FF:KLBcB55 Roman architecture - Course Information

KLBcB55 Roman architecture

Extent and Intensity

2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: k (colloquium).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Balázs Komoróczy, Ph.D. (lecturer)
asistent (assistant)

Guaranteed by

prof. PhDr. Jan Bouzek, DrSc.
Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: PhDr. Marie Pardyová, CSc.

Timetable

Wed 15:00–16:35 K33

Prerequisites (in Czech)

KLBcB52 Greek architecture

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

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Course objectives

Students will be informed about the development of the Roman architecture from its beginning till the late antiquity. Roman architecture includes not only the official representative buildings of Rome, but also architectonical monuments of the whole Italy and the Roman provinces. There are three basic chronological phases in the development: republican architecture, architecture of the Roman empire and of the late antiquity.

Syllabus

• Basic construction technologies, used materials and building styles.
• Development of individual building types (eg. sacral architecture, theater and amphitheater, baths, living buildings, technical buildings etc.).
• Roman conception of urbanisation.

Literature

• VON HESBERG, Henner. Römische Baukunst. München: Beck, 2005. info
• MAC DONALD, W. L. The Architecture oft the Roman Empire. An Introduction Study I. New Haven, 1982. info

Teaching methods

Lectures.

Assessment methods

Oral exam.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further Comments

Study Materials
The course is taught once in two years.

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