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PRAGUE ART AND ARCHITECTURE - ART131/2 Summer 2022
Course
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Marek Cerveny
Lessons
Here is the course outline:
1. Introduction. Syllabus, Assignments and Chronology.
Jun 21, Classroom
Introduction to chronology. Overview of important moments in the history and story of the city. |
2. Introduction to terminology, styles, orders and iconography
Jun 23, Classroom, Lesser Town
Overview of the relevant artistic styles. Short presentation. |
3. Romanesque and Gothic Prague
Jun 28, Prague Castle
Excursion to Prague Castle - examples of medieval architecture - Basilica of St. George, Cathedral of St. Vitus, Wladislas Hall. Short presentation |
4. Gothic Art, Devotional Art and the Bohemian Reformation + Introduction to Christian iconography
Jun 30, Old Town
Excursion to St. Agnes Convent (National Gallery) and Old Town Short presentation. |
5. Renaissance Prague; The art court of Rudolf II (1526 - 1620)
Jul 7, Prague Castle and Lesser Town
Excursion Prague Castle Gardens and Wallenstein Garden. Short presentations |
6. Baroque art and architecture I(1611 - 1790)
Jul 12, Hradčany, Lesser Town
Excursion to Strahov Monastery, Vrtba Garden, Our Lady Victorious, Charles Bridge Short presentation. Museum Report 1 DUE! |
7. Baroque art and architecture II(1620 - 1780)
Jul 14
Excursion to Troja Chateau Short presentation. |
8. Modernism 1: Early 20th-century architecture, Art nouveau, Cubism and Functionalism (1900 - 1948)...
Jul 19, New Town
Excursion: architectural sites around the New Town, Municipal house Short presentation. |
9. Historicism: Classicism, Romanticism and the Czech National Revival (1780 - 1900)
Jul 21, Vyšehrad, New Town
Excursion to Vyšehrad Castle, examples of Eclectic architecture, National Revial Short presentation. Individual Task |
10. Modernism 2: Early 20th century art: František Kupka and Czech Avant-garde, (1900 - 1948)
Jul 26
Excursion to National Gallery - Veletržni Palace Short presentation. |
11. Socialist-Realism and ‘unofficial art’ (1948-1989) - individual task
Jul 28, National Memorial Vitkov Hill, Žižkov, New Town
Excursion to National Memorial Vitkov Hill Short presentation. |
12. Final session
Aug 2, Classroom
Final test and presentations - to be submitted online Museum Report 2 due. |