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Lecturer(s)
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Vostrovská Ivana, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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Lectures: 1. Introduction 2) Ethnoarchaeology. Glass production chain and ethnoarcheological parallels 3) Archaeological experiment. Experimental glass melting 4) Glass Petrography. Technology of glass production and its study. Petrographic terminology, glass materials. Basic terms - what is glass, origin and raw materials acquisition and their influence on glass quality 5) History of research on archaeological glass. Sources for studying the history of glass 6) Introduction to the history of glassmaking - time, place and conditions of glassmaking craft. Ancient Glassmaking. The beginnings and development of European glassmaking 7) Introduction to the study of archaeological glass. Terminology, basic division of glass production - containers and utensils, special glass shapes, laboratory and building glass. Decoration and surface finishing terminology 8) Prehistory 9) Protohistory 10) Early Middle Ages. The roots of medieval glassmaking - ancient tradition and the role of monasteries for spreading knowledge of glass production in the interior. Character of early medieval glass production. Topography of glass products. Organization of production and change of production technologies at the end of early Middle Ages 11) High Middle Ages. Beginnings of medieval glasses and their finding context. Basic types of glasses. Typology of glass containers. Question of provenance of hollow glass - basic types and variants of domestic containers, imported glass. The quality of domestic products and their distribution to other European countries 12) Medieval glass centers. Archaeological evidence of domestic production. The time of creation of the oldest glassworks, the position of smelters and their shifts within narrower production circuits. Assortment of local glassworks and local specifics of individual 13) The Modern Age (Renaissance) The seminars and practices: 1-4) Introduction to the issues 5-13) Demonstration and working with individual pottery artefacts - their identification, description and practice of drawing documentation
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Training in job and motor Skils, Grafic and Art Activities
- Attendace
- 25 hours per semester
- Homework for Teaching
- 25 hours per semester
- Preparation for the Exam
- 25 hours per semester
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Learning outcomes
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Study of glass production technology. Study of glass typology. Study of glass production from the Bronze Age to the Modern Age. Teaching methods of description, chronological classification and drawing documentation of glass.
Practic knowledge of description, dating, classification and skill of drawing documentation of glass material.
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Prerequisites
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Basic overview in the archaeological cultures of the Central Europe, Protohistoric Period, Middle Age and Modern Age.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Analysis of Activities ( Technical works), Didactic Test
Written test (colloquium), active participation in the seminar, continuous consultation with the lecturer and individual work during practices (credit).
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Recommended literature
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Černá, E. (ed.). (1994). Středověké sklo v zemích Koruny české. Plzeň - Liberec - Náchod - Louny - Brno.
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Drahotová, O.; kol. (2005). Historie sklářské výroby v českých zemích, 1. díl. Praha.
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Hejdová, D. (1987). Středověké umělecké řemeslo ze sbírek UPM v Praze.. Praha.
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Himmelová, Z. (1994). Archeologické nálezy skla na moravských opevněných sídlech, Archaeologia historica 19, 431-436.
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Kozáková, R.; Hložek, M. (2011). Průzkum pravěkých a raně středověkých skel z archeologických nálezů. In: R. Ševčík - J. Příhoda, Muzea, památky a konzervace 2011, 19-24. Brno.
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Podborský, V. ed. (1993). Pravěké dějiny Moravy. Brno.
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Sedláčková, H.; Rohanová, D.; et al. (2016). Renaissance and baroque glass from the Central Danube region. Brno.
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Sklenář, K. (1994). Archeologický slovník IV. Keramika a sklo.. Praha.
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Venclová, N. (2016). Němčice and Staré Hradisko. Glass and glass-working in Central Europe. Praha.
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Venclová, N. (1990). Prehistoric glass in Bohemia. Praha.
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