Course: History of Art in Antiquity 2

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Course title History of Art in Antiquity 2
Course code DVU/BDAU2
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester 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)
  • Horníčková Kateřina, PhDr.
Course content
The two-semester cycle of lectures presents the historical development of ancient art, the problems of its reception in the contemporary cultural context. It includes the artistic environment of the Bronze Age cultures of the Mediterranean (Aegean art), the architecture and art of the Etruscans, ancient Greece, Rome and Christian Antiquity. The classic narrative of the formation of European art will be confronted with newer findings from archaeology, culture and cultural anthropology. The lectures also pay attention to ancient traditions in the development of European art from a chronological and cultural-historical point of view. BDAU 2: 1. Etruscans I, II. 2. The beginnings of Rome and the art of the Roman Republic. 3. Art of Imperial Rome I - art under Augustus and the Julio-Claudian dynasty. 4. Art of Imperial Rome II - Flavians to Hadrian (including provincial art). 5. Art of Imperial Rome III - the Antonines. 6. Art of Imperial Rome IV - The Severian Dynasty to the Tetrarchy. 7. Art of Imperial Rome V - Official art of the 4th century, Constantine and followers 8. Art of Christian Antiquity 2.-4. St. 9. Western and Eastern traditions in Christian architecture. 10. Art of the Migration Period and the heritage of Antiquity (5th-8th centuries). 11. Roman Provincial Art and the Legacy of Antiquity.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Projection (static, dynamic), Group work
Learning outcomes
Two semestrs course of a historical development of ancient art, problems of its reception and interpretation in a contepmporary cultural context.
Student catch up information on development, reception and tradition of ancient art, he get to know problems of ancient art in contemporary cultural context.
Prerequisites
Absolutory of the subject DVU/BDAU1.

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral exam, Written exam, Written exam

The two-semester course ends with an exam (it is also possible in the form of a written test) in both the winter and summer semesters. For both attestations, the student demonstrates knowledge of terminology, characteristics of individual periods and selected works of architecture, sculpture and painting. During the course, own work and self-study will also be assigned (in moodle), especially watching videos and 3D reconstructions. Students are also expected to reflect on the material themselves. Attending 75 %.
Recommended literature
  • Donald Preziosi, Louise A. Hitchcock. (1999). Aegean art and Architecture.
  • Gombrich, E. H., & Gregorová, M. (1992). Příběh umění. Praha: Odeon.
  • J. Bouzek. (2003). Etruskové-jiní než všechny ostatní národy.
  • John Boardman. (1993). The Oxford History of Classical Ar.
  • John Boardmann. (1975). Řecké umění.
  • Mary Beard, Jonh Henderson. (2001). Classical Art ? From Greece to Rome.
  • Nigel Spivey. (1997). Etruscan Art.
  • Reynold Higgins. (1973). Minojské a mykénské umění.


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 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer