DU1330 Subject Seminar: The Connoisseurship

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2018
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Lubomír Slavíček, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Lubomír Slavíček, CSc.
Department of Art History – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: prof. PhDr. Lubomír Slavíček, CSc.
Supplier department: Department of Art History – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
each odd Friday 15:00–18:40 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 Prolegomena to the connoisseurship, one of the principal methods of the work of arthistorian in museum, in art collecting, in art trade and in the care of historical monuments.
Syllabus
  • The basic topics of the course:
  • Friedländer
  • 1. Aims and limits of the connoisseurship?
  • 2. Historical and stylistic critic.
  • 3. Problems of attribition and datation of paintings.
  • 4. Genuine or false? (original, copy, replic, false, workshop work).
  • 5. History painting, portrait, landscape, still life, genre.
  • 6. Origin and history of art museums.
  • 7. Principles of museum work.
  • 8. "Old great men" of the connoisseurship (B. Berenson, A. Bredius, W. von Bode, Th. von Frimmel, M. J. Friedländer, V. Kramář and others.
Literature
  • Frimmel, Theodor von. Handbuch der Gemaeldekunde. Leipzig 1894 (1904).
  • Friedlaender, Max J. On the Art and Connoissership. London 1942.
  • Frimmel, Theodor von. Zur Methodik und Psychologie des Gemaeldebestimmungs. Muenchen 1905.
Teaching methods
Class and seminar 1.5 hour class per week.
Assessment methods
Final written exam in a form of a test
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
Information on completion of the course: test a písemná práce na zadané téma
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2000, Autumn 2001, Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017.
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