DU2647 Art and Religion in the time of Reformation and Counter-Reformation

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2008
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
prof. Mgr. Ondřej Jakubec, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. Mgr. Ondřej Jakubec, Ph.D.
Department of Art History – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: prof. Mgr. Ondřej Jakubec, Ph.D.
Timetable
Fri 13:20–14:55 B13
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
Course objectives
The main objective of the course is to provide basic knowledge of main attitudes of Cristian religion and its denomination to religious art. The problematic of iconography, theory, dogma and even social upheavals like iconoclastic riot will be outlined and discussed.
Syllabus
  • Religious art - an outline
  • Theory of Church art
  • Pre-reformation and Reformation religious art and its iconography
  • Catholic art in Post-Tridentine era
  • Iconoclasm
  • Catholic censorship of art
Literature
  • KAUFMANN, Thomas DaCosta. Höfe, Klöster und Städte : Kunst und Kultur in Mitteleuropa, 1450-1800. Translated by Jürgen Blasius - Christian Rochov. Köln: DuMont, 1998, 591 s. ISBN 3770139240. info
  • KAUFMANN, Thomas DaCosta. Court, cloister, and city : the art and culture of Central Europe, 1450-1800. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1995, 576 s. ISBN 0226427307. info
Assessment methods
Oral exam
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught once in two years.
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