DU2641 The Baroque Architecture in Bohemia and Moravia

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2008
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Jiří Kroupa, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Jiří Kroupa, CSc.
Department of Art History – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: prof. PhDr. Jiří Kroupa, CSc.
Timetable
Mon 11:40–13:15 B13
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 course seeks to acquaint the art history student with the basic styles and architects, working in the 17th and 18th century in Bohemia and Moravia. In this epoch there are created the classical systems of the baroque architecture and their differentiation in both lands.
Syllabus
  • 1. The baroque in the architecture in Bohemia and Moravia: definition, historiography and chronology. & 2. The Rudolfinian mannerism and Giovanni Maria Filippi. & 3. Giovanni Battista Pieroni in Bohemia and Moravia. & 4. The architecture of the jesuits order: delineators, architects amd mastermasons. & 5. The Planimetrism in the architecture in the 2nd Half of the 17th century („Praemers architecture“) & 6. Francesco Caratti in Bohemia – Giovanni Pietro Tencalla in Moravia. & 7. Jean Bapt. Mathey early classic. & 8. The new academical and radical style: Domenico Martinelli, Johann Lucas von Hildebrandt, Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach. & 9. The group of the radical baroque in Bohemia: Christoph Dientzenhofer. & 10. Johann Santini Aichel between Bohemia and Moravia. & 11. The architecture in Bohemia in the 1. Half of the 18th century. & 12. The architecture in Moravia in the 1. Half of the 18th century. & 13. Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer (the baroque syntesis) and Franz Anton Grimm (late baroque academism).
Literature
  • NEUMANN, Jaromír. Český barok. Vyd. 1. Praha: Odeon, 1969, 236 s. info
  • The glory of the baroque in Bohemia : essays on art, culture and society in the 17th and 18th centuries. Edited by Vít Vlnas. In Prague: National Gallery, 2001, 355 s. ISBN 8070352655. info
  • Kroupa, Jiří (ed.). V zrcadle stínů. Barok na Moravě 1650-1790. Rennes-Brno 2002
  • KROUPA, Jiří. /sous la direction de/: La Moravie a l'âge Baroque 1670-1790. Dans le miroir des ombres. (/ed./: Moravia in the baroque age, 1670-1790. Behind the mirror of the shadows.). Paris - Rennes: Somogy éditions d'art, Paris - Musée des Beaux-Arts, Rennes - Moravská galerie, Brno, 2002, 384 pp. Bohemia Magica - une Saison tcheque en France. ISBN 2-85056-569-5. info
  • HORYNA, Mojmír. Jan Blažej Santini-Aichel. Vyd. 1. V Praze: Univerzita Karlova, 1998, 487 s. ISBN 8071846643. info
  • HORYNA, Mojmír and Jaroslav KUČERA. Dientzenhoferové. 1. vyd. Praha: Akropolis, 1998, 161 s. ISBN 80-85770-68-7. info
Assessment methods
The course will be taught as a lecture; there will be exam in the form of the both written and visual test.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught only once.
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