DU2803 Chapters from Baroque Sculpture in Austrian Silesia

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2016
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Jaromír Olšovský, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. Mgr. Ondřej Jakubec, Ph.D.
Department of Art History – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: prof. Mgr. Ondřej Jakubec, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Art History – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
each even Wednesday 15:50–19:05 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
Lectures on selected topics aim to familiarize students with the phenomenon of history of Baroque sculpture in Silesia, whose art-historical development is in spite of the increasing concern of scholars still insufficiently integrated into the overall picture of artistic events in the Czech lands. The territory of historical Silesia, which for hundreds of years belonged to Bohemian Lands, was characterized by considerable territorial fragmentation, which, together with denominational fragmentation and other factors led to the fact that, despite strong ties to Bohemia and Moravia, a sculpture had largely distinctive art-historical development, concerning different accentuating stylistic modes. This fact is still insufficiently reflected in Czech art history. Artworks in Silesia has always been viewed primarily in terms of stylistic formations that was close to Czech or Polish art history. This approach can be seen as largely selective when it was most appreciated the works that are close to the Czech radically Baroque sculpture (Brokoff, Braun), while other stylistic positions (late Baroque and Rococo, Late Baroque Classicism), dominating the late 18th century in Silesia, were marginalized. The course focuses primarily on exploring development of sculpture and acquainting sculptural artworks on the territory, from which after Prussian-Austrian wars the so-called Austrian Silesia was constituted. The necessary digressions or case studies to the artistic situation in Lower Silesia (Wrocław sculpture workshops) and Upper Silesia (Jemielnica, Rudy Wielkie and so on) would be also included.
Syllabus
  • 1. Territorial aspects of Baroque sculpture in Silesia. 2. Historiography and Methodology (Czech and Polish art history). 3. Consolidation after the Thirty Years War, anonymous and individual works from 1650 to the end of the 17th century (Opava, Krnov and Jeseník regions). 4. The sculptors’ customers and sculptural imports until the end of the 70s of the 18th century (selected examples). 5. Domestic sculptural artworks till the 70s of the 18th century (Johann Georg Lehner and the House of Lichtenstein). 6. Těšín region – domestic sculptural tradition versus imports. 7. Frýdek of the Oppersdorfs and the Pražmas – from the veneration of Virgin Mary to the family manufactory of Weissmanns. 8. Searching for a new stylistic order: from the multiplication of the rococo to the baroque classicism (Johann Schubert, Václav Böhm and Johann Nitsche). 9. The second rise of Catholic religiosity (Opava, Frýdek), Jemielnica, Horní Hlohov, St Anne Mountain, Opawica and artists from Austrian Silesia. 10. Monumental noble family concepts - Opawica, Šenov, Frýdek. 11. Late Baroque and Enlightenment in the society of Austrian Silesia. 12. Inquiry into customer´s milieu (Tobias Gebler, Gottfried Ignác Langer, Josef Karel Schipp, Maximilian Xaver of Riedheim and others).
Teaching methods
lectures
Assessment methods
written test
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught only once.
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