DU2031 Seminar: Form, space, function: archistorical terms of architecture

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2020
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
prof. Mgr. Ondřej Jakubec, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. Mgr. Ondřej Jakubec, Ph.D.
Department of Art History – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Art History – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Wed 10:00–11:40 K31
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
Art historical approaches, which are ingested for analysis and interpretation of architectural works, will be discussed and practiced during the tutorial.

The aim of course in Master's program is get knowledge of basic concepts in history of architecture and learn to use them in the most diverse cases by analyzing architectural objects.
Learning outcomes
Student will be able to : - understand architecture as symbiosis of formal and semiotc qualities - adopt expert tools for interpretation work of architecture - get knowledge of different ways of interpretation of architecture - crtically analysis of expert texts on architecture
Syllabus
  • 1. Analysis and interpretation of forms.
  • 2. Form and funktion of architekcture
  • 3. Iconology of architecture
  • 4. Architecture and cultural history
  • 5. Patterns of intention.
  • 6. Intention of work-art.
  • 7. Function and architectural tasks (Aufgabe).
  • 8. Methods of interpretation of architecture.
Literature
  • KROUPA, Jiří. Umělci, objednavatelé a styl : studie z dějin umění. Vyd. 1. Brno: Filozofická fakulta Masarykovy univerzity - Seminář dějin umění, 2006, 399 s. ISBN 8073640368. info
  • FIDLER, Petr. "Form follows function". Zur Funktionalität der Profanarchitektur der frühen Neuzeit. In: Život pražských paláců. Documenta pragensia XXVIII. Praha 2009, s. 25-57.
  • KROUPA, Jiří. Místo jako zázrak, aneb Obrana architektonického prostoru. In: Milena Sršňová (ed.), Prostor a architektonický prostor. Sborník z kolokvia (e-book). Praha: Springer media 2005, s. 24-28.
  • BAXANDALL, Michael. Patterns of intention : on the historical explanation of pictures. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1985, xii, 147. ISBN 0300037635. info
  • SUGER. Skutky opata Sugera. Bernard z Clairvaux opatu Sugerovi ; Nač je v chrámu zlato? Edited by Erwin Panofsky - Bernard - Guillaume de Saint-Denis, Translated by P. Vyd. 1., (Studie E. Panofsk. Praha: Triáda, 2003, 178 s. ISBN 8086138348. info
  • PANOFSKY, Erwin. Gothic architecture and scholasticism. New York: Meridian Books, 1957, xvi, 108. info
Teaching methods
Practical tutorial.
Assessment methods
Presentation, an essay.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught only once.
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