DU0205 An Introduction in the Art History I: The Architecture

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2012
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Jiří Kroupa, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Jiří Kroupa, CSc.
Department of Art History – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: prof. PhDr. Jiří Kroupa, CSc.
Supplier department: Department of Art History – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Tue 9:10–10:45 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
there are 7 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
Course objectives
The course is one of the four basic introductions into the partial areas of the art history. Its aim is to learn the understanding and the explaning of the architectural works through historical eras.
Syllabus
  • 1. What is an architecture? The search for its definition and its place within „arts“. & 2. The basic notions I: the function and the task. & 3. The basic notions II: the space and the place & 4. The basic notions III: the mass and the form & 5. The basic notions IV: the light. & 6. The basic notions V: the colour. & 7. The model and the project. & 8. The „prospect“ and the „planum“.. & 9. Three dimesions in the analysis of an architecture (formalism, functional and semantic). & 10. The structure (inner and external), the principle (tectonic and stereotomy) and the order. & 11. The description of the work of architecture, the architectural terms. & 12. The architectural interpretation and historiography of the architecture. & 13. The theory of architecture as an „explicatio“. &
Literature
  • KROUPA, Jiří. Architektura (Úvod do dějin umění I) (The Architecture (An Intrduction in the history of art I.)). Brno: Filozofická fakulta Masarykovy univerzity v Brně, 2003. CD ROM, Dějiny umění, 1. ISBN sine. info
  • Architecture. Principes d'analyse scientifique. Paris 1972.
  • BLAŽÍČEK, Oldřich J. and Jiří KROPÁČEK. Slovník pojmů z dějin umění : názvosloví a tvarosloví architektury, sochařství, malby a užitého umění. Vyd. 1. Praha: Odeon, 1991, 246 s. ISBN 8020702466. info
  • Grossmann, Ulrich G. Einführung in die historische Bauforschung. Darmstadt 1993.
Teaching methods
Class and seminar 1.5 hour class per week.
Assessment methods
The course will be taught as a lecture; there will be exam in the form of the both written and visual test.
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Information about innovation of course.
This course has been innovated under the project "Faculty of Arts as Centre of Excellence in Education: Complex Innovation of Study Programmes and Fields at FF MU with Regard to the Requirements of the Knowledge Economy“ – Reg. No. CZ.1.07/2.2.00/28.0228, which is cofinanced by the European Social Fond and the national budget of the Czech Republic.

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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 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022.
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