Course: Italian Painting 1550-1750 1

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Course title Italian Painting 1550-1750 1
Course code DVU/BITM1
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 1
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Zapletalová Jana, doc. PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
Thematic areas: 1. Venice 1550-1618: late Titian, Veronese, Bassano, Tintoretto and followers. 2. Florence from Cosimo I to Francesco I .: Mannerists, Agnolo Bronzino, Giorgio Vasari, Giovanni Balducci vol. Cosci, Santi di Tito, Alessandro Allori, Studiolo in Palazzo Ducale, Uffizi. 3. Council of Trent and new requirements for painters. A new typology of the image in the anti-Reformation period. Gabriele Paleotti and artists in Bologna before the "reform" of the Carracci. 4. New typology of the image in the anti-Reformation period. Gabriele Paleotti and artists in Bologna 1575-1609; "reform" of the Carracci. 5. Federico Barocci. 6. Annibale, Ludovico and Agostino Carracci before 1600. 7. Rome 1592-1606: Caravaggio I. 8. Rome 1600-1609: Annibale Carracci, Palazzo Farnese. 9. Caravaggists in Rome: Bartolomeo Manfredi, Orazio Gentileschi, Jusepe Ribera, Honthorst, Carlo Saraceni. 10. 11. Rome 1600-1630: Albani, Domenichino, Lanfranco, Guercino, Rubens. 12. Guido Reni in Bologna and Rome. The lecture blocks are held on the following dates: Week 2: 22 February Week 3: 1 March Week 6: 22 March Week 8: 5 April Week 10: 19 April Week 12: 3 May

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
  • Homework for Teaching - 12 hours per semester
  • Preparation for the Exam - 10 hours per semester
  • Attendace - 26 hours per semester
  • Attendace - 0 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
Lectures and seminars devoted to the types and changes of painting in its main European centers including Bohemia and Moravia since 1550 to about 1630, mainly in Rome, Bologna, Florence, Venice, Napel, Genua and Turin. The difference of local schools, the importance of the city centers of painting and their relationships are followed in the exchange of impulses, in impact of the leading art personalities, in the relations to literature, theatre and music of the time and in the structure of the home patronage, collectionism and commissions together with traces of the activity of foreign artists in Bohemia and Moravia.
The student will get deeper insight into the Baroque painting in Italy in its main centers since 1550 to about 1750, mainly in Rome, Bologna, Florence, Venice and Naples.
Prerequisites
Interest in the issues.

Assessment methods and criteria
Seminar Work

Active preparation for class, activity in class, seminar work.
Recommended literature
  • Andrea Emiliani and Michela Scolaro (eds.). (1991). 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.
  • Ladislav Daniel (ed.). (1996). Benátčané. Malířství 17. a 18. století z českých a moravských sbírek. Milano.
  • Ladislav Daniel. (2002). Florenťané. Umění z doby medicejských velkovévodů. Praha.
  • Ladislav Daniel. (1995). Mezi erupcí a morem. Malířství v Neapoli 1631?1656. Praha.
  • Steffi Roettgen. (2007). Wandmalerei in Italien: Barock und Aufklärung, 1600?1800. München.


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
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
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