DU1220k European Baroque Painting

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2009
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Michaela Šeferisová Loudová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Michaela Šeferisová Loudová, Ph.D.
Department of Art History – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Michaela Šeferisová Loudová, Ph.D.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Introduction into European painting of the 17th and 18th centuries.
Syllabus
  • 1. Major specialisations, themes and concepts of the baroque painting: frescos, altar and easel paintings, preliminary works, ephemeral decorations, concettismo, theory of decorum, illusionism.
  • 2. Trident council and his importance for the baroque painting.
  • 3. Social background of the baroque art:
  • education and social position of the painters; painter and patron of arts.
  • 4. Introduction into the oeuvre of Caravaggio, brothers Carracci, Diego Velásquéz, Nicolas Poussin, P. P. Rubens, Rembrandt, Karel Škréta, Joachim von Sandrart, Franz Anton Maulbertsch and others.
Literature
  • Bauer, Hermann. Barock. Kunst einer Epoche. Berlin 1992.
  • Hubala, Erich (ed.). Die Kunst des 17. Jahrhunderts. (Propyläen Kunstgeschichte, 9). Berlin 1970.
  • Keller, Harald (ed.). Die Kunst des 18. Jahrhunderts. (Propyläen Kunstgeschichte, 10). Berlin 1971.
  • Toman, Rolf (ed.), Baroko. Architektura, plastika, malířství. Praha 1999.
  • KRSEK, Ivo. Umění baroka na Moravě a ve Slezsku. Edited by Zdeněk Kudělka, Photo by Prokop Paul. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1996, 739 s. ISBN 8020005404. info
  • BLAŽÍČEK, Oldřich J. Umění baroku v Čechách. Praha: Obelisk, 1971, 193 stran. URL info
  • NEUMANN, Jaromír. Český barok. Vyd. 1. Praha: Odeon, 1969, 236 s. info
  • BLAŽÍČEK, Oldřich J., Mirjam BOHATCOVÁ, Beket BUKOVINSKÁ, Eliška FUČÍKOVÁ, Ivo KOŘÁN, Jarmila KRČÁLOVÁ, Ivo KRSEK, Zdeněk KUDĚLKA, Jiřina MEDKOVÁ, Věra NAŇKOVÁ, Emanuel POCHE, Pavel PREISS, Miloš STEHLÍK, Michal ŠRONĚK and Jarmila VACKOVÁ. Dějiny českého výtvarného umění. Vydání 1. Praha: Academia, nakladatelství Československé akademie věd, 1989, Strana 390. ISBN 8020000690. info
  • Lorenz, Hellmut (ed.). Barock. Geschichte der bildenden Künste in Österreich IV. München-London-New York 1999.
Assessment methods
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 taught: in blocks.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2008.
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