MUI_02 History of Museums in the World I.

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2008
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Pavel Holman (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Pavel Holman
Division of Museology – Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Pavel Holman
Timetable
Tue 10:00–11:35 zruseno D51
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
there are 8 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
Course objectives
The main objectives of the course are the following: understand of history of collecting and museums, cause of a collecting, preconditions of collecting (economical, cultural, etc.);
acquaiting students with the history of collecting in Ancient time and in Middle Ages;
identify collectors, collections, and house of collection on a collection of pictures;
Syllabus
  • Introduction, subject, methodology, peridization, sources, literature.
  • Why people collect, prerequisities of collecting - economical, cultural, political and social.
  • History of collecting and museums - development of theory. Origins of collecting and collections.
  • Colecting in Ancient time - Egypt, Mesopotamia, China, Japan.
  • Collections and collecting in Ancient Greece and Rome - thesaurus, Mouseion, private collections.
  • Christianity and collecting, influence of liturgy, treasury collections in Middle Ages, reliquiary and its typology, Charles IV., Jean de Berry, St. Vitus in Prague, Sant Denis in France etc.
  • Prerequisities of collecting - 6. - 15. century.
  • Renaissance and collections, secular collections.
Literature
  • Schlosser, Julius von: Die Kunst- und Wunderkammern der Spätrenaissance. 1. vyd., Leipzig, Verlag von Klinkhardt und Biermann 1908, s. 146
  • Pearce, Susan - Bounia, Alexandra: The Collector's Voice. Vol. 1 Ancient Voices. 1. vyd. Aldershot - Burlington - Singapore - Sydney, Ashgate 2000
  • Murray, David: Museums: Their History and Their Use. reprint. London, Routledge/Thoemmes Press 2001
  • Wittlin, Alma S.:The museum: Its history and its task in education. London 1949
  • Koščevic, Želimir: Muzej u prošlosti i sadašnjosti. Zagreb 1977
  • Holst, Niels van: Creators, Collectors and Connoisseurs. London 1967
  • Další literatura dle zadání
  • Kneidl, Pravoslav: Počátky sběratelství a Strahovský kabinet kuriozit. 1. vyd. Praha Památník národního písemnictví 1989
  • Bazin, Germain: The Museum Age, 1.vyd., Brussels, 1967
  • Sběratelství. 1. vyd. Praha 1983
  • Wittlin, Alma S.: Museums. In Search of a Usable Future. 1. vyd., Cambridge (USA) - London(UK), The MIT Press 1970, s. 279
  • Alexander, Edward P.: Museum in Motion. An Introduction to the History and Functions of Museums. New York - Oxfor, Altamira Press 1996
  • Zygulski, Zdzislaw: Muzea na swiecie. Warszawa 1982
  • Rudolf II. a Praha : císařský dvůr a rezidenční město jako kulturní a duchovní centrum střední Evropy. Edited by Eliška Fučíková. Praha: Správa Pražského hradu, 1997, 386 s. : i. ISBN 80-902051-6-X. info
  • BELK, Russell W. Collecting in a consumer society. London: Routledge, 1995, v, 198 s. ISBN 0-415-10534-X. info
  • BENNETT, Tony. The birth of the museum : history, theory, politics. 1st publ. London: Routledge, 1995, x, 278 s. ISBN 0-415-05387-0. info
  • ASSMANN, Jan Nepomuk. Artis pictoriae amatores :[Baroko ve střední Evropě : květen 1992-květen 1993 : Národní galerie v Praze, Jízdárna Pražského hradu, 13.5.-12.9.1993. Edited by Lubomír Slavíček. Vyd. 1. V Praze: Národní galerie, 1993, 429 s. ISBN 80-7035-052-0. info
Teaching methods
theory
Assessment methods
lectures, reading, written test with special pictures
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Předmět si zapisují povinně studenti prvního ročníku muzeologie
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 1999, Autumn 2000, Autumn 2001, Autumn 2002, Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2022.
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