DU2395 Enigma loci: History and Theory of Garden Art

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2023
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Jiří Kroupa, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Jiří Kroupa, CSc.
Department of Art History – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Art History – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Mon 10:00–11:40 K32, except Mon 13. 11.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
The lecture deals in overview with explaining the basic concepts of classical theory of garden art, with the typology of the gardens art in the history an today and with the relation of garden art to the visual structure of the drawing projects.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course students should be able to understand and explain the basic terms and principles of garden architecture from the early modern period to the present. Student swill be able to use the knowledge gained for independent text writting.
Syllabus
  • 1. Theory of the garden art - Basic terminology - The beginnings of the gardens • 2. Villegiatura - Perspectiva artificialis - Nature in the villa of the Renaissance • 3. Villa and garden in Tuscany: Florence - Lucca - Pisa • 4. Italian Mannerism: The reconstruction of ancient villas • 5. Italian Mannerism: mysterious and magical gardens • 6. Italian Mannerism: the classic Roman villa • 7. Gardens of the French Renaissance • 8. Gardens in the early French classic • 9. Gardens of the 16th and 17th century in Central Europe • 10. Protobaroque and Early Baroque gardens in Moravia • 11. André Le Nôtre • 12. The successors of André Le Nôtre in France and in Europe • 13. Large residential parks in Europe - Late Baroque gardens • 14. The changes of rococo gardens in France • 15. The sentimental garden in the end of the 18th century • 16. The romantic parks: Lednice - Valtice • 17. German architects of the english parks: Pückler-Muskau; Lenné • 18. Dreams in the Nature and "Le style Duchene" • 19. Hermann Muthesius, the House in the garden and modern gardens • 20. Art of gardenning today I: Parc la Vilette - Parc Andre Citroen - Landform Ueda - Garden of the fractals • Náš online překladač používá Google překladač
Literature
  • KROUPA, Jiří. Dějiny a teorie zahradního umění. Brno: Filozofická fakulta Masarykovy univerzity, 2004, 1 CD-ROM. URL info
  • OTRUBA, Ivar. Zahradní architektura : tvorba zahrad a parků. 1. vyd. Šlapanice: Era vydavatelství, 2002, viii, 357. ISBN 8086517136. info
  • LÖHMANN, Bernd. Ein Garten für König und Volk : Peter Joseph Lenné und der Brühler Schloßgarten. Köln: Rheinischer Verein für Denkmalpflege und Landschaftsschutz, 2000, 215 s. ISBN 3880948615. info
  • FÜLCK, Johann David. Neue Garten Lust, oder, Völliges Ornament so bey Anlegung Neuer Lust- und Blumen- als auch Küch- und Baum Gärten höchst nöthig und dienlich. Edited by Uta Hasekamp. Worms am Rhein: Wernersche Verlagsgesellschaft, 1994, 67 l. ISBN 3884621114. info
  • HERZOG, Günter. Hubert Robert und das Bild im Garten. Worms: Wernersche Verlagsgesellschaft, 1989, 271 s. ISBN 3884620584. info
Teaching methods
The course is based on lectures and individual work with the study recourses.
Assessment methods
The course is finished by an examination - written test.
Language of instruction
Czech
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