HIA278 Baroque Culture in Central Europe

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2021
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Tomáš Malý, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Bc. Lucie Lindnerová (assistant)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Tomáš Malý, Ph.D.
Department of History – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of History – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Tue 8:00–9:40 B1.41
Prerequisites
Open mind, love for knowledge.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 22 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 2/22, only registered: 0/22
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
The purpose of the course is to provide a profound insight into the nature of Central European baroque culture, namely through the work with chosen written and visual sources and literature, all in multidisciplinary perspective. The baroque culture shall be presented as a "Gesamtkunstwerk" in all possible contexts.
Learning outcomes
Students shall be:
- acquainted with crucial phenomena of Central European culture of the 17th and 18th c.;
- acquainted with the development of interpretations of baroque culture in modern historiography;
- able to understand typical aspects of the culture as well as the ideological interpretations of Central European history of the 17th and 18th c.
Syllabus
  • The baroque in historiography and historiography of art in the 19th and 20th c.;
  • Periodization of baroque culture;
  • Representation of culture;
  • Death and piety;
  • The baroque historicism;
  • The baroque and imagination;
  • The end of the baroque.
Literature
    required literature
  • JAKUBEC, O. - ELBEL, M. - PERUTKA, M. (eds.): Olomoucké baroko. Výtvarná kultura let 1620–1780. I-III. Olomouc: Muzeum umění Olomouc 2010-2011.
  • HERSCHE, Peter. Muße und Verschwendung : europäische Gesellschaft und Kultur im Barockzeitalter. Freiburg: Herder, 2006, 666 s. ISBN 3451289083. info
  • Sláva barokní Čechie : stati o umění, kultuře a společnosti 17. a 18. století : [Praha, 27/IV-28/X 2001, Obrazárna Pražského hradu, klášter sv. Jiří, Valdštejnská jízdárna, palác Kinských]. Edited by Vít Vlnas. V Praze: Pro Národní galerii v Praze realizovalo nakl. Paseka, 2001, 354 s. ISBN 8070352582. info
    recommended literature
  • HSIA, R. Po-chia. The world of Catholic renewal, 1540-1770. 2nd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005, xi, 268. ISBN 9780521602419. info
  • PREISS, Pavel. František Antonín Špork a barokní kultura v Čechách. 2., rozš. a přeprac. vyd.,. Praha: Paseka, 2003, 600 s. ISBN 8071855731. info
  • O'MALLEY, John W. Trent and all that : renaming Catholicism in the early modern era. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University, 2000, 219 s. ISBN 0674000870. info
    not specified
  • PREISS, Pavel: František Antonín Špork a barokní kultura v Čechách. Praha – Litomyšl: Paseka 2003.
Teaching methods
Analysis of chosen text (source or literature) and following discussion in the context of cultural phenomena of the 17th and 18th c.
Assessment methods
Credit(oral exam).
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023.
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