DU1226 History of Modern Architecture

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2010
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Pavel Suchánek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Pavel Suchánek, Ph.D.
Department of Art History – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: doc. Mgr. Pavel Suchánek, Ph.D.
Timetable
Tue 18:20–19:55 K31
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
Survey of architecture from 1890s to 1950s
Upon successful completion of the course, the student will be able to identify and discuss within their historical framework: major architectural movements; important buildings; and major architects.
Syllabus
  • Breaking with the Past, Beholden to the Past: Nineteenth-Century Roots of a Twentieth-Century Architecture
  • The Arts and Crafts Movement, the Art Nouveau, the Chicago school
  • The Deutscher Werkbund, Adolf Loos, and the Problems of Ornament and Style in the 20th Century
  • New Movements: Futurism, Cubism, De Stijl, and Constructivism
  • Le Corbusier, Functionalism, The International Style
  • American architekture after World War II.
Literature
  • Lucy Peel - Polly Powell - Alexander Garrett, An Introduction to 20th-Century Architecture, New York 1996
  • Donald Leslie Johnson-Donald Langmead, Makers of 20th Century Modern Architecture: a Bio-Critical Sourcebook, Westport 1997
  • John Peter, The Oral History of Modern Architecture: Interviews with the Greatest Architects of the Twentieth Century, New York 1994
  • R. Stephen Sennott (ed.), Encyclopedia of 20th Century Architecture, London 2004
  • Dějiny českého výtvarného umění. Edited by Rostislav Švácha - Marie Platovská. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 2005, 525 s. ISBN 8020013903. info
  • VYBÍRAL, Jindřich. Mladí mistři : architekti ze školy Otto Wagnera na Moravě a ve Slezsku. Vyd. 1. Praha: Argo, 2002, 277 s. ISBN 807203474X. info
  • NEUMEYER, Fritz and Jasper CEPL. Quellentexte zur Architekturtheorie. München: Prestel, 2002, 607 s. ISBN 3791326023. info
  • KARASOVÁ, Daniela. Jan Kotěra, 1871-1923 :the founder of modern Czech architecture. Prague: Municipal House, 2001, 411 s. ISBN 80-86217-47-7. info
  • ŠVÁCHA, Rostislav. Lomené, hranaté & obloukové tvary : česká kubistická architektura 1911-1923. Photo by Jan Malý. Praha: Gallery, 2000, 215 s. ISBN 808601035X. info
  • O nové Brno :brněnská architektura, 1919-1939 : katalog. Edited by Zdeněk Kudělka - Jindřich Chatrný. Brno: Muzeum města Brna, 2000, 444 s. ISBN 80-901969-6-9. info
  • PAHL, Jürgen. Architekturtheorie des 20. Jahrhunderts : Zeit-Räume. München: Prestel, 1999, 334 s. ISBN 379132019X. info
  • MORAVÁNSZKY, Ákos. Competing visions : aesthetic invention and social imagination in Central European architecture, 1867-1918. Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press, 1998, xv, 508. ISBN 0262133342. info
  • ADLEROVÁ, Alena. Dějiny českého výtvarného umění. Edited by Vojtěch Lahoda. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1998, 478 s. ISBN 8020006303. info
  • ADLEROVÁ, Alena. Dějiny českého výtvarného umění : 1890/1938. 4. 1. Edited by Vojtěch Lahoda. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1998, 393 s. : i. ISBN 80-200-0587-01. info
  • HOLLINGSWORTH, Mary. Architektura 20. století. Edited by Danica Voodová, Translated by Helena Nebelová - Hana Stašková. Bratislava: Columbus, 1993, 189 s. ISBN 807136035X. info
  • GÖSSEL, Peter and Gabriele LEUTHÄUSER. Architektur des 20. Jahrhunderts. Köln: Benedikt Taschen, 1990, 431 s. ISBN 3822802654. info
  • ŠVÁCHA, Rostislav. Od moderny k funkcionalismu : proměny pražské architektury první poloviny dvacátého století. Photo by Jan Malý. Vyd. 1. Praha: Odeon - nakladatelství krásné literatury a umění, 1985, 573 s. info
Teaching methods
lectures
Assessment methods
Lectures, examination - written test.
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2000, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2011, Spring 2013, Spring 2014.
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