Course: German Cultural Studies - Lecture

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Course title German Cultural Studies - Lecture
Course code KGN/KP03
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction German
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
Course content
The lecture provides students with the basics in the development of art in the context of Europe. The lectures, focused on the 20th century, will connect the development on the old continent with the development overseas. The sequence of movements will not be presented as mutually negating epochs but as epochs that are linked and intertwined. This will partially crush prejudice and simplification that is taught at secondary schools. Lecture Outline: 1. Pre-Romanesque Art 2. Romanesque Art 3. Gothic Art 4. Gothic Art in the Czech Lands 5. The Renaissance in Italy 6. The Renaissance North of the Alps 7. Baroque I 8. Baroque II 9. Historicism, Romanticism, Realism 10. The Late 19th Century 11. The Early 20th Century 12. Art History as Bildwissenschaft

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
Learning outcomes
The aim of the lecture and seminar is to provide students with the development of European art from the early Middle Ages to the interwar period.
Recognition of the most important manifestations and works of fine art, classification of all important pieces of European fine art according to period and style. Students will be able to recognize to which epoch a piece of art belongs. They will be able to describe, in German, artwork, sculptures and architecture, they will know basic scholarly terminology of the history of art, especially in the field of architecture. Without hesitation they will describe and classify all movements and they will clarify the tendencies of development in European art. They will understand simpler scholarly texts and argumentation of the author and will be able to either support or controvert their opinions.
Prerequisites
Knowledge of German language at B2 level is a prerequisite for completion of the course.

Assessment methods and criteria
Written exam, Student performance

Active participation during the lecture, completion of set assignments, minimum of 55% in the final test.
Recommended literature
  • Černý, J. (2013). Arbeitsblätter zur Einführung in die Kunstgeschichte. Olomouc.
  • Dilly, H., Warnke, M., & Belting, H. (1988). Kunstgeschichte: eine Einführung. Berlin.
  • Gombrich, E. H. (2023). Die Geschichte der Kunst. Berlin.


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): German Philology (2019) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): German Philology (2019) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): German for Translators and Interpreters (2019_24) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): German for Translators and Interpreters (2019) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): German Philology (2022) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -