DU2627 The Hussite Art

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2010
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Milena Bartlová, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Milena Bartlová, CSc.
Department of Art History – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: prof. PhDr. Milena Bartlová, CSc.
Timetable
Wed 11:40–13:15 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
Course objectives
The lecture has two aims: 1/ to provide the knowledge about a period in art history of Bohemian Kingdom between ca 1380-ca 1470 (-1620); 2/ to demonstrate methods and techniques of study of medieval artwork.
Syllabus
  • Pre-Hussite period, Beautiful Style
  • problem of religious image
  • Jan Hus
  • iconoclasm
  • restoration under Sigismund
  • Utraquist art around 1400, Master of the Týn Calvary
  • art under Ladislas Posthumus, circle of the Raigern Altarpiece
  • Utraquist and Catholic art of the 50s and 60s
  • the Jagiellonians
  • period change after 1490
  • Kutná Hora and representation of utraquist towns
  • Týn church
  • introduction of Lutheranism
  • Utraquist art in the 16th century
  • Calvinists and the Unity of Bretheren
  • end of Bohemian Reformation
Literature
    required literature
  • K. Horníčková-M. Šroněk (eds.), Umění české reformace,Praha 2010
    recommended literature
  • BARTLOVÁ, Milena. Poctivé obrazy. Deskové malířství v Čechách a na Moravě 1400-1460 (Honest Images. Panel Painting in BOhemia and Moravia 1400-1460). Praha: Argo, 2001, 496 pp. Argo. ISBN 80-7203-365-4. info
  • BARTLOVÁ, Milena. Mistr Týnské kalvárie, český sochař doby husitské (Master of the Týn Calvary, Bohemian Sculptor of the Hussite Times). Praha: Academia, 2004, 183 pp. mimo edice. ISBN 80-200-1088-2. info
Teaching methods
lecture with dialogical parts
Assessment methods
essay (17,000 points) with scholarly apparatus on one of the topics that will be announced before the end of the semester
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught only once.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2007.
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