Course: Connoisseurship

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Course title Connoisseurship
Course code DVU/ZNATO
Organizational form of instruction Seminar
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Daniel Ladislav, prof. PhDr. Ph.D.
  • Štěpánek Pavel, prof. PhDr. Ph.D.
  • Zapletalová Jana, doc. PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Basic terminology - work with paintings, sculptures, Morelli´s method 2. The structure of a catalogue entry 3. Original - copy - replica - fake 4. Usage of scientific methods 5. How to work with a UV lamp, understanding x-ray images 6. Analysis of colours and material composition 7. Computer reflectography - dating methods

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, Demonstration
Learning outcomes
Art connoisseurship. The course is accompanied by a seminar demonstrating connoisseurship on concrete examples. Gain a sense of art quality and authenticity of work, ability to observe authorship, the era of origin and material composition.
Sense for art quality and authenticity of work, ability to observe authorship, era of origin and material composition.
Prerequisites
The basic knowledge of the History of Art.

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral exam

Oral exam.
Recommended literature
  • Brandi, C. Teorie restaurování, Praha 2000..
  • Hégr, M. Technika malířského umění. Praha 1941..
  • Hégr, M. Výstavba obrazu z výtvarného hlediska. Praha 1944..
  • Kadeřávek, F. Geometrie a umění v dobách minulých. Praha 1935..
  • Petr, F. Malířské techniky. Fresko, sgrafito, malba klihová, kaseinová, temperová, nátěry zdí, polychromie, zlacení, stucco lustro a imitace mramorů. Praha 1926..
  • Slánský, B. Malířský materiál I-II. Praha 1953..
  • Slánský, B. (1976). Technika v malířské tvorbě. Praha.
  • Teissig, K. Technika kresby. Praha 1986..
  • Volavka, V. Jak vzniká socha. Praha 1956..
  • Volavka, V. Malba a malířský rukopis. Úvod do studia malířského rukopisu. Praha 1939..
  • Volavka, V. Malířský rukopis. Praha 1953..


Study plans that include the course
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