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Lecturer(s)
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Duda Ondřej, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Dömischová Ivona, PhDr. Ph.D.
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Flajšar Jiří, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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An overview of architectural styles in a cross-section of history, major schools, tendencies and prominent figures in British art. Students will prepare a short paper (presentation) on a major architect or artist of their choice. They may also give a presentation with commentary on one major work of art or architecture, subject to discussion with the teacher and the group. Topics: Prehistory. Stonehenge. Skara Brae, Newgrange. The Celts. Romans in Britain. The Anglo-Saxons and their architecture and art. The Normans. Bayeux Tapestry. English Gothic. Medieval illuminated manuscripts. The Renaissance. Painters of the Tudor Royal Court: Hans Holbein the Younger, Van Dyck, Sir Peter Lely, Sir Godfrey Kneller, Nicholas Hilliard. 17th and 18th century: Palladian Classicism, English Baroque. William Hogarth: the first truly English painter. Famous portraitists: Sir Joshua Reynolds, Thomas Gainsborough, George Romney, Sir Thomas Lawrence. 19th century: Neoclassicism, Historicism. William Blake, Joseph William Mallard Turner, John Constable, and Samuel Palmer. John Ruskin and Pre-Raphaelites. William Morris and the Arts and Crafts movement. Charles R. Mackintosh and the Glasgow School. 20th Century: Modernism, Postmodernism, New British architecture, new trends in art.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Lecture, Activating (Simulations, Games, Dramatization), Analyzing and producing audiovisual content
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Learning outcomes
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Upon completion of the course, students will be able to: " describe the cultural and historical background to the development of different periods and styles in the history of art and architecture in Great Britain, " characterise the different developmental periods and styles of the history of art and architecture in Great Britain, " recognise and classify selected examples of artworks, especially paintings, murals, sculpture, reliefs from different periods and important buildings, into different periods and styles, " characterise the work of the most important representatives or movements in the visual arts and architecture of Great Britain and know their most important works or buildings.
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Prerequisites
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unspecified
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Student performance, Seminar Work
- attendance, activity in the seminar, presentation (more specified by the teacher in Moodle)
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Recommended literature
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