DU2766 Early Modern Iconography and Iconology

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2015
Extent and Intensity
0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
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.
Supplier department: Department of Art History – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Fri 14:10–17:25 K31
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 15 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/15, only registered: 0/15, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/15
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The seminary is focused on the iconography of the selected art works from the 17th to 18th centuries and on their iconological interpretation.
Syllabus

  • 1. Caravaggio (1571-1610), Altar pieces in the Contarelli Chapel in the San Luigi dei Francesi Church in Rome, 1599-1602

    2. Caravaggio (1571-1610), Amor vincit Omnia, 1601-1602, Berlin, Gemäldegalerie

    3. Jan Vermeer (1632-1675), Allegory of Painting, 1666–1667. Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum

    4. Jan Vermeer (1632-1675), Allegory of Faith, 1671–1674. New York, The Metropolitan Museum

    5. Frans Hals (ca 1580-1666), Double Portrait of Isaac Massa and Beatrix van der Laen (?), 1622. Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum

    6. Rembrandt (1606-1669), Anatomy Lesson of the Dr. Tulp, 1632 (Haag, Mauritshuis) and Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Deyman, 1656 (Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum)

    7. Theme "Ganymede" in the oeuvre of Rembrandt (Dresden) and of Petr Paul Rubens (Vienna, Schwarzenberg Picture Gallery)

    8. Theme "Il Contento" in the oeuvre of the Netherlandish painters around 1600 (Adam Elsheimer, Nicolaus Knüpfer, Petr Paul Rubens)

    9. Petr Paul Rubens (1599–1640), Assembly of the Olympic

    10. Petr Paul Rubens (1599–1640), Alar pieces for the Jesuit Church in Antwerp, after 1617. Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum

