Course: Introduction to European Painting 1550-1700

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Course title Introduction to European Painting 1550-1700
Course code DVU/AD11D
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 3
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
1) Introdution: What do we study in the paintings? 2) An example of the study and interpretation of a selected painting. 3) Wall painting techniques (buon fresco technique, secco additions, terminology, tempera wall paintings, the transfer of wall paintings). 4) Paintings 1 (Dimensioning, cataloguing, oil painting, tempera, base layers) 5) Paintings 2 (Colours and colour relationships and contrasts (typology, three basic types of contrast, the color design of space in paintings). Composition of painting (colour, light and linear elements; historical examples of frequent types of compositions). 6) Perspective and linear construction of space in painting.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture
  • Attendace - 13 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
Lectures (two hours every two weeks) introduce the basic concepts of the theory of creation and perception of painting in the past and present. Practical examples illustrate the principles of linear, color, compositional, spatial, expression, and material construction of paintings, and means of expression in painting.
Survey of basic terms of the theory of the creation and of the reception of a painting from the classical antiquity to the 20th century and of the principles of the linear, colour, compositional, space, semantic and material construction of the painting.
Prerequisites
Immatriculation into the bachelor degree of the History of Art.

Assessment methods and criteria
Written exam

Passing the written test and the review of relief materials, including an analysis of the projected examples.
Recommended literature
  • 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..
  • Petr Ingerle. (2010). Příběh perspektivy. Dějiny jedné ideje. Od renesance k modernímu umění a myšlení. Brno.
  • Slánský, B. (1976). Technika v malířské tvorbě. Praha.
  • Teissig, K. Technika kresby. Praha 1986..
  • Volavka, V. Malba a malířský rukopis. Úvod do studia malířského rukopisu. Praha 1939..


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 (2017) Category: Theory and history of arts 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter