FF:DU2328 Aristocratic residences - Course Information
DU2328 Aristocratic residences in England (16th-20th century)
Faculty of ArtsAutumn 2019
- Extent and Intensity
- 2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
- Teacher(s)
- Mgr. Tomáš Valeš, Ph.D. (lecturer)
- Guaranteed by
- Mgr. Tomáš Valeš, Ph.D.
Department of Art History – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Art History – Faculty of Arts - Timetable
- Wed 18:00–19:40 K31
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is offered to students of any study field.
- Course objectives
- Students will get acquainted with the basic types and characteristics of aristocratic residences (country houses) in England from the 16th to the 20th century. Besides the changes in the architectural forms of individual houses, attention will be focused on their functional use, artistic collections and personalities of particular patrons.
- Learning outcomes
- Student will be able to:
- orientate in the development of English aristocratic residences;
- identify and describe their parts;
- characterize represented collections and works of art;
- find analogies with similar country houses on the continent; - Syllabus
- - a methodological introduction - English country houses in the 16th - 18th century - English country houses in the 18th - 20th century - patrons and architects - art collections - gardens - the European context
- Literature
- required literature
- MUSSON, Jeremy. How to read a country house. First published. London: Ebury press, 2005, 272 stran. ISBN 9780091900762. info
- SUMMERSON, John. Architecture in Britain, 1530 to 1830. Photo by A. F. Kersting. 9th ed. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1993, 588 s. ISBN 0300058861. info
- GIROUARD, Mark. Life in the English country house : a social and architectural history. Seventh printing. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1980, 344 stran. ISBN 0300022735. info
- recommended literature
- The country house kitchen, 1650-1900. Edited by Pamela A. Sambrook - Peter Brears. Stroud, Gloucestershire: The History Press, 2010, xii, 262. ISBN 9780752455969. info
- CHRISTIE, Christopher. The British country house in the eighteenth century. First published. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2000, xv, 333. ISBN 0719047242. info
- HOWARD, Maurice. The early Tudor country house : architecture and politics 1490-1550. London: Georg Philip, 1987, 232 stran. ISBN 0540011193. info
- GIROUARD, Mark. The Victorian country house. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1979, vii, 467. ISBN 0300023901. info
- Teaching methods
- Lectures supplemented by discussions.
- Assessment methods
- Oral examination.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further Comments
- Study Materials
The course is taught only once.
- Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2019, recent)
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