KLBcB55 Roman architecture

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2015
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Balázs Komoróczy, Ph.D. (lecturer)
asistent (assistant)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Eliška Kazdová, CSc.
Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jitka Šibíčková
Supplier department: Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Wed 10:50–12:25 C42
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/20, only registered: 0/20, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/20
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.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2007, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2017, Spring 2020.
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