DU0207 The ABC of the Art History III.: "Gemäldekunde" and Drawing

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2009
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 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.
Timetable
Wed 13:20–14:55 B13
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 aim of the course is to make students acquainted with the material conditions of painting and drawing.
Syllabus
  • Main themes of the course:
  • a) Painter’s books of recipes, ancient theoretical literature.
  • b) Kind of support (types of wood panels /panel makers, dendrochronology/, canvas, metal (copper, tin, iron), stone, paper etc.).
  • c) Drawing and its history and techniques, preparatory works (drawings and oil sketches), underdrawing.
  • d) Gilding, punched decoration.
  • e) Pigments and techniques of painting (oil painting, tempera, encaustic, gouache).
  • f) Techniques of wall painting (fresco, fresco secco, sgraffito).
  • g) Condition and preservation of paintings and its technological research.
  • h) Methods of conservation and restoration, survey of the history of restoration.
Literature
  • Frimmel, Theodor von. Handbuch der Gemaeldekunde. Leipzig 1894.
  • SLÁNSKÝ, Bohuslav. Technika malby. Vyd. 2. Praha: Paseka, 2003, 299 s. ISBN 807185624X. info
  • NICOLAUS, Knut. DuMonts Handbuch der Gemäldekunde : Gemälde erkennen und bestimmen. Originalausg. Köln: DuMont, 2003, 336 s. ISBN 3832172882. info
  • LOSOS, Ludvík. Techniky malby. Vyd. 1. Praha: Aventinum, 1994, 192 s. ISBN 80-85277-03-4. info
  • VOLAVKA, Vojtěch. Painting and brush-work :introduction to the studium of the brush-work. Edited by René Huyghe. V Praze: Státní grafická škola, 1939, 175 s. URL info
  • FRINTA, Mojmír Svatopluk. Punched decoration on late Medieval panel and miniature painting. Prague: Maxdorf, 1998, 556 s. ISBN 8085800942. info
  • KOSCHATZKY, Walter. Die Kunst der Zeichnung : Technik, Geschichte, Meisterwerke. 10. Aufl. Munchen: Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag, 2003, 346 s. ISBN 3423307412. info
Assessment methods
Lectures, class discussion, home works, reading, final written test.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2000, Spring 2001, Spring 2002, Spring 2003, Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022.
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