DU2675m Architect Nicodemus Tessin the Younger and the academic Baroque in Europe ca 1700

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2011
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 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
Contact Person: prof. PhDr. Jiří Kroupa, CSc.
Timetable
Mon 17:30–19:05 K31
Course Enrolment Limitations
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Course objectives
Swedish architect Nicodemus Tessin Jun.(1654-1728) is one of the notable figures of Baroque architecture in Europe. During his study visits, he met with both the French and especially the academic Roman architecture. At the royal court in Stockholm Tessin has gained a prominent position as a courtier, politician and lawyer. His most famous building is a project of the Royal Castle in Stockholm. Tessin Jun. left a large number of notes, drawings and projects and all of his work can be interpreted not only from the classical concepts of the history of architecture, but also in terms of the history of taste and history of visual culture. His work can be well compared with other architects, who came from the Roman academic milieu or were trained in Rome. At the conclusion of this lecture, Tessins architectural work can be compared with similar culture in Central Europe, and specifically in the Czech lands also.
Syllabus
  • 1. European parallels I.: the academic " mode " in the history of Baroque architecture
  • 2. Nicodemus Tessin the Elder (1615-1681) - father and son
  • 3. Drottningholm Castle for Queen Hedwig Eleonora
  • 4. Nikodemus Tessin the Younger on the road, rural villa
  • 5. Stockholm Royal Palace (1697, 1700-1727)
  • 6. The Treatise on the interior decoration and the image structure of the staircase in royal castle
  • 7. City urbanism, Tessin own palace between Bernini and Borromini
  • 8. European parallels II.: the central churches and their decorations
  • 9. European parallels III.: Landscape and garden architecture, castle Steninge, Versailles
  • 10. Gottorp: the two façade systems in Schleissheim and Schönbrunn
  • 11. The topics of the concorsi in Rome and Paris around 1700
  • 12. The Roman Fontana family and the international baroque academism
Literature
  • Nicodemus Tessin the Younger. Sources, Works, Collection I-IV. Stockholm 2002-2004.
  • Snickare, Mårten (ed.). Nicodemus Tessin the Younger, Royal Architect and Visionary, Stockholm 2002.
  • Lorenz Hellmut. Domenico Martinelli und die österreichische Barockarchitektur, Wien 1991.
Teaching methods
The lectures.
Assessment methods
The written tests.
Language of instruction
Czech
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