DU1360 Theory of the Italian Renaissance: Alberti, Serlio, Vignola, Palladio

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2010
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. Mgr. Ondřej Jakubec, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. Mgr. Ondřej Jakubec, Ph.D.
Department of Art History – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: prof. Mgr. Ondřej Jakubec, Ph.D.
Timetable
Thu 13:20–14:55 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
The goal of the course is to provide not only knowledge of basic works of Renaissance architectural theory, but especially to make aquitance with specific "language" of this "genre". The problematics will be comparade with adequate context and special architectures of the period.
Syllabus
  • L. B. Alberti and the beginnings of the Renaissance architectural theory Renaissance architectural theory in Italy in the 16th half of the 15th century Definition of building tasks Sacral architecure and Italian architectural theory Theory of architecture after Council of Trent Dogmatization in the 16th century - architectural theory as textbook Andrea Palladio and humanism Rudolf Wittkower and his interpretation of Italian architectural theory of the Renaissance
Literature
  • Andrea Palladio, Čtyři knihy o architektuře, Praha 1958
  • H.-W. Kruft, Dejiny teórie architektúry: Od antiky po súčasnosť, Bratislava 1993
  • WUNDRAM, Manfred and Thomas PAPE. Andrea Palladio : 1508-1580 : architect between the Renaissance and Baroque. Photo by Paolo Marton. Hong Kong: Taschen, 2008, 248 s. ISBN 9783836505475. info
  • JAKUBEC, Ondřej. Sebastiano Serlio a renesanční architektura v českých zemích. Několik poznámek (Sebastiano Serlio and Renaissance Architecture in Czech Lands. Several Remarks). In DANIEL, Ladislav. Italská renesance a baroko ve střední Evropě. 1st ed. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého Olomouc, 2005, p. 91-105, 14 pp. ISBN 80-244-1152-0. info
  • KANERVA, Liisa. Defining the architect in fifteenth-century Italy : exemplary architects in L.B. Alberti's De Re aedificatoria. Helsinki: Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia, 1998, 165 s. ISBN 9514108450. info
  • BOUCHER, Bruce. Palladio : der Architekt in seiner Zeit. Photo by Paolo Marton. München: Hirmer, 1994, 333 s. ISBN 3777464406. info
  • KRUFT, Hanno-Walter. Städte in Utopia : die Idealstadt vom 15. bis zum 18. Jahrhundert zwischen Staatsutopie und Wirklichkeit. München: C.H. Beck, 1989, 203 s. ISBN 3406339093. info
  • ALBERTI, Leon Battista. Libri De re aedificatoria decem. Translated by Alois Otoupalík. Praha: Státní nakladatelství krásné literatury, hudby a umění, 1956, 451 s. URL info
Teaching methods
The basic method of the course will lay in work with texts - special edition of architectural treatises. Not only the theoretical aproach of special authors will be analysed, but also its realtion to concrete architectures will be examined.
Assessment methods
Essay and oral exam.
Language of instruction
Czech
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