Course: Historic Buildings - Understanding and Registration of Cultural-Historical Phenomenon

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Course title Historic Buildings - Understanding and Registration of Cultural-Historical Phenomenon
Course code KHI/QSP
Organizational form of instruction Lesson
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
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)
  • Slavíková Věra, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Bloch Jiří, Mgr.
  • Oppeltová Jana, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Mečkovský Robert, Mgr.
Course content
Aim of this week-long seminar is to introduce premises of premonstrate monastery of Teplá (or other historical building) from three points of view - as a monastic house where lives, prays and works a community of monks, as a work of art and as a historic building which gained its current shape over nine centuries. Four groups will, together with lectors, think about individual buildings and spaces of the canony and its wider facilities and will present their findings in a form of a short presentation to members of other groups. Meeting in June of relevant year (8 hours) at the Department of History: lecture about the history of canony in Teplá, seminar focused on taking photographs of monuments and creation of presentations. Week-long visit in Teplá monastery: Day 1: Familiarization with the monastery and the area, lecture by invited guest. Days 2-5: Work in groups under the guidance of lectors and presentation of gained knowledge to members of other groups, lectures of invited guests in the evening. Day 6: Field trip to sites connected to canony in Teplá (pilgrimage sites, liege small towns, farms and Mariánské Lázně, consultations and working on individual presentations). Day 7: Final conference.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Demonstration, Work Activities, Activating (Simulations, Games, Dramatization)
  • Excursion - 12 hours per semester
  • Homework for Teaching - 10 hours per semester
  • Semestral Work - 18 hours per semester
  • Attendace - 54 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
Main aim is to introduce students to historic building as a very interesting primary source and to show it on the examples of presentations of various experts and options of interpretation of building as such and also its different parts. Seminar are usually attended by historian, historian of buildings, archivist and art historian. In case of premonstrate canony of Teplá students will be introduced with history and functional organization of house, technique of its construction and how it was equipped with pieces of art. Monastery will be introduced also as a building task, work of art and a space where monks lived and still live.
Student will gain knowledge in not very frequented fields of study - monasteriology, liturgy of Catholic church, Christian iconography and will be familiar with terms used in history of arts and in construction reconnaissance. Student will work under time pressure and will have to work with other students, will practice ability to make sketches, to take photographs and to adjust them, to create presentations and to present findings.
Prerequisites
No specific prerequisites.

Assessment methods and criteria
Student performance, Analysis of Creative works (Music, Pictorial,Literary)

Attendance during the whole seminar. Presentation at the final conference.
Recommended literature
  • Bláha, J. a kol. (2005). Operativní průzkum a dokumentace historických staveb. Praha.
  • Blažíček, O. J. - Kropáček, J. (1991). Slovník pojmů z dějin umění. Praha.
  • Bloch, J. ? Bláha, J. (2006). Muzeum stavebních dějin a řemesel v Českém Krumlově. Český Krumlov .
  • FOLTÝNOVSKÝ, Josef. (1936). Liturgika. Olomouc.
  • Gniers, A. (1932). Topographie der historischen und kunstgeschichtlichen Denkmale in den Bezirken Tepl und Marienbad. Augsburg.
  • Herout Jaroslav. (2001). Slabikář návštěvníků památek. Praha.
  • Herout Jaroslav. (2002). Staletí kolem nás. Přehled stavebních slohů. Praha.
  • Hlinomaz, M. (2003). Klášter premonstrátů Teplá. Přehled dějin duchovního fenoménu Tepelska. Karlovy Vary.
  • Macek, P. (1997). Standardní nedestruktivní stavebně-historický průzkum. Praha.
  • Manguel, Alberto. (2007). Dějiny čtení. Brno.
  • OPPELTOVÁ, Jana, TOMAN, Lucie. (2017). Život v barokním klášteře. Pohledy do historie premonstrátské kanonie v Teplé. Teplá - Klášter.
  • ROYT, Jan. (2006). Slovník biblické ikonografie. Praha.
  • RULÍŠEK, Hynek. (2006). Slovník křesťanské ikonografie. Postavy, atributy, symboly. České Budějovice.
  • Škabrada, J. (2003). Konstrukce historických staveb. Praha.
  • Štorm, B. (2007). Základy péče o stavební památky. Praha .
  • VLČEK, P. ? SOMMER, P. ? FOLTÝN, D. (1997). Encyklopedie českých klášterů. Praha.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): History with Emphasis of Education Aspects (BB24) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): History with Emphasis of Education Aspects (BB21) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): History with Emphasis of Education Aspects (BB19) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Histrory (2019) Category: History courses - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): History with Emphasis of Education Aspects (BB20) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): History (2015) Category: History courses - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): History with Emphasis of Education Aspects (BB19) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Archival Works (2015) Category: History courses - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): History with Emphasis of Education Aspects (BB24) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): History with Emphasis of Education Aspects (BB22) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): History with Emphasis of Education Aspects (BB20) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): History (2019) Category: History courses - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Archive Studies (2019) Category: History courses - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): History with Emphasis of Education Aspects (BB23) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): History (2015) Category: History courses - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): History with Emphasis of Education Aspects (BB23) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): History with Emphasis of Education Aspects (BB22) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): History with Emphasis of Education Aspects (BB21) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): History (2019) Category: History courses - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer