Course: Christian Art History

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Course title Christian Art History
Course code KCD/DKUM
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Jonová Jitka, doc. PhDr. Th.D.
Course content
The concept of the Christian art, history and method, the division into periods and characteristics of art movements. Sacral architecture and art, the development of sacral (liturgical) space, typology of sacral buildings, basic terminology. Art in Jewish and Ancient traditions. Art in Christianity. The beginnings of sacral architecture and art in Antiquity and in the Early Middle Ages. Architecture and art in the service of the Liturgy. Christian iconography. The most important examples of the sacral architecture development in Moravia and Bohemia since the embrace of Christianity.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, Projection (static, dynamic)
Learning outcomes
The aim of this seminar is to introduce the history and the development of sacral art and also the principles according to which sacral art should be created.
Students should learn to appreciate the art used in the Liturgy, to understand the basics of Christian iconography, symbolism and spiritual movements in literature, to be able to orient artists at their work.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral exam

Acquisition of basic literature, active participation in the lectures, written assignment.
Recommended literature
  • Alejandro Mario Dieguez. (2018). Che tale arte non sia ammessa nelle nostre chiese?. La crociata di Pio XI contro il modernismo nell?arte sacra.
  • de Borchgrave Helen. (2002). Cesty křesťanského umění. Praha.
  • Gombrich Ernst Hans. (1997). Příběh umění. Praha.
  • Herout Jaroslav. (2001). Slabikář návštěvníků památek. Praha.
  • Herout Jaroslav. (2002). Staletí kolem nás. Přehled stavebních slohů. Praha.
  • Jonová, Jitka. (2020). Boj proti ?modernismu? v sakrálním umění v době pontifikátu Pia XI. se zřetelem k českým zemím z pohledu papežské diplomacie. In: Michal Sklenář - Kristina Uhlíková - Vít Vlnas (eds.), Josef Cibulka - Kněz, pedagog a historik umění ve 20. století. Praha.
  • Kroupa Jiří. (2007). Školy dějin umění. Metodologie dějin umění I.. Brno.
  • Matějček Antonín. (1958). Dějiny umění v obrysech. Praha.
  • Pojsl Miloslav. (2003). Dvanáct století naší architektury. Olomouc.
  • Syrový Bohuslav. (1973). Architektura. Praha.
  • Vilímková Milada. (1986). Stavitelé paláců a chrámů. Kryštof a Kilián Ignác Dietzenhoferové. Praha.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Sts Cyril and Methodius Faculty of Theology Study plan (Version): Catholic Theology (2) Category: Philosophy, theology 3 Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Winter