DU1221b The Baroque Sculpture in Central Europe

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2011
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Pavel Suchánek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Pavel Suchánek, Ph.D.
Department of Art History – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: doc. Mgr. Pavel Suchánek, Ph.D.
Timetable
Tue 12:30–14:05 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
The introduction to the baroque sculpture in central Europe. The course will give a comprehensive overview of the most important masters of the 17th and 18th century and their works, addressing problems of iconography, style, sculptural technique as well as contemporary art theory, art patronage and aspects of the social history of the artist in the early modern period. Upon successful completion of the course, the student will be able to identify and discuss within their historical framework: major artists and important works of art; recognise the differing expressions of baroque art and the role patrons played in the art and how they used it.
Syllabus
  • Baroque, rhetoric and counter-reformation (basic terms);
  • Profession, technology and materials of scuplture;
  • The center and the regions (Vienna and regions of Austria, Hungary, Bohemia, Moravia, Silesia);
  • Major sculptors (Giuliani, Mattielli, Donner, Moll, Braun, Brokof, Fontana, Fritsch, Schweigl);
  • The imperial court (Leopold I., Charles VI., Maria Theresa);
  • Patronage and patrons (courtiers and aristocracy, the church, cloisters, cities);
  • Important sculptures (in churches, cloisters, residence, gardens, fountains, plague columns);
  • Artistic innovations and forms;
  • Historiography and methodology
Literature
    required literature
  • Dějiny českého výtvarného umění II/1-2, Praha 1989
    not specified
  • KRSEK, Ivo. Umění baroka na Moravě a ve Slezsku. Edited by Zdeněk Kudělka, Photo by Prokop Paul. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1996, 739 s. ISBN 8020005404. info
  • KROUPA, Jiří. Jiří Kroupa (ed.), V zrcadle stínů. Morava v době barokní 1670 -1790. První. Brno: Moravská galerie v Brně, 2003, 384 pp. (česká mutace francouzského originálu). ISBN 80-7027-121-3. info
  • Sláva barokní Čechie :stati o umění, kultuře a společnosti 17. a 18. století : [Praha, 27/IV-28/X 2001, Obrazárna Pražského hradu, klášter sv. Jiří, Valdštejnská jízdárna, palác Kinských]. Edited by Vít Vlnas. V Praze: Pro Národní galerii v Praze realizovalo nakl. Paseka, 2001, 354 s. ISBN 80-7035-258-2. info
  • BLAŽÍČEK, Oldřich J. Sochařství baroku v Čechách : plastika 17. a 18. věku. 1. vyd. Praha: Státní nakladatelství krásné literatury, hudby a umění, 1958, 682 s. URL info
  • Baroko :architektura, plastika, malířství. Edited by Rolf Toman, Photo by Achim Bednorz. 1. české vyd. V Praze: Slovart, 1999, 503 s. ISBN 80-7209-179-4. info
  • KAUFMANN, Thomas DaCosta. Court, cloister, and city : the art and culture of Central Europe, 1450-1800. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1995, 576 s. ISBN 0226427307. info
  • Die Kunst des Barock in Österreich. Edited by Günter Brucher. Salzburg: Residenz Verlag, 1994, 429 s. ISBN 3-7017-0888-6. info
  • VOLAVKA, Vojtěch and Zdenka VOLAVKOVÁ-SKOŘEPOVÁ. O soše : úvod do historické technologie a teorie sochařství. 1. vydání. Praha: Státní nakladatelství krásné literatury, hudby a umění, 1959, 453 stran. URL info
Teaching methods
lectures
Assessment methods
Lectures, examination - written test.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2000, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018.
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