DU2467 Seminar: Iconography and Iconology of the Early Modern Time Art

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2012
Extent and Intensity
0/2. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Lubomír Slavíček, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Lubomír Slavíček, CSc.
Department of Art History – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: prof. PhDr. Lubomír Slavíček, CSc.
Supplier department: Department of Art History – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
each odd Thursday 14:10–15:45 K31
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/20, only registered: 0/20
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The seminary is focused on the iconography of the selected art works by P. P. Rubens (1577-1640) and on their iconological interpretation.
Syllabus

  • 1. Shromáždění olympských bohů (c. 1602, Prague, Picture Gallery of the Prague Castle)

    2. The Gonzaga Family Adoring the Trinity (1604–1605, Mantua, Museo del Palazzo Ducale)

    3. Duke of Lerma on Horseback (1603, Madrid, Prado)

    4. Altar Paintings for the Church Santa Maria in Vallicella in Rome (1607)

    5. Mantua Friendship Portrait (c. 1602, Cologne, Wallraf–Richartz Museum) a Justus Lipsius and his Pupils – The four Philosophers (ca 1612, Florence, Palazzo Pitti)

    6. Samson and Dalilah (c. 1609, London, National Gallery)

    7. The Artist and his Wife in Honeysuckle Bower (1609, Munich, Alte Pinakothek)

    8. The Raising of the Cross(1610–1611) and The Descent from the Cross (1611–1614), Antwerp, Cathedral

    9. Hygieia (c. 1615, Prague, Národní galerie)

    10. Head of Medusa (c. 1617/1618, Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum and Brno, Moravská galerie)

    11. Altar Paintings for the Jesuit Church in Antwerp (before 1617)

    12. Cealing Paintigs for the Jesuit church in Antwerp (1620)

    13. The Life of Maria de´ Medici (1622–1625)

    14. Banqueting Hall (1633–1634, Paris, Louvre)

    15. St. Idelfonse Altar (1630–1632, Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum)

    16. The Garden of Love(ca 1634–1635, Madrid, Prado)

    17. Pompa Introitus Ferdinandi (1634-1635)

    18. Paitings for Torre della Parada at Madrid (1636–1638)

    19. The Horrors of War (1637–1638, Florence, Palazzo Pitti)

    20. Martyrdom of St. Thomas (1637–38, Prague, Národní galerie)
Literature
  • BÜTTNER, Frank and Andrea GOTTDANG. Einführung in die Ikonographie : Wege zur Deutung von Bildinhalten. München: C.H. Beck, 2006, 304 s. ISBN 3406535798. info
  • STRATEN, Roelof van. Einführung in die Ikonographie. Berlin: Dietrich Reimer Verlag, 1989, 165 s. ISBN 3496004509. info
  • KOPP-SCHMIDT, Gabriele. Ikonographie und Ikonologie : eine Einführung. Köln: Deubner Verlag für Kunst, Theorie & Praxis, 2004, 191 s. ISBN 3937111093. info
  • WARNCKE, Carsten-Peter. Symbol, Emblem, Allegorie : die zweite Sprache der Bilder. Köln: Deubner Verlag für Kunst, Theorie & Praxis, 2005, 192 s. ISBN 3937111077. info
  • KONEČNÝ, Lubomír. Between text and language :miscellaneous studies on the history of emblematics. Edited by Jaroslava Kašparová. 1. vyd. Praha: Národní knihovna ČR, 2002, 260 s. ISBN 8070503742. info
  • Telesko, Werner: Einführung in die Ikonographie der barocken Kunst, Wien - Köln -Weimar 2005
  • BELKIN, Kristin Lohse. Rubens. Repr. London: Phaidon, 1999, 351 s. ISBN 0714834122. info
  • Peter Paul Rubens. Edited by Petrus Paulus Rubens - Klaus Albrecht Schröder - Heinz Widauer - Anne. Ostfildern-Ruit: Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2004, 531 stran. ISBN 3775715142. info
  • Rubens : a master in the making. Edited by David Jaffé - Elizabeth McGrath - Minna A. Moore Ede. 1. pub. London: National Gallery, 2005, 207 s. ISBN 1857093267. info
  • VARŠAVSKAJA, Marija Jakovlevna. Rubens' paintings in the Hermitage museum. Edited by Petrus Paulus Rubens. Leningrad: Avrora, 1975, 318 s. info
  • Peter Paul Rubens. Edited by Petrus Paulus Rubens - Klaus Albrecht Schröder - Heinz Widauer - Anne. Ostfildern-Ruit: Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2004, 531 stran. ISBN 3775715142. info
  • Peter Paul Rubens : Barocke Leidenschaften. Edited by Birgit Franke - Thomas Döring - Nils Büttner - Ulrich Heinen - Petru. München: Hirmer Verlag, 2004, 352 s. ISBN 3777421650. info
  • Vorbild Rubens. Edited by Veronika Kopetzky - Johann Kräftner. Wien: Prestel, 2004, 141 s. ISBN 3791333429. info
  • DENK, Claudia. Flämische Malerei des Barock : in der Alten Pinakothek. Edited by Konrad Renger. München: Pinakothek-DuMont, 2002, 518 s. ISBN 3832172556. info
  • KRSEK, Ivo. Petrus Paulus Rubens. Vyd. 1. Praha: Odeon - nakladatelství krásné literatury a umění, 1990, 109 s. ISBN 8020701303. info
Teaching methods
Lectures, class discussion, home works, reading, written essay presented during the seminary.
Assessment methods
Written essay presented during the seminary.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2011.
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