IJ0B628 Baroque in Italian art and culture

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2015
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: graded credit.
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Zuzana Wagner, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Kateřina Garajová, Ph.D.
Department of Romance Languages and Literatures – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Romance Languages and Literatures – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Mon 12:30–14:05 G32
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 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/20, only registered: 0/20, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/20
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
The aim of the course is to give a general overview of Italian art and culture in the Baroque period and a overview of relation between the Baroque art, the theatre and literatury, from Bernini and Caravaggio to Tiepolo. The course should be help to orientate in the Italian art and culture, and to acquire a general knowledge of the Italian masters and of the regional art schools. The student should be able to recognize the different artistic productions and autors in the right cultural context and historical period. He should learn to describe the artwork with richest as possible Italian technical vocabulary.
Syllabus (in Czech)
  • ARTE E CULTURA ITALIANA NEL XVII e XVIII secolo / Italské umění a kultura v XVII. a XVIII. století 1- La pittura barOcca di Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio 2- La Natura morta di Caravaggio ed i Caravaggisti 3-La pittura barocca naturalista dei fratelli Carracci 4- Le scene mitologiche e trionfali di Domenichino, Guido Reni e Piero da Cortona 5- Il tema dell' Arcadia nei quadri di Nicolas Poussin e Guercino nel poema di Jacopo Sannazaro 6- La scultura di Gianlorenzo Bernini e il teatro barocco 7- L’architettura barocca di Gianlorenzo Bernini e quella di Francesco Borromini a confronto 8- Le decorazioni di Luca Giordano, Giambattista Tiepolo e i poemi di Torquato Tasso 9- Le scene di genere di Pietro Longhi e la Commedia dell'Arte di Carlo Goldoni 10- Il Vedutismo di Canaletto e di Bernardo Bellotto a Venezia 11- Le antichità romane nelle vedute di Giovanni B. Piranesi 12- L’epoca dei Lumi nella scultura neoclassica di Antonio Canova e nella poesia di Ugo Foscolo
Literature
    recommended literature
  • GIBELLINI, Pietro, OLIVA, Gianni, TESIO, Giovanni: Lo spazio letterario. Storia e geografia della letteratura. Vyd. V. Brescia: Editrice La Scuola, 1989, 1140 s.
  • ARGAN, G. Carlo: Storia dell'arte italiana. Vyd. 2. Vol. I-III. Firenze: Sansoni Editore, 2002.
Teaching methods
Lectures. The course is based on theoretical and linguistic preparation of the student and on visual presentation of Italian artworks. The student should focus both on the visual material of artworks and on the kritic texts listed in the bibliography and during the lessons.
Assessment methods
Exam: oral presentation of an or more artworks of an artist during the lessons, and short written text with the description of the artworks in Italian language. The argument of the presentation can chosen by among the topics of the semestral course. The attendance to the course is recommended.
Language of instruction
Italian
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught only once.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Kurz je doporučen studentům od 2. ročníku.
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