DU2539 Seminar: Intention and context in architecture

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2010
Extent and Intensity
0/2. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Jiří Kroupa, CSc. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Jiří Kroupa, CSc.
Department of Art History – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: prof. PhDr. Jiří Kroupa, CSc.
Timetable
Mon 11:40–13:15 K31
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 15 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/15, only registered: 0/15, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/15
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The seminar is designed for students of architectural history, who in the course learn about important contemporary publications on the history of architectural objects. These publications are mainly solved the problem of intentions and context of art. Students will try to search for ”circumstances“ of the history of buildings, which are studied in their own final theses.
Syllabus
  • 1. The Introduction: Intention and Context in the history of architecture.. 2. Michel Baxandall on "circumstances" of the work of art. 3. Ulrich Fürst: Salzburg- Kollegiatkirche, Wien-Peterskirche, Kladruby. 4. Ulrich Fürst, Jiří Kroupa, Mojmír Horyna: Rajhrad. 5. Michael Baxandall, Patterns of Intentions: Forth Bridge, Picasso, Chardin. 6. Michael Baxandall, Svetlana Alpers: Tiepolo. 7. Intence I: the final thesis. 8. Intence II: the final thesis.
Literature
    required literature
  • BAXANDALL, Michael. Painting and experience in fifteenth century Italy : a primer in the social history of pictorial style. 2nd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1988, 183 s. ISBN 019282144X. info
  • BAXANDALL, Michael. Patterns of intention : on the historical explanation of pictures. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1985, xii, 147. ISBN 0300037635. info
  • ALPERS, Svetlana and Michael BAXANDALL. Tiepolo and the pictorial intelligence. 2nd print. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1996, ix, 186. ISBN 0300068174. info
  • FÜRST, Ulrich. Die lebendige und sichtbahre Histori : programmatische Themen in der Sakralarchitektur des Barock (Fischer von Erlach, Hildebrandt, Santini). 1. Aufl. Regensburg: Schnell & Steiner, 2002, 446 s. ISBN 3795415047. info
Teaching methods
Reading, Homework, Class discussion.
Assessment methods
Oral presentation of paper.
Language of instruction
Czech
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