DU1421 Birth of "Gothic" historiography of sculpture

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2017
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. Ivan Foletti, MA, Docteur es Lettres, Docent in Church History (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. Ivan Foletti, MA, Docteur es Lettres, Docent in Church History
Department of Art History – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: prof. Ivan Foletti, MA, Docteur es Lettres, Docent in Church History
Supplier department: Department of Art History – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
each even Friday 13:20–16:35 K31
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
Historiographic reflection on one of the crucial moments of Western history.
The de-construction of established clichés for this period
The presentation of key monuments across Europe
A reflection on the concept of "style"
Syllabus
  • - Introduction: between historiography and reality: from "Gothic" to "Ancient", artworks in the 12th-13th. century.
  • - Gothic in the 19th. Century and the "national styles"
  • - The renaissances in the Middle Ages, historiography and myths
  • - The exhibition "The Year 1200" in New York
  • - The western Portal of the Cathedral in Chartres
  • - The ambo of Klosterneuburg
  • - The relic of three kings in Cologne
  • - The Cathedral of Laon
  • - The Cathedral of Sens
  • - The Western Portal of the Cathedral in Reims
  • - The North and South Portals of the Cathedral in Chartres
  • - Style 1200 and Strasbourg
  • - Style 1200 and Bamberg
  • - Style 1200 and Naunburg
Literature
    recommended literature
  • Francesca Dell’Acqua, "Il Medioevo in USA e "The Year 1200" (New York 1970)" , Medioevo/Medioevi, Enrico Castelnuovo ed, Pisa 2018, pp. 331-363.
  • Laurence Terrier, L'imitation de l'Antiquité dans l'art médiéval (1180-1230), Turnhout 2016
  • SAUERLÄNDER, Willibald. Das Jahrhundert der grossen Kathedralen : 1140 - 1260. München: C.H. Beck, 1990, vi, 495. ISBN 3406334458. info
    not specified
  • Willibald Sauerländer, Cathedrals and sculpture (Vol. 1-2), London 1999 – 200
  • Fabienne Joubert, La sculpture gothique en France : XIIe - XIIIe siècles, Paris 2008
  • Willibald Sauerländer, “ ‘Première architecture gothique’ or ‘Renaissance of the twelfth century?’: changing perspectives in the evaluation of architectural history” (1999), in Willibald Sauerländer, Cathedrals and sculpture (Vol. 1-2), London 1999 – 200
  • Willibald Sauerländer, "Antiqui et moderni at Reims" , Gesta, 42 (2003), 1, pp. 19-37.
Teaching methods
Interactive Seminar
Assessment methods
Oral presentation (about 60 minutes)
Written paper
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
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