DU1431 Italian for Art Historians

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2018
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Zuzana Wagner, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. Ivan Foletti, MA, Docteur es Lettres, Docent in Church History
Department of Art History – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: prof. Ivan Foletti, MA, Docteur es Lettres, Docent in Church History
Supplier department: Department of Art History – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Fri 15:50–19:05 B2.33
Prerequisites
The course is offered to the students of the History of art
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
This course is aimed at the enrichment of the Italian and artistic vocabulary. The goal is to expand language skills of the student and above all, it is to develop the ability to work with the text and with its purpose and to assess the aesthetic quality of the text, to capture keywords in the Italian specialized articles or books.
Syllabus
  • Reading, lexical analysis and translation of the Italian artistic specialized texts will be the principal class activities. The course is dedicated to Italian and Mediterranean art. Lexical areas: 1) title and labels of paintings, 2) Genres: painting, sculpure, architecture, 3) portrait and other painting genres, 4) techniques and materials, 5) themes of paintings, 6) description of an artwork, 7) art styles and periods, 8) Byzantine architecture in Ravenna and in old Byzantium, 9) how to describe an exhibition in Italian language.
Literature
  • Alena BAHNÍKOVÁ, Hana BENEŠOVÁ, Ludmila EHRENBERGEROVÁ: Italština. 1. vyd. Praha: LEDA, 2002. 614 s. ISBN 80 8592 793 4
  • Rossana ANDRIUZZI: L‘Italiano dell’arte. Corso di lingua italiana. Milán: Hoepli, 2017. 154 s. ISBN 978 88 203 7749 6
  • Anna Angela CERNIGLIARO: L’Italia è cultura. Arte. Řím: Edilingua, 2011. 31 s. ISBN 978 960 693 001 0
  • Jiří ŠPIČKA: Italské reálie. 2. vyd. Plzeň: Fraus, 2004. 71 s. ISBN 80 7238 336 1
Teaching methods
Basic description of artistic terms, genres and iconography in Italian language. Students have the opportunity to be actively involved in the class activities by reading articles and texts on art history and artworks.
Assessment methods
The final written examination. Participation in the course is very recommended.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
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