DU1736 Artistic techniques and media from the Middle Ages to the present II

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2022
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Lukáš Bártl, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Radka Nokkala Miltová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Pavel Suchánek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Pavel Suchánek, Ph.D.
Department of Art History – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: doc. Mgr. Pavel Suchánek, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Art History – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Mon 14:00–15:40 K32
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to make students acquainted with the material conditions of sculpture, applied arts, print and photography.
Learning outcomes
After completing the course, a student will be able to:
- identify and summarize important technological innovations of the major periods in the history of sculpture, applied arts, print and photography;
- identify and describe key artistic techniques;
- describe factors which affect work of art's condition and preservation;
- design and explain a suitable method of technological research, conservation and restoration.
Syllabus
  • Terminology, theory, chronology
  • Basic overview and connoisseurship of selected techniques
  • Artistic practise, signatures, attribution
  • Preservation and conservation
  • Collecting and art market
  • Digitalisation
Literature
  • A history of photography : from 1839 to the present. Edited by Therese Mulligan - David Wooters. Köln: Taschen, 2010, 766 s. ISBN 9783822847770. info
  • Druckgraphik : zwischen Reproduktion und Invention. Edited by Markus A. Castor. Berlin: Deutscher Kunstverlag, 2010, xi, 497. ISBN 9783422069404. info
  • KOSCHATZKY, Walter. Die Kunst der Graphik : Technik, Geschichte, Meisterwerke. 14. Aufl. Munchen: Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag, 2003, 263 s. ISBN 3423307420. info
  • KREJČA, Aleš. Grafické techniky. Vyd. 2. V Praze: Aventinum, 1994, 206 s. ISBN 8071516388. info
  • PENNY, Nicholas. The Materials of sculpture. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1993, ix, 318. ISBN 0300055544. info
  • NEWHALL, Beaumont. The history of photography : from 1839 to the present. 5th, completely rev. and enl. New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1982, 319 s. ISBN 0870703811. info
  • VOLAVKA, Vojtěch and Zdenka VOLAVKOVÁ-SKOŘEPOVÁ. O soše : úvod do historické technologie a teorie sochařství. 1. vydání. Praha: Státní nakladatelství krásné literatury, hudby a umění, 1959, 453 stran. URL info
Teaching methods
Lectures, class discussion, home works, reading, excursion
Assessment methods
Final written test.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025.
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