DU2649 Czech book painting of 15th Century in European context

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2009
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Milada Studničková (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Milena Bartlová, CSc.
Department of Art History – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: prof. PhDr. Lubomír Slavíček, CSc.
Timetable
Wed 11:40–13:15 K31
Course Enrolment Limitations
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Course objectives
Around 1400, Prague became one of the leading European centers of book illumination. After an initial acqainting with the topic (manuscript as an object, typology of illuminated manuscript, medieval book culture), the lecture will present a survey of development of the book illumionation. Typical examples will serve to demonstrate the changes in the character of illuminations, as depending on the changes in cultural history of BOhemian lands.
Syllabus
  • 1. What is a manuscript? 2. Types of books, their functions, relationship of text and image 3. Symbolism of the book, magic of the script, image in a book and book in an image 4. Book illumination around 1400 5. The Antwerp Bible as a stylistic turn 6. Masters of the Gerona Martyrology and illuminating workshops in Paris and in the North Italy 7. Hasenburg Master - new types and "recycled" compositions 8. Sigismund´s Vatican Comestor and the manuscripts of the 1430s 9. Influence of the reform movement on book illumination in BOhemia and Moravia 10. Hand-written book after the introduction of print 11. Franciscan-observant order and the book culture 12. Codex of Jena (visit to the exhibition Art of the Bohemian Reformation)
Literature
  • Josef Krása, České iluminované rukopisy 13.-16. století, Praha 1990
  • Christine Jakobi-Mirwald, Buchmalerei, Berlin 1997
Teaching methods
lecture with images; excursion (exhibition)
Assessment methods
essay with references 5 pages long on one of the selected topics
Language of instruction
Czech
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