzeum v Praze 1974]. V Praze: Národní muzeum, 1974, 24 s. info
Assessment methods
Condition to achive the credit: participation on the lectures (75%), oral colloquium or writen test in the final lecture
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2012.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2007, recent)
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