Course detail

History of Architecture

FAST-BG01Acad. year: 2016/2017

General overview through the history of architecture and the development of building constructions and city building with a view to architectural cultures of Bohemian countries. Architectural styles, architectonic features, typical building constructions and materials terminology from the history of architecture and civil engineering.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

2

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Ing. arch. Ladislava Foretníková

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Student will manage the goal of the subject, i.e. acquirement directory information about the development of architecture, constructions and building technologies since the Antiquity until today. Acquirement of ability to classify object by its characteristics to style period and ability to use a professional nomenclature.

Prerequisites

General knowledge of history at secondary school level.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Not applicable.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Not applicable.

Course curriculum

1. Prehistoric period, architecture of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, Aegean culture
2. Ancient Greek architecture
3. Ancient architecture of Rome
4. Early Christian architecture, architecture of Byzantium
5. Pre-Romanesque and Romanesque architecture
6. Gothic architecture
7. Modern time architecture - Renaissance
8. Architecture of Baroque
9. Classicism and Romanticism
10. Architecture in the period of historicism
11. Art Nouveau, Czech Cubist architecture, modern architecture
12. Architecture of interwar period
13. Architecture after the Second World War until today

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

Acquirement directory information about the development of architecture, constructions and building technologies since the Antiquity until today. Acquirement of ability to classify object by its characteristics to style period and ability to use a professional nomenclature.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Syrový, Bohuslav: Architektura - svědectví dob. SNTL Praha, 1987. (CS)
Haas, Felix: Architektura 20. století. Brno, 1993. (CS)
Bukovský, Jan a kolektiv: Dějiny stavitelství. VUTIUM Brno, 2001. (CS)
Koch Wilfried: Evropská architektura. Universum, 2008. (CS)

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme B-P-E-SI Bachelor's

    branch VS , 1. year of study, winter semester, compulsory

  • Programme B-K-C-SI Bachelor's

    branch VS , 1. year of study, winter semester, compulsory

  • Programme B-P-C-SI Bachelor's

    branch VS , 1. year of study, winter semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. arch. Ladislava Foretníková