Course detail
History of Architecture 4
FAST-AG024Acad. year: 2018/2019
A survey of the history of Western architecture from the 1750s to the turn of the 20th century. Characteristics of the style movements from the Rococo to the Early Modernism. Buildings and theory of the key figures with the emphasis on the Middle-European milieu (L. Klenze, K. F. Schinkel, G. Semper, Viollet-le-Duc, O. Wagner), the beginnings of the industrial architecture, and the reform movements (Arts and Crafts, Art Nouveau).
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Learning outcomes of the course unit
Student gets the knowledge of the European architecture of the 19th century.
Student gets the knowledge of the Czech architecture of the 19th century.
Student gets the knowledge of the Art Nouveau architecture.
Student gets the knowledge of the early modernist architecture.
Student gets the knowledge of the urban planning and theory of architecture in the 19th century.
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Course curriculum
2. Architecture of the First Half of the 19th Century in England and France
3. Architecture of the First Half of the 19th Century in Germany (L. Klenze, K. F. Schinkel)
4. Architecture of the First Half of the 19th Century in Austria, Bohemia and Moravia
5. Architecture of the Second Half of the 19th Century in England and France
6. Architecture of the Second Half of the 19th Century in Germany
7. Architecture of the Second Half of the 19th Century in Austria, Bohemia and Moravia
8. Roots of the Modernism: Victorian Engineering, Art Nouveau, Arts and Crafts
9. European Art Nouveau (V. Horta, A. Gaudí, O. Wagner and others)
10. Art Nouveau in Bohemia and Moravia (J. Fanta, D. Jurkovič, J. Kotěra and others)
11. Forerunners of the Modernism in the USA, the Chicago School
12. Architecture of the Early Modernism
13. Early Modernism in Bohemia and Moravia
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- Programme B-P-C-APS (N) Bachelor's
branch APS , 3 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
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2. Architecture of the First Half of the 19th Century in England and France
3. Architecture of the First Half of the 19th Century in Germany (L. Klenze, K. F. Schinkel)
4. Architecture of the First Half of the 19th Century in Austria, Bohemia and Moravia
5. Architecture of the Second Half of the 19th Century in England and France
6. Architecture of the Second Half of the 19th Century in Germany
7. Architecture of the Second Half of the 19th Century in Austria, Bohemia and Moravia
8. Roots of the Modernism: Victorian Engineering, Art Nouveau, Arts and Crafts
9. European Art Nouveau (V. Horta, A. Gaudí, O. Wagner and others)
10. Art Nouveau in Bohemia and Moravia (J. Fanta, D. Jurkovič, J. Kotěra and others)
11. Forerunners of the Modernism in the USA, the Chicago School
12. Architecture of the Early Modernism
13. Early Modernism in Bohemia and Moravia