    10. Theme "Sine Cerere et Baccho friget Venus" in the oeuvre of P. P. Rubense

    12. Karel Škréta (1610-1674), Paintings of the Passion cycle, 1672-1674. Prague - Lesser Town, St. Niclas Church

    13. Portraits historié in the oeuvre of Karel Škréta (1610-1674)

    14. Matyáš Bernard Braun (1684-1738) a iconography "Vision of the St. Luitgardis" in the Czech baroque Art

    15. Joachim von Sandrart (1606-1688), Altar painting Finding of the Holy Cross in the Capucine Church in Brno

    16. Subject "Myth of Orpheus“ in the Czech baroque painting (M. L. Willmann, V. V. Reiner)

    17. Fresco painting of Johann Lucas Kracker (1717-1779) in the St. Niclas Church in Prague - Lesser Town

    18. Franz Anton Maulbertsch (1724-1796), Fresco painting in the Bishop Castle of Kroměříž, 1759

    19. Franz Anton Maulbertsch (1724-1796), Allegory on Education of the Noblemen, 1755, Prague, National Gallery

    20. Subject "Archimedes finding the tomb of Archimedes in Syracuse" in the oeuvre of Martin Knoller (1725-1804)
Literature
  • BÜTTNER, Frank and Andrea GOTTDANG. Einführung in die Ikonographie : Wege zur Deutung von Bildinhalten. München: C.H. Beck, 2006, 304 s. ISBN 3406535798. info
  • STRATEN, Roelof van. Einführung in die Ikonographie. Berlin: Dietrich Reimer Verlag, 1989, 165 s. ISBN 3496004509. info
  • KOPP-SCHMIDT, Gabriele. Ikonographie und Ikonologie : eine Einführung. Köln: Deubner Verlag für Kunst, Theorie & Praxis, 2004, 191 s. ISBN 3937111093. info
  • WARNCKE, Carsten-Peter. Symbol, Emblem, Allegorie : die zweite Sprache der Bilder. Köln: Deubner Verlag für Kunst, Theorie & Praxis, 2005, 192 s. ISBN 3937111077. info
  • KONEČNÝ, Lubomír. Between text and language :miscellaneous studies on the history of emblematics. Edited by Jaroslava Kašparová. 1. vyd. Praha: Národní knihovna ČR, 2002, 260 s. ISBN 8070503742. info
  • Obraz a kult v Čechách 17. a 18. století. Edited by Jan Royt. Vyd. 1. Praha: Karolinum, 1999, 362 s. ISBN 8071846627. info
  • Telesko, Werner: Einführung in die Ikonographie der barocken Kunst, Wien - Köln -Weimar 2005
  • Caravaggio in Holland : musik und Genre bei Caravaggio und den Utrechter Caravaggisten : eine Ausstellung des Städel Museums, Frankfurt am Main, 1. April bis 26. Juli 2009. Edited by Jochen Sander - Bastian Eclercy. München: Hirmer, 2009, 192 s. ISBN 9783777480657. info
  • Caravaggio. Edited by Felix Witting - M. L. Patrizi - Andrew Byrd - Marlena Metcalf. New York: Parkstone International, 2012, 199 p. ISBN 9781780427270. info
  • JONES, Pamela M. Altarpieces and their viewers in the churches of Rome from Caravaggio to Guido Reni. Hampshire: Ashgate, 2008, xiv, 360. ISBN 9780754661795. info
  • Rembrandt - Caravaggio. Edited by Duncan Bull. Amsterdam: Rijksmuseum, 2006, 208 s. ISBN 3763024662. info
  • Caravaggio : Originale und Kopien im Spiegel der Forschung. Edited by Jürgen Harten - Jean-Hubert Martin - Denis Mahon. Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2006, 270 s. ISBN 3775718060. info
  • WHEELOCK, Arthur K. Jan Vermeer. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 2004, 126 s. ISBN 0810992051. info
  • BROOS, Ben and Arthur K. WHEELOCK. Johannes Vermeer. Edited by Jan Vermeer van Delft. Zwolle: Waanders, 1996, 229 s. ISBN 9040098018. info
  • HUYGHE, René and Piero BIANCONI. Vermeer. Translated by František X. Halas - Dagmar Halasová. Vyd. 1. Praha: Odeon, 1981, 103 s. URL info
  • SLIVE, Seymour and Pieter BIESBOER. Frans Hals : [anläßlich der Ausstellung Frans Hals in der National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., vom 1. Oktober bis 31. Dezember 1989, in der Royal Academy of Arts, London, vom 13. Januar bis 8. April 1990, und im Frans-Hals-Museum, Haarlem, vom 11. München: Prestel, 1989, 435 s. ISBN 3791310321. info
  • SCHWARTZ, Gary. Das Rembrandt Buch : Leben und Werk eines Genies. Translated by Rosali Bontjes van Beek - Saskia Bontjes van Beek. München: C.H. Beck, 2006, 383 s. ISBN 3406543693. info
  • PÄCHT, Otto. Rembrandt. Edited by Edwin Lachnit. München: Prestel, 1991, 254 s. ISBN 3791311565. info
  • ALPERS, Svetlana. Rembrandt als Unternehmer : sein Atelier und der Markt. Köln: DuMont, 2003, 309 s. ISBN 3832172971. info
  • ALPERS, Svetlana. Rembrandt's enterprise : the studio and the market. Pbk. ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1990, xvi, 160. ISBN 9780226015187. info
  • KRSEK, Ivo. Petrus Paulus Rubens. Vyd. 1. Praha: Odeon - nakladatelství krásné literatury a umění, 1990, 109 s. ISBN 8020701303. info
  • BELKIN, Kristin Lohse. Rubens. Repr. London: Phaidon, 1999, 351 s. ISBN 0714834122. info
  • Peter Paul Rubens. Edited by Petrus Paulus Rubens - Klaus Albrecht Schröder - Heinz Widauer - Anne. Ostfildern-Ruit: Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2004, 531 stran. ISBN 3775715142. info
  • Rubens : a master in the making. Edited by David Jaffé - Elizabeth McGrath - Minna A. Moore Ede. 1. pub. London: National Gallery, 2005, 207 s. ISBN 1857093267. info
  • DENK, Claudia. Flämische Malerei des Barock : in der Alten Pinakothek. Edited by Konrad Renger. München: Pinakothek-DuMont, 2002, 518 s. ISBN 3832172556. info
  • NEUMANN, Jaromír. Karel Škréta. Vyd. 1. Praha: Nakladatelství československých výtvarných umělců, 1956, 53 s. URL info
  • NEUMANN, Jaromír. Škrétové :Karel Škréta a jeho syn. 1. vyd. Praha: Akropolis, 2000, 158 s. ISBN 80-85770-99-7. info
  • Jan Jiří Heinsch : malíř barokní zbožnosti : (1647-1712). Edited by Jan Jiří Heinsch - Michal Šroněk. Vyd. 1. Praha: Gallery, 2006, 192 s. ISBN 8086990036. info
  • DOBALOVÁ, Sylva. Pašijový cyklus Karla Škréty : mezi výtvarnou tradicí a jezuitskou spiritualitou. 1. vyd. Praha: Lidové noviny, 2004, 140 s. ISBN 8071067075. info
  • Matyáš Bernard Braun : 1684-1738. Edited by Milena Freimanová. 1. vyd. Praha: Národní galerie, 1988, 213 s. URL info
  • POCHE, Emanuel. Matyáš Bernard Braun : sochař českého baroka a jeho dílna. 2. přeprac. vyd. Praha: Odeon - nakladatelství krásné literatury a umění, 1986, 339 s. URL info
  • PREISS, Pavel. Kořeny a letorosty výtvarné kultury baroka v Čechách. Vyd. 1. Praha: Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, 2008, 303 s. ISBN 9788071069454. info
  • PREISS, Pavel. Václav Vavřinec Reiner : dílo, život a doba malíře českého baroka. Edited by Václav Vavřinec Reiner. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 2013, s. 605-119. ISBN 9788070355244. info
  • Johann Lucas Kracker : ein Maler des Spätbarock in Mitteleuropa. Edited by Anna Jávor. Budapest: Enciklopédia Verlag, 2005, 395 s. ISBN 9638477857. info
  • GARAS, Klára. Franz Anton Maulbertsch : Leben und Werk. Wien: Galerie Welz, 1974, 267 s. ISBN 3853490328. info
  • HABERDITZL, Franz Martin. Franz Anton Maulbertsch 1724-1796. Edited by Anne Mader - Gerbert Frodl - Michael Krapf, Photo by Fritz Simak. 1. Aufl. Wien: Christian Brandstätter, 2006, 431 s. ISBN 3902510374. info
  • BAUMGARTL, Edgar. Martin Knoller, 1725-1804 : Malerei zwischen Spätbarock und Klassizismus in Österreich, Italien und Süddeutschland. München: Deutscher Kunstverlag, 2004, 464 s. ISBN 8882662918. info
  • SLAVÍČEK, Lubomír. Martin Knoller a jeho obrazy v českých sbírkách: glosy a addenda. (Martin Knoller and His Paintings in Czech Collections: Glosses and Addenda.). Sborník prací filozofické fakulty brněnské univerzity. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1996, vol. 1996, F37-39, p. 149-164. ISSN 0231-5025. info
Teaching methods
Lectures, class discussion, home works, reading, written essay presented during the seminary.
Assessment methods
Written essay presented during the seminary.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
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