MUBKO_002 History of Museums in the World I.

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2024
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Pavel Holman (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Pavel Holman
Division of Museology – Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Bc. Dominika Matějková
Supplier department: Division of Museology – Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Thu 11:00–12:40 TMB, except Mon 18. 11. to Sun 24. 11.
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 main objectives of the course are the following: understand of history of collecting and museums, cause of a collecting, preconditions of collecting (economical, cultural, etc.);
acquaiting students with the history of collecting in Ancient time and in Middle Ages;
identify collectors, collections, and house of collection on a collection of pictures;
Learning outcomes
- identify a descibe significant attribute of main period of colleting history;
- compare difference between approaches to collecting in particular periods;
- know significants collections and collectors in particular periods;
- analyse sources from ancient times and middle ages and current piece of knowludge about collecting;
Syllabus
  • Introduction, subject, methodology, peridization, sources, literature.
  • Why people collect, prerequisities of collecting - economical, cultural, political and social.
  • History of collecting and museums - development of theory. Origins of collecting and collections.
  • Colecting in Ancient time - Egypt, Mesopotamia, China, Japan.
  • Collections and collecting in Ancient Greece and Rome - thesaurus, Mouseion, private collections, pinakothecs, glyptothek, scientific collections.
  • Christianity and collecting, influence of liturgy, treasury collections in Middle Ages, reliquiary and its typology, Charles IV., Jean de Berry, St. Vitus in Prague, Sant Denis in France etc.
  • Prerequisities of collecting - 6. - 15. century.
  • Collecting in Middle Ages in Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia, secular and religious collections, collecting - who and why, documentation, protection and presentation of collections, example of collectors and collections;
  • Collecting in Middle Ages in Europe, secular and religious collections, collecting - who and why, documentation, protection and presentation of collections, example of collectors and collections;
  • Renaissance and collections, secular collections.
Literature
  • ŽŮREK, Václav. Karel IV. : portrét středověkého vládce. Vydání první. Praha: NLN, Nakladatelství lidové noviny, 2018, 267 stran. ISBN 9788074224973. info
  • HRDINA, Jan. Relikvie, odpustky, poutní odznaky : čtyři kapitoly z náboženského života lucemburské Prahy. Vydání první. Praha: Národní památkový ústav, 2017, 191 stran. ISBN 9788088013440. info
  • KUDLÍKOVÁ, Martina. Peter Kováč, Kristova trnová koruna. Paříž, Sainte-Chapelle a dvorské umění svatého Ludvíka. Praha 2009. Studia Mediaevalia Bohemica. Praha: Centrum medievistických studií, 2009, vol. 2009, No 1, p. 154-155. ISSN 1804-0977. info
Teaching methods
lectures
Assessment methods
lectures, reading, written test - curriculum, text in ELF, special pictures in ELF, required literature in ELF.
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Study support
https://elf.phil.muni.cz/24-25/course/view.php?id=503
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
General note: Předmět je vyučován v Technickém muzeu Brna, na adrese Purkyňova 105.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 4 bloky po 6 hodinách + e-learning 8 hodin.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Předmět si zapisují povinně studenti prvního ročníku muzeologie
Teacher's information
The course is supported by e-learning (https://elf.phil.muni.cz/) with relevant study materials.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023.
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