Course: Caravaggio and Context

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Course title Caravaggio and Context
Course code DVU/BCAR
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Daniel Ladislav, prof. PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Caravaggio in his youth in Milan, his artistic education. 2. Caravaggio in Rome: early work for Cardinal Francesco del Monte, paintings in the Contarelli Chapel in the Church of San Luigi dei Francesi. 3. Caravaggio in Rome: paintings in the churches of S. Maria del Popolo, S. Maria della Scala and Chiesa Nuova and works up to 1606. 4. Caravaggio in Naples: works from the first stay. 5. Caravaggio in Malta: paintings for the Maltese Knights. 6. Caravaggio in Sicily: the paintings for Messina, Syracuse and Palermo. 7. Caravaggio in Naples: works from the second stay. 8. Italian Caravaggists. 9. French and Spanish Caravaggists. 10. Netherlandish and German Caravaggists. 11. Colloquium.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming)
Learning outcomes
Seminars focusing on Michelangelo Merisi, called Caravaggio, on detailed study of his individual works, on the form of his style of painting and on his influence on painters of the 17th century, mostly Italian, but also from the rest of Europe.
Familiarity with Caravaggio's work and its influence on the painting of the 17th century.
Prerequisites
Interest in painting of the 17th century.

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral exam

Oral presentation of individually selected and in advance studied Caravaggio's work.
Recommended literature
  • DaCosta Kaufmann, T. Court, Cloister and City. The Art of Central Europe 1450-1800. Chicago 1995..
  • Daniel, L. - Pujmanová, O. - Soukup, - Togner, M. Olomoucká obrazárna I. Italské malířství 14.-18. století z olomouckých sbírek. Olomouc 1996..
  • Daniel, L. (ed.). Benátčané. Malířství 17. a 18. století z českých a moravských sbírek. Milano - Praha 1996..
  • Daniel, L. (ed.). Florenťané. Umění z doby medicejských velkovévodů. Katalog výstavy. Praha 2002..
  • Daniel, L. Mezi erupcí a morem. Malířství v Neapoli 1631-1656. Úvod W. Prohaska. Praha 1995..
  • Emiliani, A. - Scholaro, M. (ed.). Od Correggia ke Crespimu. Malířství 16.-18. století v Emilii a Romagni. Da Correggio a Crespi. Pittura dal Cinquecento al Settecento in Emilia e in Romagna. Bologna - Praha 1991..
  • Togner, M. (ed.). Kroměřížská obrazárna. Katalog sbírky obrazů arcibiskupského zámku v Kroměříži. Kroměříž 1998..


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): The History of Art and the Theory of Art (2019) Category: Theory and history of arts - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Winter