Course: History of the Christian Art

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Course title History of the Christian Art
Course code KCD/KTDKU
Organizational form of instruction Seminary
Level of course Master
Year of study 1
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
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)
  • Jonová Jitka, doc. PhDr. Th.D.
Course content
The concept of the Christian art, history and method, the division into periods and characteristics of art movements. Sacral architecture and art, the development of sacral (liturgical) space, typology of sacral buildings, basic terminology. Art in Jewish and Ancient traditions. Art in Christianity. The beginnings of sacral architecture and art in Antiquity and in the Early Middle Ages. Architecture and art in the service of the Liturgy. Christian iconography. The most important examples of the sacral architecture development in Moravia and Bohemia since the embrace of Christianity.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training)
Learning outcomes
The concept of Christian Art, history and method, periodization and characterization of styles, sacral architecture and art, development of sacral (liturgical) space, typology, sacral buildings, basic terminology, history of sacral architecture and art in Bohemia and Moravia.
Students should learn to appreciate the art used in the Liturgy, to understand the basics of Christian iconography, symbolism and spiritual movements in literature, to be able to orient artists at their work.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral exam

Acquisition of basic literature, active participation in the lectures, written exam.
Recommended literature
  • POJSl, M. Dvanáct století naší architektury. Olomouc, 1998. MATĚJČEK, A. Dějiny umění v obrysech. Praha, 1951..
  • Alejandro Mario Dieguez. (2018). Che tale arte non sia ammessa nelle nostre chiese?. La crociata di Pio XI contro il modernismo nell?arte sacra.
  • de Borchgrave Helen. (2002). Cesty křesťanského umění. Praha.
  • Gombrich Ernst Hans. (1997). Příběh umění. Praha.
  • Herout Jaroslav. (2001). Slabikář návštěvníků památek. Praha.
  • Herout Jaroslav. (2002). Staletí kolem nás. Přehled stavebních slohů. Praha.
  • Jonová, Jitka. (2020). Boj proti ?modernismu? v sakrálním umění v době pontifikátu Pia XI. se zřetelem k českým zemím z pohledu papežské diplomacie. In: Michal Sklenář - Kristina Uhlíková - Vít Vlnas (eds.), Josef Cibulka - Kněz, pedagog a historik umění ve 20. století. Praha.
  • Kroupa Jiří. (2007). Školy dějin umění. Metodologie dějin umění I.. Brno.
  • Matějček Antonín. (1958). Dějiny umění v obrysech. Praha.
  • Pojsl Miloslav. (2003). Dvanáct století naší architektury. Olomouc.
  • Syrový Bohuslav. (1973). Architektura. Praha.
  • Vilímková Milada. (1986). Stavitelé paláců a chrámů. Kryštof a Kilián Ignác Dietzenhoferové. Praha.


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