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Lecturer(s)
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Čehovský Petr, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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1. Arts and Crafts and Architecture of Great Moravia 2. Romanesque Architecture in Bohemia 3. Romanesque Architecture in Moravia 4. Romanesque Book and Wall Paintings 5. Gothic Architecture during the Reign of the Last Přemyslid Kings 6. Gothic Sculpture during the Reign of the Last Přemyslid Kings 7. Post-Classical Gothic Architecture 8. Illuminated Manuscripts of Abbess Kunhuta and Elizabeth of Rejčka 9. The Master of the Michle Madonna, Sculpture during the Reign of John of Luxembourg 10. Architecture during the Reign of Charles IV 11. Sculpture during the Reign of Charles IV 12. Painting during the Reign of Charles IV 13. Arts and crafts during the reign of Charles IV
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Lecture, Observation, Listening
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Learning outcomes
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The course will familiarize students with the main periods of architectural and artistic development in the early and high Middle Ages in the Czech lands. The introductory lectures will focus on architecture and artistic crafts during the Great Moravian period. Subsequent lectures will focus on Romanesque architecture, sculpture, and painting in the Czech lands. Special attention will be paid to the personality of Olomouc Bishop Jindřich Zdík and his artistic patronage. Special attention will be paid to the personality of Olomouc Bishop Jindřich Zdík and his artistic patronage. Students will also be given an overview of architecture and fine arts in the Czech lands during the reign of the last Přemyslid kings. The end of the semester will feature lectures focusing on the fine arts during the reign of John of Luxembourg and his son Charles IV.
Students acquire a very good knowledge of the development of art and architecture in Bohemia and Moravia in the years ca. 800 - 1380.
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Prerequisites
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Subject is designated for students of Art History.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Written exam
Very good knowledge of topics duscussed in the lectures and of basic literature.
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Recommended literature
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Jan Royt. Medieval painting in Bohemia. Prague. 2003.
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Jaroslav Pánek ? Oldřich Tůma et al. A History of the Czech Lands. Praha. 2009.
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Jiří Kuthan - Jan Royt. The Cathedrale of St. Vitus at Prague Castle. Prague. 2017.
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Klára Benešovská (ed.). A royal wedding. Elisabeth Premyslid and John of Luxembourg ? 1310. Praha. 2011.
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Luděk Galuška. Great Moravia. Brno. 1991.
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Milan Hanák. Slovník architektury a stavitelství/Dictionary of architecture and building construction. Anglicko-český, česko-anglický slovník. Praha. 2017.
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Taťána Petrasová - Rostislav Švácha (eds.). Art in the Czech Lands 800 - 2000. Prague. 2017.
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