DU2720m Applied art at Early Modern Courts

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2013
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 4 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: k (colloquium). Other types 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
Supplier department: Department of Art History – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Tue 14:10–15:45 K31
Prerequisites
The course presents luxury artifacts of the Renaissance in Baroque. Today we associate the art with painting, sculpture and architecture, yet luxury works of so-called applied art (like gold-work, splendid tapestries and textiles, ephemeral multimedia spectacles, ceremonial carriages and other opulent creations) were consistently more distinguished and celebrated by contemporaries. The exquisite craftmanship and the precious materials of these creations were signs of their owners rand and privilege. By contrast, the modest materials of painting and sculptures relegated them to lower status. The aim of lectures is to closely examine and interpret the objects themselves and their uses in their day, to analyse how sumptuous creations constructed the world and taste of Renaissance and Baroque patrons.
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
At the end of this course the student will be able to understand and explain meaning of the luxury artifacts at the early modern royal courts in their historical context.
Syllabus
  • Perception of luxury artifacts at renaissance and baroque courts;
  • Uses of luxury artifacts during ceremonial and ritual events;
  • Great patrons;
  • Important artists and artisans;
  • Different kinds of artifacts (jewellry, furniture, tapestries, carriages, collections etc.);
Literature
  • Tapestry in the Baroque : new aspects of production and patronage. Edited by Elizabeth A. H. Cleland - Thomas P. Campbell. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2010, 359 s. ISBN 9780300155143. info
  • Furnishing the eighteenth century : what furniture can tell us about the European and American past. Edited by Dena Goodman - Kathryn Norberg. New York: Routledge, 2007, x, 245. ISBN 041594953X. info
  • Tapestry in the Baroque : threads of splendor. Edited by Thomas P. Campbell - Pascal-François Bertrand - Jeri Bapasola, Photo. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2007, x, 563. ISBN 9780300124071. info
  • BROSENS, Koenraad. A contextual study of Brussels tapestry, 1670-1770 : the dye works and tapestry workshop of Urbanus Leyniers (1674-1747). Brussel: Paleis der Academiën, 2004, 561 s. ISBN 9065699287. info
  • GRAF, Henriette. Die Residenz in München : hofzeremoniell, Innenräume und Möblierung von Kurfürst Maximilian I. bis Kaiser Karl VII. München: Bayerische Verwaltung der Staatlichen Schlösser, 2002, 318 s. ISBN 3932982436. info
  • Wittelsbach State and Ceremonial Carriages :coaches, sledges and sedan chairs in the Marstallmuseum Schloß Nymphenburg. Edited by Rudolf H. Wackernagel - Axel Gelbhaar. Stuttgart: Arnoldsche Art Publishers, 2002, 327 s. ISBN 3925369856. info
  • Kaiser Karl V. (1500-1558) : Macht und Ohnmacht Europas. Edited by Wilfried Seipel. Wien: Kunsthistorisches Museum, 2000, xv, 390. ISBN 3854970110. info
  • Zeremoniell als höfische Ästhetik in Spätmittelalter und Früher Neuzeit. Edited by Jörg Jochen Berns - Thomas Rahn. Tübingen: Max Niemeyer Verlag, 1995, xii, 821 s. ISBN 3-484-36525-0. info
Teaching methods
lectures
Assessment methods
Written examination aimed at testing the student’s insight into the main theories, concepts and methodologies of the discipline, or in the work of the main representatives of the scholarly discourse, and at checking the student’s ability to connect relevant facts into logical relations.
Language of instruction
Czech
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