Course: Renaissance Cultural Studies

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Course title Renaissance Cultural Studies
Course code KRI/REREN
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
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)
  • Špička Jiří, prof. Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Radif Ludovica, Ph.D.
Course content
Introduction, bibliography. Florence in the Quattrocento, forms of Medici mecenate. Renaissance architecture and its concepts. Renaissance painting and sculpture. Nobilty and burghers. Machiavelli, Gucciardini and intellectuals. Venice and its art power. Rome in the time of Renaissance and manierism. Florence and manierism. Renaissance Women. Czech nobility trips to Italy, Italians in Bohemia and in Moravia.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
  • Homework for Teaching - 25 hours per semester
  • Preparation for the Exam - 25 hours per semester
  • Attendace - 25 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
Italian Renaissance society, imagination, life conditions, material background
Orientation in Italian Renaissance art, society, ability of source interpretation and contestual interpretation
Prerequisites
None.

Assessment methods and criteria
Mark, Oral exam, Essay

The student's active participation in the course and fulfilment of all the requirements set by the teacher during the course.
Recommended literature
  • A. Chastel. (1996). Storia dell?arte italiana. Laterza, Roma-Bari .
  • AA. VV. (1998). L?uomo del Rinascimento. Laterza, Roma-Bari .
  • C. Donati. (1995). L?Idea di nobiltá in Italia/ Secoli XIV-XVIII. Laterza, Roma-Bari .
  • P. Burke. (1996). Italská renesance. Mladá fronta, Praha.
  • R. Cesarini, L. De Federicis. (1989). Il materiale e l?immaginario, Vol. 4. Loescher, Torino.


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): Italian Language and Culture (2020) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -