Sylabus
Course Schedule
Class 1 Introduction
(Premyslid and Luxemburg Dynasty; characteristics of romanesque and gothic architecture; Charles IV. and Petr Parler)
Visits: Prague Castle, esp. St Vitus Cathedral
Class 2
Medieval Art (Old Town Bridge Tower - Parler; Early Gothic Architecture; Late Gotic Art -Monogramist IP; High Gothic Painting - Master of Vyšší Brod Altarpiece, Magister Theodoricus, Master of Třeboň Altarpiece)
Visits: House at the Stone Bell, Tyn Church, St Agnes Monastery
Required readings (class 1 & 2): Romanesque Architecture, Architecture of the Gothic
Optional readings (class 1 & 2): Prague the Crown of Bohemia
Class 3
Late Gothic & Renaissance Art (Benedikt Ried)
Visits: Old Royal Palace, Belveder, Ball Game Hall
Required readings: Architecture of the Renaissance
Optional readings: Late Gothic and Early Renaissance
Class 4
Rudolphinian Mannerism, the Court of Rudoph II
Introduction into the Baroque Art - classroom lectures
Readings: Architecture in Prague, 1550-1650
Rudolf II
Class 5
Baroque Art: Jean Baptiste Matthey (architect); High Baroque Sculpture (Braun and Brokoff)
Walk at Stare Mesto (Charles Bridge, St Francis Church, St Norbert Church, Italian Chapel, St Kliment Church)
Required readings (class 5 & 6): Architecture of the Baroque
Optional readings (class 5 & 6): The Glory of Baroque in Bohemia
Class 6
Dynamic baroque architecture and its origins (Dientzenhofer, Santini); Prague baroque palaces
Walk at Malá Strana, Hradčany and Nový svět (St Thomas Church, St Nicolas Church, palaces and church in Nerudova Street, Hradschin Square Palaces, Czernin Palace, Loreta, St John of Nepomuk Church)
Class 7 19th Century - From Clasicism through Realism to Romantism & Historism; Art Nouveau, Symbolism, Decadence
Required readings: Architecture of the 19th Century
(class 7-11) : Czech Modern Art 1900-1960
Class 8
Introduction to the 20th Century Art
Visits: Veletržní palác, NG - 19th and 20th Century art
Readings (class 8-11): Architecture of the 20th Century
Class 9
Czech Cubist Art & Architecture
Visits: House at the Black Madonna (Dům u Černé Matky Boží) and discussion in the Cubist Café
Class 10
Art Between the Wars - the First Czecoslovak Republic (Functionalism, Surrealism, Art Deco, Plečnik, Sutnar, Pešánek) and Postwar and Contemporary Art - classroom lectures
Class 11
Review
Contemporary Art
Visits: Kristof Kintera´s studio - Meets Factory
Class 12
Questions and remaining presentations
Journals due. Final Exam.