SUSK_38 Chapters from the history of applied arts and design

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Dagmar Koudelková (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Dagmar Koudelková
Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Ing. Alena Albíniová
Supplier department: Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
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
The subject follows the development of craft and applied art from the middle ages to the beginning of the 20th century. The aim is to give a basic overview of the development of furniture, ceramics, porcelain, glass, goldsmiths, textiles and jewelery within the individual style periods.
Learning outcomes
The student will be able to get a better orientation in the history of applied art, the knowledge of authors, producers and individual artifacts.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction: basic terms, meaning, literature
  • Arts 2. Antique (Greece, Etruscan, Rome): ceramics, glass, goldsmith, furniture
  • 3. Furniture of the middleaAges (romanesque period, gothic): basic types of furniture - chest, cupboard, sitting furniture
  • 4. Medieval art craft (romanesque period, gothic): ceramics, glass, goldsmiths, textiles
  • 5. Furniture and housing culture of the Renaissance period: basic types of furniture - chest, cabinet, seating furniture; decorative techniques
  • 6. Craft arts of the renaissance period: majolica, Venetian glass, jewelery, textiles
  • 7. Furniture and home culture of the 17th and 18th centuries (manners, baroque, rococo, classicism): basic types of furniture - cabinet, secretary, chest of drawers, table furniture, seating; decorative techniques, manufacturers
  • 8. Craft Arts of the 17th and 18th centuries (baroque, rococo, classicism): glass, ceramics, porcelain, textiles, jewelery; manufacturers
  • 9. Furniture and craft arts of the 19th century (empire, biedermeier, historism): furniture; glass, faience, porcelain, jewelery, textiles, apparel, jewelery; manufacturers, manufactories, beginnings of industrial production
  • 10. The beginnings of design in England: Movement Arts & Crafts, Ch. Dresser, Ch. R. Ashbee, J. Wedgwood, Ch. R. Mackintosh
  • 11. Beginning of furniture manufacturing: Gebrűder Thonet, J. & J. Kohn
  • 12. Gesamtkunstwerk - architects as interior designers: A. Loos, O. Wagner, J. Hoffmann, K. Moser, Wiener Werkstätte
  • 13. Czech Cubism in Architecture and Design: Artěl, Krásná jizba, Pražské umělecké dílny, P. Janák, J. Gočár, V. Hofman, J. Chochol
Literature
    required literature
  • MORANT, Henry de and Gérald GASSIOT-TALABOT. Dějiny užitého umění : od nejstarších dob po současnost. Vyd. 1. Praha: Odeon, 1983, 573 s. URL info
    recommended literature
  • KNOBLOCH, Iva a Radim VONDRÁČEK (eds.). Design v českých zemích 1900–2000. Praha: Academia 2016.
  • KOLESÁR, Zdeno. Kapitoly z dějin designu. V českém jazyce vyd. 2., d. V Praze: Vysoká škola uměleckoprůmyslová, 2009, 172 s. ISBN 9788086863283. info
  • Český kubismus : 1909-1925 : malířství, sochařství, architektura, design. Edited by Jiří Švestka - Tomáš Vlček - Pavel Liška - Jaroslav Anděl. [Praha]: I3 CZ & Modernista, 2006, 455 s. ISBN 8023966596. info
  • SPARKE, Penny. Století designu : průkopníci designu 20. století. 1. vyd. Praha: Slovart, 1999, 272 s. ISBN 8072091425. 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
  • ANDĚL, Jaroslav and Alena ADLEROVÁ. Umění pro všechny smysly :meziválečná avantgarda v Československu. Vyd. 1. Praha: Národní galerie v Praze, 1993, 239 s. ISBN 80-7035-056-3. info
  • ADLEROVÁ, Alena. České užité umění : 1918-1938. Vydání první. Praha: Odeon, 1983, 262 stran. URL info
Teaching methods
Lectures
Assessment methods
Essay, written test, oral exam
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught once in two years.
The course is taught: every week.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 8 hodin výuka, 8 hodin konzultace.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2021, Spring 2023.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
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