Course: Early Modern Art - Seminar

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Course title Early Modern Art - Seminar
Course code DVU/MURN
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
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)
  • Zapletalová Jana, doc. PhDr. Ph.D.
  • Krummholz Martin, PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
The course format is based on intensive fieldwork, concentrated group sessions, as well as individual preparation and independent work. Topics: 1. Formulation of a research problem 2. Research methods: archival investigation and critical literature review 3. Approaches of auxiliary historical sciences in art historical practice 4. Documentation and art historical description 5. Cultural context and cultural-historical approaches in art history 6. The form of a work of art: approaches to its critical analysis and interpretation 7. Iconographic identification and interpretation of visual artifacts 8. Contextual reconstruction and interpretation of visual material 9. Structure of an academic text 10. The language of art historical interpretation and genres of art historical writing 11. Historical iconography and photographic documentation 12. Editorial principles of a collective publication 13. Finalization and presentation of the academic output

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook), Observation, Group work
Learning outcomes
The seminar is based on the principles of research-based education, which focuses on maximum student engagement and competency-based learning. Its aim is to share art-historical methodological, analytical, and interpretative approaches with students directly in the field. This targeted and concentrated training will be based on mutual dialogue and collective completion of a specific research task consisting of intensive field research (in the form of joint student excursions led by teachers), combined with comprehensive heuristics and research. The students' work is accompanied by the resolution of specific research questions and topics based on the relevant research task. This task is an artistic phenomenon, a collection of works of art, a specific object, or a selected artifact from the field of early modern visual culture. The material under investigation is systematically analyzed and interpreted within the seminar, using diversified methodological approaches from the field of art history. Students complete individual tasks, but at the same time are encouraged to work together synergistically within the art-historical analysis of the given research task/topic. Important parameters of the course are ongoing evaluation, feedback, and a framework for discussion accompanying all seminar activities. The format of the course is based on intensive fieldwork, joint meetings, as well as individual preparation and work. The seminar, taught by two teachers, is also intended to give students insight into the mutual dialogue between teachers with different methodological approaches.
Students will acquire advanced knowledge of a selected subject area, strengthen their ability to think critically and independently address an art-historical problem of their choice, apply art historical methodologies, and develop the capacity for a comprehensive interpretation of the selected topic.
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of art history (BC equivalent).

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Assessment Requirements: Presentation of a seminar paper and submission of an essay (an academic text in the format of a journal article or a book chapter); completion of partial assignments throughout the semester (source research, field survey, and documentation). Minimum attendance requirement: 80%.¨ Mandatory literature: Thomas DaCosta Kaufmann, Court, Cloister and City. The Art and Culture of Central Europe 1450-1800, Chicago 1995. Jiří Dvorský (ed.), Dějiny českého výtvarného umění II/1, 2. Od počátků renesance do závěru baroka, Praha 1989. Martin Elbel - Ondřej Jakubec (edd.), Olomoucké baroko. Proměny ambicí jednoho města. 1/ úvodní svazek, Olomouc 2010. Ondřej Jakubec (ed.), Karel z Lichtensteinu-Castelcorna (1624-1695). Olomoucký biskup a kníže střední Evropy, Olomouc 2019. Ondřej Jakubec - Marek Perůtka (edd.), Olomoucké baroko. Výtvarná kultura let 1620-1780. 2/ Katalog, Olomouc 2010. Ondřej Jakubec - Marek Perůtka (edd.), Olomoucké baroko. Výtvarná kultura let 1620-1780. 3/ Historie a kultura, Olomouc 2011. Jiří Kroupa (ed.), V zrcadle stínů: Morava v době baroka 1670-1790, Brno - Rennes 2002. Jiří Kroupa, Umělci, objednavatelé a styl. Studie z dějin umění, Brno 2006. Ivo Krsek - Zdeněk Kudělka - Miloš Stehlík - Josef Válka, Umění baroka na Moravě a ve Slezsku, Praha 1996. Rostislav Švácha - Martina Potůčková - Jiří Kroupa (edd.), Karel z Lichtensteinu-Castelcorna (1624-1695). Místa biskupovy paměti, Olomouc 2019. Taťána Petrasová - Rostislav Švácha (edd.), Art in the Czech Lands 800-2000, Praha 2017. Milan Togner, Barokní malířství na Moravě, Olomouc 2008.
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