SUS_133 The aristocratics representation

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Tomáš Jeřábek (lecturer), PhDr. Dagmar Koudelková (deputy)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Tomáš Jeřábek
Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Ing. Alena Albíniová
Supplier department: Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
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 130 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/130, only registered: 0/130, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/130
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The lecture introduces students to the modes of representation of the European aristocracy of the 18th century, connects the published findings characterizing the centers of politics and art (Paris, Rome, St. Petersburg, Vienna) with unpublished archive surveys concerning local history - aristocratic settlements in the Czech lands. Passing the course acquires a basic orientation in the literature on the subject and an overview of the possibilities of new archival findings that can be used to select topics and prepare bachelor and master's thesis.
Learning outcomes
The early-modern-age material for study serves not only as a closed system of knowledge, but also encourages students to do concrete research efforts. Those can lead to the definition of a bachelor or master's thesis.
Syllabus
  • 1. History of terms - aristocracy, baroque, nobility
  • 2. Political Theories of Aristocracy in the 18th Century
  • 3. Self-identification of nobility
  • 4. Mecenate of the Nobility - Music and Theater
  • 5. Castle libraries
  • 6. The styles of European architecture in the 18th century
  • 7. Circumstances of the Artwork - examples from the Czech and Moravian environment
  • 8. Urbanization and Austrilisation of Central European nobility
  • 9. Religion, philosophy, literature
  • 10. The category of court culture
Literature
    recommended literature
  • SLAVÍČEK, Lubomír. "Sobě, umění, přátelům" : kapitoly z dějin sběratelství v Čechách a na Moravě 1650-1939. Vyd. 1. Brno: Barrister & Principal, 2007, 376 s. ISBN 9788087029220. info
  • KROUPA, Jiří. Alchymie štěstí : pozdní osvícenství a moravská společnost, 1770-1810. 2., rozš. a upr. vyd. Brno: Era vydavatelství, 2006, 328 s. ISBN 8073660636. info
  • Barokní člověk a jeho svět. Edited by Rosario Villari, Translated by Jiřina Němcová. Vyd. 1. Praha: Vyšehrad, 2004, 326 s. ISBN 8070216832. info
  • MAŤA, Petr. Svět české aristokracie : (1500-1700). Praha: Lidové noviny, 2004, 1060 s. ISBN 8071063126. info
  • PREISS, Pavel. František Antonín Špork a barokní kultura v Čechách. 2., rozš. a přeprac. vyd.,. Praha: Paseka, 2003, 600 s. ISBN 8071855731. info
  • KROUPA, Jiří. Jiří Kroupa (ed.), V zrcadle stínů. Morava v době barokní 1670 -1790. První. Brno: Moravská galerie v Brně, 2003, 384 pp. (česká mutace francouzského originálu). ISBN 80-7027-121-3. info
  • STAROBINSKI, Jean. Symboly rozumu : proměny umění a revoluce. Translated by Nora Obrtelová. Vyd. 1. Brno: Barrister & Principal, 2003, 157 s. ISBN 808659856X. info
  • VLNAS, Vít. Princ Evžen Savojský : život a sláva barokního válečníka. Vyd. 1. Praha: Paseka, 2001, 849 s. ISBN 8070352620. info
  • Sláva barokní Čechie : stati o umění, kultuře a společnosti 17. a 18. století : [Praha, 27/IV-28/X 2001, Obrazárna Pražského hradu, klášter sv. Jiří, Valdštejnská jízdárna, palác Kinských]. Edited by Vít Vlnas. V Praze: Pro Národní galerii v Praze realizovalo nakl. Paseka, 2001, 354 s. ISBN 8070352582. info
  • HORYNA, Mojmír. Jan Blažej Santini-Aichel. Vyd. 1. V Praze: Univerzita Karlova, 1998, 487 s. ISBN 8071846643. info
  • KRSEK, Ivo. Umění baroka na Moravě a ve Slezsku. Edited by Zdeněk Kudělka, Photo by Prokop Paul. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1996, 739 s. ISBN 8020005404. info
Teaching methods
Lectures, class discussion
Assessment methods
Written test
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught only once.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2021, Spring 2023.
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