DU2066 Seminar: Between Heaven and Earth. Wall Painting in the Baroque and its Creators

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2024
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Michaela Šeferisová Loudová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Michaela Šeferisová Loudová, Ph.D.
Department of Art History – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Art History – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Wed 10:00–11:40 K31, except Wed 17. 4.
Prerequisites
The course is intended for students of master degree studies. Basic knowledge on history of European baroque painting in 17th and 18th century is presupposed.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
The course introduces selected chapters from the history of the baroque wall painting in the Central Europe.
Learning outcomes
After finishing the course student should be able to:
Describe and interpret a specific selected early modern fresco;
Show a basic knowledge of iconology and emblematics;
Describe basic technologies of early modern wall painting.
Syllabus
  • Current approaches to the study of early modern ceiling paintings, their research (corpus of ceiling painting, its pluses and minuses; restoration of ceiling paintings in the past and today).
  • Technique and technology of the ceiling painting.
  • “Concettismo”: concepts of paintings, contemporary published descriptions, iconology, emblematics.
  • Interpretation of ceiling paintings in context of other interior artistic decorations.
Literature
  • BAUER, Hermann, Frank BÜTTNER and Bernhard RUPPRECHT. Corpus der barocken Deckenmalerei in Deutschland. Edited by Anna Bauer-Wild, Photo by Kai-Uwe Nielsen - Wolf-Christian von der Mü. München: Hirmer, 2010, 286 s. ISBN 3777430010. info
  • MÁDL, Martin, Radka HEISSLEROVÁ, Michaela ŠEFERISOVÁ LOUDOVÁ and Štěpán VÁCHA. Benediktini I-II. Barokní nástěnná malba v českých zemích (The Benedictines I-II. Baroque Ceiling Paintings in the Czech Lands). Praha: Nakladatelství Academia, 2016, 1061 pp. sv. I-II. ISBN 978-80-200-2621-7. info
  • NOKKALA MILTOVÁ, Radka. Tencalla : barokní nástěnná malba v českých zemích. Edited by Martin Mádl. 1. vyd. Praha: Artefactum, 2013, 647 s. ISBN 9788086890616. info
  • PREISS, Pavel. Václav Vavřinec Reiner : dílo, život a doba malíře českého baroka. Edited by Václav Vavřinec Reiner. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 2013, 598 s. ISBN 9788070355244. info
  • Bauer, Hermann - Mülbe, Wolf-Christian von der, Barocke Deckenmalerei in Süddeutschland. München-Berlin 2000.
  • 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.
  • Lorenz, Hellmut (ed.). Barock. Geschichte der bildenden Künste in Österreich IV. München-London-New York 1999.
  • KNOEPFLI, Albert, Oskar EMMENEGGER, Manfred KOLLER and André MEYER. Reclams Handbuch der künstlerischen Techniken. Stuttgart: Philipp Reclam jun., 1990, 536 stran. ISBN 3150103452. info
  • Paolo Mora – Laura Mora – Paul Philippot, Conservation of Wall Paintings, London 1984.
  • Traktáty a receptáře : výtvarné techniky středověku, renesance a baroka. Translated by Antonín Novák. Vydání první. Praha: Filosofia, 2020, xi stran. ISBN 9788074801501. info
Teaching methods
class discussion, homework, presentation of homework
Assessment methods
A prerequisite for the award of credit is the presentation of a paper on the assigned topic.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught only once.
Teacher's information
Taking into account the current situation in the monument fund (restoration of ceiling paintings), 1-2 one-day excursions will be part of the course.
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