DU2025 Seminar: Interpretation of Renaissance and Baroque Ceiling Painting

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2020
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Michaela Šeferisová Loudová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Michaela Šeferisová Loudová, Ph.D.
Department of Art History – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Art History – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Mon 10:00–11:40 K31
Prerequisites
The course is intended for students of master degree studies. Basic knowledge on history of European baroque wall painting in 17th and 18th century and passive command of German is presupposed.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course introduces selected specific approaches to the study of early modern wall paintings and provides overview of the field of “concettismo”.
Learning outcomes
After finishing the course student should be able to:
- describe and interpret a specific selected early modern fresco;
- show a basic knowledge of iconology and emblematics;
- describe basic technologies of early modern wall painting.
Syllabus
  • Current approaches to the study of early modern ceiling paintings, their research (corpus of ceiling painting, its pluses and minuses; restoration of ceiling paintings in the past and today, technique and technology of the ceiling painting).
  • “Concettismo”: concepts of paintings, contemporary published descriptions, iconology, emblematics.
  • Ceiling painting and its relationship to the period graphic production.
  • Interpretation of ceiling paintings in context of other interior artistic decorations.
  • Quadrature, ceiling painting and architecture.
  • Topics of this course are modified regarding artefacts and monuments available (especially restoration and renovation of wall paintings).
Literature
  • BAUER, Hermann, Frank BÜTTNER and Bernhard RUPPRECHT. Corpus der barocken Deckenmalerei in Deutschland. Edited by Anna Bauer-Wild - Kristin Sinkel, Photo by Wolf-Christian von der Mül. München: Hirmer, 2006, s. 305-592. ISBN 3777433551. info
  • WEISS, Gustav. Reclams Handbuch der künstlerischen Techniken. Stuttgart: Philipp Reclam jun., 2002, 388 s. ISBN 3150300150. info
  • APPUHN-RADTKE, Sibylle. Geschichte der bildenden Kunst in Österreich. Edited by Werner Telesko - Marianne Baumann-Engels - Hellmut Lorenz. München: Prestel, 1999, 688 s. ISBN 3791320505. info
  • MEINE-SCHAWE, Monika and Martin SCHAWE. Die Sammlung Reuschel : Ölskizzen des Spätbarock. München: Bruckmann, 1995, 248 s. ISBN 3765428035. info
  • BAUER, Hermann. Barock : Kunst einer Epoche. Berlin: Dietrich Reimer Verlag, 1992, 292 s. ISBN 3496010959. info
Teaching methods
home reading, presentation of papers, class discussion; excursions
Assessment methods
Seminar work (text) or powerpoint presentation of chosen topic.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught only once.
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