Course: Northern Renaissance: The "other" visual cultuure of the 16th and 17th centuries

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Course title Northern Renaissance: The "other" visual cultuure of the 16th and 17th centuries
Course code DVU/MSR
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)
  • Jakubec Ondřej, prof. Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Renaissance - an Italina phenomenon? Definition and historiography 2. Cultural transfer, cultural hybridity and media of artistic exchange 3. Modes of reception and adaptation of Renaissance in the North 4. So-called Danubian style 5. Phenomenon Cranach 6. Germany: new style and reformation 7. Printing revolution and graphic art in the North 8. Court art in France 9. Renaissance in England 10. Renaissance art and art of the good death (ars moriendi) 11. Castle, palace, city-hall and house: building modes of the Northern renaissance 12. Sacral and memorial buildings of the Northern Renaissance

Learning activities and teaching methods
Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming)
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to present a very specific phenomenon of the co-called Northern Renaissance, that means visual arts in Transalpine areas of the broad period of the 14th-17th centruies, covering the all major media: architecture, painting, sculpture, minor-arts. The phenomenon will be displayed on concrete monuments and objects as well as with special regard to historiographical reflexion of this arthistorical category.
Expanded knowledge of visual culture in Europe and of new interpretations models of art history.
Prerequisites
Ability of critical treatment with objects of visual culture accoridng to previous knowledge, that means the basic knowledge of general history of early modern history and art history of the 16th and 17th centuries, that was aquired in previous synthetical courses; appropriate visual experience

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral exam, Dialog

The presence in the course have not to be less than 80 %. The active particpation in discussion and reading of study material is strictly required.
Recommended literature
  • Edward H. Wouk. (2018). Frans Floris (1519/20-1570). Imaging a Northern Renaissance. Leiden - Boston.
  • Ethan Matt Kavaler. (2012). Renaissance gothic. Architecture and the arts in Northern Europe 1470-1540. New Haven - London.
  • Gordon Campbell (ed.). (2009). The Grove encyclopedia of Northern Renaissance art. Oxford.
  • Jeffrey Chipps Smith. (2004). The Northern Renaissance. London - New York.
  • Susie Nash. (2008). Northern Renaissance art. Oxford.
  • Thomas DaCosta Kaufmann. (1995). Court, cloister, and city. The art and culture of Central Europe, 1450-1800. Chicago.


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 (2022) Category: Theory and history of arts - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): The History of Art and the Theory of Art with the Specialization in Heritage Conservation (2022) Category: Theory and history of arts - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer