DU2509 Seminar: Istoria and poesia in Early Modern Times

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2008
Extent and Intensity
0/2. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Jiří Kroupa, CSc. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Jiří Kroupa, CSc.
Department of Art History – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: prof. PhDr. Jiří Kroupa, CSc.
Timetable
Tue 15:00–16:35 B13
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
The seminar wants to give to the students of the art history a basic introduction into the problem of iconographical and iconological explanations in the visual arts. During its passing out, it is wanted an ability of the students to read art historical and theoretical writings critically and to extend their undestanding of the meaning in the art.
Syllabus
  • 1.The „Ekfrasis“ after Michaela J. Marek. Alberti – istoria - Lukianos. Jan Bialostocki about „poesia“ in Venice. & 2. Primavera – a wedding story? (Frank Zöllner). Primavera – a political message? (Horst Bredekamp). Sandro Botticelli, Primavera and neoplatonism (Ernst H. Gombrich) & 3. Sandro Botticelli, Birth of Venus. The wedding "camera". Italian cassoni and Botticellis Mars an Venus. & 4. Michelangelos Family. Raffaelos Madonna della Sedia. Deschi da parte and Botticelli. & 5. Santa Maria Novella and Warburgs Nympha. Chappel od Sassetti in Firenze. Palazzo Schifanoia in Ferrara. & 6. The portraits by Leonardo. The Venetians portraits (Siecle de Titian). Portraits in Firenze (Botticelli a Ghirlandajo). & 7. Stanza della Segnatura (E. Gombrich). The other stories in stanzas. & 8. Three philosophers. Giorgione in the view of Salvatore Settis. & 9. Apollo and Marsyas in Kroměříž. Studiolo Ferrara. Titians early work. & 10. Kroměříž: „istoria or poesia“ ? Louka and the problem of „Historische Erklärung“ (Franz Anton Maulbertsch).
Literature
  • MAREK, Michaela. Ekphrasis und Herrscherallegorie : antike Bildbeschreibungen im Werk Tizians und Leonardos. Worms: Wernersche Verlagsgesellschaft, 1985, ix, 166. ISBN 3884620255. info
  • GOMBRICH, E. H. Die Kunst der Renaissance. Translated by Lisbeth Gombrich. Stuttgart: Klett-Cotta, 1985, 208 s. ISBN 3608761462. info
  • MÖSENEDER, Karl. Franz Anton Maulbertsch : Aufklärung in der barocken Deckenmalerei. Wien: Böhlau Verlag, 1993, 266 s. ISBN 3205980026. info
Assessment methods
The course will be taught as a seminar with a short lecture of clarification of basic themes; the most importance aim of this seminar will be the acquaintence of students with iconographical and iconological literature. There will be no exam for this course, but only a colloquium by class participation and the verbal presentation of subject.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught only once.
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