FF:DU1221a Italian Baroque Sculpture - Course Information
DU1221a The Baroque Sculpture in Italy
Faculty of ArtsAutumn 2010
- Extent and Intensity
- 2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- doc. Mgr. Pavel Suchánek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
- Guaranteed by
- doc. Mgr. Pavel Suchánek, Ph.D.
Department of Art History – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: doc. Mgr. Pavel Suchánek, Ph.D. - Timetable
- Mon 10:00–11:35 K31
- 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
- History of Arts (programme FF, B-HS)
- History of Arts (programme FF, B-OT) (2)
- History of Arts (programme FF, M-HS)
- History of Arts (programme FF, M-OT)
- Course objectives
- The introduction to the baroque sculpture in Italy. The course will give a comprehensive overview of the most important masters of the 17th century (Bernini, Algardi, Duquesnoy etc.) and their works, addressing problems of iconography, style, sculptural technique as well as contemporary art theory, art patronage and aspects of the social history of the artist in the early modern period. Upon successful completion of the course, the student will be able to identify and discuss within their historical framework: major artists and important works of art; understand how the baroque period in Rome influenced art in Europe; recognise the differing expressions of Baroque art and the role patrons played in the art and how they used it.
- Syllabus
- Baroque: origins of a term; baroque Rome and the counter-reformation; major sculptors (Bernini, Algardi, Duquesnoy, Mochi, Ferrata); important commisions (tombs, baldacchino, crossing and Cathedra Petri in St. Peter’s, S. Bibiana; Cornaro Chapel in S. Maria della Vittoria, fountains); patronage (cardinal Scipione Borghese, popes Urban VIII Barberini, Innocent X Pamphili, Alexander VII Chigi, church orders, court of Louis XIV); innovations and expressions of baroque sculpture in Rome; how Rome influenced art in Europe
- Literature
- Wittkower, Rudolf. Gian Lorenzo Bernini. The Sculptor of the Roman Baroque. London 1966
- Pope-Hennessy, John. Italian High Renaissance & Baroque Sculpture. London-New York 1963
- Montagu, Jennifer. Alessandro Algardi 1-2. New Haven-London 1985
- Wittkower, Rudolf. Art and Architecture in Italy 1600-1750. New Haven-London 1999
- Hubala, Erich. Die Kunst des 17. Jahrhunderts. Berlin 1990
- Baroko. Architektura - plastika - malířství. Slovart 1999
- Montagu, Jennifer. Roman Baroque Sculpture. The Industry of Art, New Haven/London 1989.
- Boudon-Machuel, Marion. François du Quesnoy, 1597-1643. Paris 2005
- Teaching methods
- lecture
- Assessment methods
- Examination - written test.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further Comments
- Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
- Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2010, recent)
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