MUB_B018 Museums of Applied Arts

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2023
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Tomáš Zapletal (lecturer), doc. Mgr. Otakar Kirsch, Ph.D. (deputy)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Tomáš Zapletal
Division of Museology – Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Miriam Molnárová
Supplier department: Division of Museology – Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Mon 18. 9. 10:00–13:40 M22, Mon 23. 10. 10:00–13:40 M22, Mon 6. 11. 10:00–13:40 M22, Mon 4. 12. 10:00–13:40 M22
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
This class aims to give the students an insight into an art industry and its institutionalization into a form of specialized public museums.
Learning outcomes
After completing the course, a student will be able to:
- identify and summarize important features of the an art industry and its institutionalization into a form of specialized public museums
Syllabus
  • 1. Introductory lesson, recapitulation of terms.
  • 2.The town and society in 19. century. Industrial revolution and its influence of the growth and transformation of town aglomeration in Europe, movement of population, urbanismus, Inception od the schools, museums, theatres...
  • 3. Institution of museum in 19. century in Europe. Specific of the decorative arts museums.
  • 4. Phenomenon world´s exhibition, relation between museum of the decorative arts and industry od this period.
  • 5. Optimal museum. Science, art and industry in the theoty of Gottfried Semper.
  • 6. Beginning of photographic technology: Daguerre, Talbot, Niepce, Marey/microscopic technology, chronophotography...
  • 7. Decorative arts organization – William Morris, John Ruskin...
  • 8.Founding of decorative arts museums in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, founding acts, context...
  • 9. The decorative arts museum in Brno in 19. century.
  • 10. The decorative arts museum in Brno in 20. century.
  • 11. Moravian decorative arts museums (Olomouc, Ostrava, Třebíč, Moravská Třebová) – characteristic od particulars institucions and its ending.
  • 12. Museum of decorative arts – technological museum. Situation in Austria.
Literature
    recommended literature
  • Claudio Magris: Dunaj, Praha 1992.
  • Pavel Zatloukal: Příběhy z dlouhého století. Architektura let 1750-1918 na Moravě a ve Slezsku, Olomouc - Brno 2002.
  • Peter Noever (ed.): Kunst und Industrie. Die Anfänge des Museums für angewandte Kunst in Wien, Ostfildern 2001.
  • Otakar Kirsch: (Po)zapomenutí nositelé paměti. Německé muzejnictví na Moravě, Brno 2014.
  • Carl E. Schorske: Vídeň na přelomu století, Brno 2000.
  • Eric Hobsbawm: The Age of Empire 1875 – 1914, London 1987.
  • Taťána Petrasová-Helena Lorenzová (eds.): Dějiny českého výtvarného umění III. (1780-1890), Praha 2001.
  • Barbara Mundt: Die deutschen Kunstgewerbemuseen im 19. Jahrhundert, München 1974.
  • Bronislava Gabrielová: K dějinám Moravského uměleckoprůmyslového muzea v Brně, Brno 1971.
  • Petr Tomášek (ed.): Moravská národní galerie, Brno 2011.
  • Julius Bryant- Marie-Louise von Plessen (eds.): Art and Design for All. The Victoria and Albert Museum. Die Entstehungsgeschichte des weltweit führenden Museums für Kunst und Design, München 2011.
  • Lada Hubatová-Vacková-Pavla Pečinková-Martina Pachmannová (eds.): Věci a slova. Umělecký průmysl, užité umění a design v české teorii a kritice 1870-1970, Praha 2014.
Teaching methods
lectures, class discussion
Assessment methods
presentation/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 2019, Autumn 2021.
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