Course: Early Modern European Architecture

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Course title Early Modern European Architecture
Course code DVU/B2B12
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 2
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 5
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)
  • Krummholz Martin, PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Europe in the 16th century. Reformation and Counter-Reformation 2. Michelangelo 3. Vignola. Giacomo della Porta 4. Baroque Urbanism 5. Domenico Fontana 6. Carlo Maderno 7. Gian Lorenzo Bernini as an architect 8. Francesco Borromini 9. Pietro da Cortona, Carlo Rainaldi 10. Guarino Guarini. Filippo Juvarra 11. Carlo Fontana. Mattia de Rossi 12. Enrico Zuccalli. Domenico Martinelli 13. Johann Bernard Fischer von Erlach. Johann Lucas von Hildebrandt

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture
Learning outcomes
The course is designed as a series of selected chapters covering a wide range of topics related to European architecture of the 15th-18th century. The individual lectures will introduce periodisation, stylistic background, key figures of the period architecture, typology and important patrons.
Orientation in European architecture of the 15th-18th century; knowledge of key works, artists and types of artistic commissions.
Prerequisites
Interest in the subject; basic knowledge of European history.

Assessment methods and criteria
Written exam

At least 67% success rate in the written exam. At least 80% attendance
Recommended literature


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): Science of Arts (2024) Category: Theory and history of arts 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): The History of Art and the Theory of Art (2023) Category: Theory and history of arts 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Science of Arts (2019) Category: Theory and history of arts 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Art History and Heritage Conservation (2023) Category: Theory and history of arts 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter