DU2038 "Concettismo": Problems of the Early Modern Iconography and Iconology

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2020
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Taught online.
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Michaela Šeferisová Loudová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Michaela Šeferisová Loudová, Ph.D.
Department of Art History – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Michaela Šeferisová Loudová, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Art History – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Mon 8:00–9:40 K31
Prerequisites
The course is intended for students of master degree studies. Basic knowledge on history of European baroque ceiling painting in 17th and 18th century and passive command of German is presupposed.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course introduces selected specific approaches to the study of early modern wall paintings and provides overview of the field of “concettismo”.
Learning outcomes
After finishing the course student should be able to:
- to understand and explain the terms concetto and concettismo in the European art of the 17th and 18th century;
- describe and interpret a specific selected early modern fresco;
- show a basic knowledge of iconology and emblematics.
Syllabus
  • 1. The terms "concetto" and "concettismo" in the art of 17th and 18th century, concepts of paintings, contemporary published descriptions.
  • 2. The concepts ("concetta") and their creators (Carl Gustav Haereus, Conrad Adolph von Albrecht and other).
  • 3. The concepts ("concetta") and their creators at the Moravia (Martin Antonín Lublinský, Dionýsius Strauss).
  • 4. Creation of the concepts ("concetta"): emblematic and baroque iconology.
  • 5. The survived concepts ("concetta") and their analyse.
Literature
  • Bauer, Hermann - Mülbe, Wolf-Christian von der, Barocke Deckenmalerei in Süddeutschland. München-Berlin 2000.
  • Lorenz, Hellmut (ed.). Barock. Geschichte der bildenden Künste in Österreich IV. München-London-New York 1999.
  • Bauer, Hermann. Barock. Kunst einer Epoche. Berlin 1992.
  • ŠEFERISOVÁ LOUDOVÁ, Michaela. Bohatá pokladnice konceptů a idejí. Ikonografické programy a jejich tvůrci v období baroka na Moravě. Opuscula historiae artium, Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2012, roč. 61, č. 2, s. 134-155.
Teaching methods
home reading, presentation of papers, class discussion
Assessment methods
Seminar work (text) or powerpoint presentation of chosen topic.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught only once.
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