US_192 History of Applied Art and Design

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2022
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Dagmar Koudelková (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Dagmar Koudelková
Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Jan Karafiát
Supplier department: Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Wed 12:00–13:40 N51
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 160 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/160, only registered: 0/160, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/160
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The subject maps the development of applied art and design from the beginning of industrial production in   19. century until the end of the 20th century. He focuses on development stages, associations, authors, manufacturers, special issues in housing, lifestyle and industrial design.
Learning outcomes
The student will be able to get a better orientation in the history of applied art and design, the knowledge of authors, producers and individual artifacts.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction: basic terms, meaning, literature
  • 2. The beginnings of design in England (Movement Arts & Crafts, Ch. Dresser, Ch. R. Ashbee, J. Wedgwood, Ch. R. Mackintosh)
  • 3. Beginning of furniture manufacturing (Gebrűder Thonet, J. & J. Kohn)
  • 4. Gesamtkunstwerk - architects as interior designers (A. Loos, O. Wagner, J. Hoffmann, K. Moser, Wiener Werkstätte)
  • 5. Czech Cubism in Architecture and Design ((Artěl, Krásná jizba, Pražské umělecké dílny, P. Janák, J. Gočár, V. Hofman, J. Chochol)
  • 6. Functionalist architecture and interior (art déco, theory of minimal flat - K. Teige)
  • 7. Metal furniture as a new phenomenon of the interwar period (Bauhaus, M. Breuer, M. Stam, L. Mies van der Rohe, Le Corbusiere)
  • 8. Brno Interwar Architecture and Housing (Exhibition of Contemporary Housing Culture, Spojené uměleckoprůmyslové závody v Brně, J. Vaněk, J. Halabala, B. Fuchs, J. Kroha)
  • 9. Design of consumer and utility items of the interwar period(L. Sutnar, L. Smrčková, A. Metelák, J. Horejc, F. Anýž, M. Prokop, M. Teinitzerová, S. Vondráčková
  • 10. Post-war development: America - a new trend maker; Scandinavia contra Italy; organic forms and new materials
  • 11. Everyday art and author's original; postmodernism
  • 12. Designer role in the company; current trends; technological and material innovations
Literature
    recommended literature
  • KNOBLOCH, Iva a Radim VONDRÁČEK (eds.). Design v českých zemích 1900–2000. Praha: Academia 2016.
  • CHATRNÝ, Jindřich, Dagmar KOUDELKOVÁ a Anežka ŠIMKOVÁ. Jindřich Halabala a Spojené uměleckoprůmyslové závody v Brně. Brno: ERA, 2003. 135 s. ISBN 8086517659.
  • KOLESÁR, Zdeno. Kapitoly z dějin designu. V českém jazyce vyd. 2., d. V Praze: Vysoká škola uměleckoprůmyslová. 172 s. ISBN 9788086863283. 2009. info
  • DROSTE, Magdalena. Bauhaus : 1919-1933. Köln: Taschen. 256 s. ISBN 9783822849996. 2006. info
  • SPARKE, Penny. Století designu : průkopníci designu 20. století. 1. vyd. Praha: Slovart. 272 s. ISBN 8072091425. 1999. info
  • ADLEROVÁ, Alena. Dějiny českého výtvarného umění : 1890/1938. 4. 1. Edited by Vojtěch Lahoda. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia. 393 s. : i. ISBN 80-200-0587-01. 1998. info
  • PESE, Claus and Ursula PETERS. Princip Thonet : od ohýbaného dřeva k trubce. Translated by Ilona Nožičková. Nürnberg: Germanisches Nationalmuseum. 263 s. ISBN 3926982136. 1989. info
  • ADLEROVÁ, Alena. České užité umění : 1918-1938. Vydání první. Praha: Odeon. 262 stran. 1983. URL info
  • MORANT, Henry de and Gérald GASSIOT-TALABOT. Dějiny užitého umění : od nejstarších dob po současnost. Vyd. 1. Praha: Odeon. 573 s. 1983. URL info
Teaching methods
Lectures
Assessment methods
Written test, exam
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught once in two years.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2020, Spring 2025.
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