DU1714 Early Modern Art: from Masaccio to Canova I

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2022
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Pavel Suchánek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Pavel Suchánek, Ph.D.
Contact Person: doc. Mgr. Pavel Suchánek, Ph.D.
Timetable
Tue 8:00–9:40 K31
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
The course will familiarise students with several key figures in the the Renaissance, Baroque, and Neoclassical visual culture in Europe during the fifteenth century, up to the nineteenth century. It will be focused on the dynamic and changing face of religious and secular images, objects, and monuments from the early modern period to learn about an age of profound religious devotion, and the pursuit of knowledge, pleasure, power, riches, and glory. The goal of the course is to learn students how to evaluate the aesthetic, historical, social, and ethical significance of the visual realm; construct plausible methods of analysis in the field of art history and visual culture; and develop a broader and deeper understanding of how visual images were perceived in the early modern era.
Learning outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- demonstrate an ability to analyse and interpret major developments in European art and visual culture from the fifteenth to the nineteenth century;
- understand some of the contexts in which artists worked, the influences on their practices and the innovations;
- demonstrate an understanding of changes in European art and visual culture that reflect changes in society;
- present written and oral arguments about the early modern art.
Syllabus
  • Renaissance
  • Mannerism
  • Baroque
  • Rococo
  • Neoclassicism
  • Romanticism
Literature
    recommended literature
  • Baroko : architektura, sochařství, malířství. Edited by Rolf Toman, Translated by Dagmar Lieblová - Miroslava Naumannová - M. 2., upr. vyd. [Praha]: Slovart, 2007, 500 s. ISBN 9788072097715. info
  • Neoclassicism and romanticism : architecture, sculpture, paiting, drawing. Edited by Rolf Toman, Photo by Markus Bassler. Cologne: Könemann, 2000, 520 s. ISBN 3829015755. info
  • Umění italské renesance :architektura, sochařství, malířství, kresba. Edited by Rolf Toman. 1. čes. vyd. V Praze: Slovart, 1996, 462 s. ISBN 80-85871-94-7. info
    not specified
  • Court, cloister & city : the art and culture of central Europe, 1450-1800 (Orig.) : Höfe, Klöster und Städte : Kunst und Kultur in Mitteleuropa, 1450-1800. info
  • Art in theory 1648-1815 : an anthology of changing ideas. Edited by Charles Harrison - Paul Wood - Jason Gaiger. 1st pub. Malden, Ma.: Blackwell Publishing, 2000, xxii, 1220. ISBN 0631200649. info
  • HASKELL, Francis. Patrons and painters : a study in the relations between Italian art and society in the age of the Baroque. Rev. and enlarged ed. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1982, xviii, 474. ISBN 0300025408. info
Teaching methods
lectures, reading, homework
Assessment methods
essay + oral examination
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024.
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