DU2310 Art and Propaganda in Early Modern Age

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2020
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Pavel Suchánek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Pavel Suchánek, Ph.D.
Department of Art History – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Art History – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Tue 16:00–17:40 K31
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
The course will adress the visual strategies of Holy roman emperors in the early modern period. The first part will focus on general issues related image and ideology, myths and legends, the importance of genealogy or religious cults. The second part will focus on practical application of these ideas in the early modern art, the specific strategies and the visual perception of images of power.
Learning outcomes
After completing the course, a student will be able to:
- identify and summarize the key visual strategies of rulers in the early modern age;
- identify and describe the main themes and ways of functioning of "images of power";
- describe the ways in which they are created;
- compare and describe key approaches to visual propaganda at the different European royal courts;
- reconstruct and interpret the ideological content of the early modern works of art.
Syllabus
  • Translatio imperii and the ideology of the Holy Roman Empire • Myths and Legends: The Trojan War, Golden Fleece, knightly tradition and eschatological prophecies • Genealogy, continuity and legitimacy of the Emperors • Habsburg ideology: the cult of the Eucharist, pietas austriaca, Order of the Golden Fleece • Images and its viewers • Louis XIV., Leopold I and the war of images • Festivities and ceremonies at the Vienna and Paris in the 17th and 18th century • Media of propaganda: architecture, painting, sculpture, crafts, graphics, collecting • Ideologues, artists and academy • On the way to the modern state: an enlightened ruler, reforming society, and new media
Literature
  • Matsche, Franz. Die Kunst im Dienst der Staatsidee Karls VI. Ikonographie, Ikonologie und Programmatik des “Kaiserstils”. Berlin-New York, De Gruyte, 1981
  • BURKE, Peter. Ludwig XIV. : die Inszenierung des Sonnenkönigs. Translated by Matthias Fienbork. 2. Aufl. Berlin: Klaus Wagenbach, 2005, 278 s. ISBN 3803124123. info
  • SCHUMANN, Jutta. Die andere Sonne : Kaiserbild und Medienstrategien im Zeitalter Leopolds I. Berlin: Akademie, 2003, 585 s. ISBN 3050037520. info
  • Bildnis, Fürst und Territorium. Edited by Ulrich Schütte - Lutz Unbehaun - Andreas Beyer. München: Deutscher Kunstverlag, 2000, 266 s. ISBN 3422063129. info
  • ENGELS, Jens Ivo. Königsbilder : Sprechen, Singen und Schreiben über den französischen König in der ersten Hälfte des achtzehnten Jahrhunderts. Bonn: Bouvier, 2000, viii, 333. ISBN 3416029062. info
  • GOLUBEVA, Marija. The glorification of Emperor Leopold I in image, spectacle and text. Mainz: Philipp von Zabern, 2000, vi, 254. ISBN 3805327048. info
Teaching methods
Lectures
Assessment methods
final written test, homework
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught only once.
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