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Lecturer(s)
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Horníčková Kateřina, PhDr.
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Course content
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1. Introduction - the history of research into the art of Antiquity and the Middle Ages, orientation in terminology and chronology. Overview of pre-Greek ancient art 2. Ancient Greece - archaic, classical period 3. Hellenistic period of Greece. Italy: Etruscans, art of the Roman Republic until the reign of Augustus 4. Art of imperial Rome of the 1st-3rd century 5. Art of late Rome. Early Christian art 6. Early medieval art. Art of Byzantium (6th-9th century) 7. Pre-Romanesque and Romanesque art; the rise of religious architecture 8. Early and high Gothic; European cathedral centres, 12th-13th century 9. Late Gothic from the middle of the 13th-15th century century I: character, tendencies and regional centers of France, England, Spain and Germany 10. Specifics of medieval art in Italy 11. Late Gothic from the middle of the 13th century to the 15th century II: in Germany and Central Europe; Central European centers of international style; medieval manuscript 12. Late Gothic art of the 15th century; architecture and sculpture 13. Late Gothic painting of the 15th century; late Gothic altar; early Dutch realism; realism and expressive tendencies around 1500
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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unspecified
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Learning outcomes
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The course will provide students with information on the development of visual culture from the ancient cultures of the second and first millennium to the end of the Middle Ages. The primary focus will be on Europe, with overlaps to Central and non-European areas, in an effort to capture the basic contours of artistic expressions of the pre-modern era. It will present the artistic manifestations of Antiquity and the Middle Ages synthetically within a broader chronological and geographical framework, with an emphasis on the major works of art, artists, movements and areas of development in their historical and cultural context. The classical narrative of the formation of European art will be confronted with more recent findings from archaeology, culture and cultural anthropology. The course will also cover topics related to the actual production of works of art (techniques, artistic genres and practices, iconographic themes, artistic patronage, etc.). In a seminar format, students will work independently on assigned topics that deepen the syllabus. At the same time, students' competence in basic art historical skills will be tested.
Orientation in the issues of artistic creation of the ancient and medieval periods in a broader chronological and geographical framework; knowledge of the main works of art, artists, trends and areas of development in historical and cultural context.
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Prerequisites
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Interest in the specific topics; basic orientation in general European history
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Assessment methods and criteria
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An oral exam to check the knowledge of lecture topics and of specialised literature, seminar paper (presentation). Attending at least 80% of classes.
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Recommended literature
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