DU2766 Early Modern Iconography and Iconology

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2016
Extent and Intensity
0/0. 5 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 Friday 9:10–12:25 K31
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 15 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/15, only registered: 0/15, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/15
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The seminary is focused on the iconography of the selected art works from the 16th to 18th centuries and on their iconological interpretation.
Syllabus

  • 1. Pieter Breugel (between 1525 and 1530–1569), The Fight Between Carnival and Lent, 1559. Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum

    2. Pieter Breugel (between 1525 and 1530–1569), Times of the Year, 1565. Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum; New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art; Praha, Lobkowicz Collection

    3. Pieter Breugel (between 1525 and 1530–1569), Netherlandish Proverbs, 1559. Berlin, Staatliche Gemäldegalerie

    4. Jan Vermeer (1632-1675), Woman Holding a Balance, cca 1664. Washington, National Gallery of Art

    5. Jan Vermeer (1632-1675), The Love Letter, cca 1669-1670. Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum

    6. Jan Vermeer (1632-1675), Allegory of Painting, 1666–1667. Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum

    7. Jan Vermeer (1632-1675), Allegory of Faith, 1671–1674. New York, The Metropolitan Museum

    8. Frans Hals (asi 1580-1666), Isaac Massa and Beatrix van der Laen (?), 1622. Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum

    9. Rembrandt (1606-1669), Anatomy Lesson of the Dr. Tulp, 1632 (Haag, Mauritshuis) and Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Deyman, 1656 (Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum)

    10. "Ganymede" Theme in the oeuvre of Rembrandt (Dresden) and of Petr Paul Rubens (Vienna, Schwarzenberg Picture Gallery)

    11. Theme "Il Contento" in the oeuvre of the Netherlandish painters around 1600 (Adam Elsheimer, Nicolaus Knüpfer, Petr Paul Rubens)

    12. Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640), Assembly of the Olympic Gods, 1602. Praha, Picture gallery of Prague Castle

    13. Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640), Altar pieces for the Jesuit Church in Antwerp, after 1617. Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum

    14. Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640), Celling’s Decoration of the Jesuit Church in Antwerp, after 1620

    15. Theme "Sine Cerere et Baccho friget Venus" in the oeuvre of Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640)

    16. Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640), Self-Portrait with Isabella Brant, 1609–1610. Munich, Alte Pinakothek

    17. Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640), Altar of St. Ildenfons, 1630-1632. Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum

    18. Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640), Consequences of War, 1637–1638. Florence, Palazzo Pitti

    19. Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640), Martyrdom of St. Thomas, 1637-1638. Praha, St. Thomas Chutch (on loan in the National Gallery in Prague )

    20. Anthony van Dyck (1599–1641), King Charles I and Queen Henrietta Marie, 1632. Kroměříž, Archbishop´s Chateau
Literature
    required 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
  • 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
  • ROBERTS-JONES, Philippe and Françoise ROBERTS-JONES-POPELIER. Pieter Bruegel starší. Translated by Alena Jurionová - Zuzana Bedřichová. Praha: Slovart, 2003, 352 s. ISBN 8072095072. info
  • MEADOW, Mark A. Pieter Bruegel the Elder's : Netherlandish proverbs and the practice of rhetoric. Zwolle: Waanders, 2002, 176 s. ISBN 904009473X. info
  • WHEELOCK, Arthur K. Jan Vermeer. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 2004, 126 s. ISBN 0810992051. info
  • BROOS, Ben and Arthur K. WHEELOCK. Johannes Vermeer. Edited by Jan Vermeer van Delft. Zwolle: Waanders, 1996, 229 s. ISBN 9040098018. info
  • SLIVE, Seymour and Pieter BIESBOER. Frans Hals : [anläßlich der Ausstellung Frans Hals in der National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., vom 1. Oktober bis 31. Dezember 1989, in der Royal Academy of Arts, London, vom 13. Januar bis 8. April 1990, und im Frans-Hals-Museum, Haarlem, vom 11. München: Prestel, 1989, 435 s. ISBN 3791310321. info
  • ALPERS, Svetlana. Rembrandt als Unternehmer : sein Atelier und der Markt. Köln: DuMont, 2003, 309 s. ISBN 3832172971. info
  • ALPERS, Svetlana. Rembrandt's enterprise : the studio and the market. Pbk. ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1990, xvi, 160. ISBN 9780226015187. info
  • KRSEK, Ivo. Petrus Paulus Rubens. Vyd. 1. Praha: Odeon - nakladatelství krásné literatury a umění, 1990, 109 s. ISBN 8020701303. info
  • DENK, Claudia. Flämische Malerei des Barock : in der Alten Pinakothek. Edited by Konrad Renger. München: Pinakothek-DuMont, 2002, 518 s. ISBN 3832172556. info
    recommended literature
  • Pieter Bruegel d. Ä. im Kunsthistorischen Museum Wien. Edited by Wilfried Seipel. Milano: Skira, 2008, 164 s. ISBN 9783854971337. info
  • SCHWARTZ, Gary. Das Rembrandt Buch : Leben und Werk eines Genies. Translated by Rosali Bontjes van Beek - Saskia Bontjes van Beek. München: C.H. Beck, 2006, 383 s. ISBN 3406543693. info
  • PÄCHT, Otto. Rembrandt. Edited by Edwin Lachnit. München: Prestel, 1991, 254 s. ISBN 3791311565. info
  • BELKIN, Kristin Lohse. Rubens. Repr. London: Phaidon, 1999, 351 s. ISBN 0714834122. 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
  • BROWN, Christopher. Van Dyck. Translated by Christel Wiemken. Freren: Luca Verlag, 1983, 240 stran. ISBN 3923641044. info
    not specified
  • KOPP-SCHMIDT, Gabriele. Ikonographie und Ikonologie : eine Einführung. Köln: Deubner Verlag für Kunst, Theorie & Praxis, 2004, 191 s. ISBN 3937111093. info
  • HUYGHE, René and Piero BIANCONI. Vermeer. Translated by František X. Halas - Dagmar Halasová. Vyd. 1. Praha: Odeon, 1981, 103 s. URL 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
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 (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2015, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019.
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