Course detail

History of Architecture 2

FAST-BGA020Acad. year: 2023/2024

Knowledge of the Middle Ages architecture, from the ancient Christians, over the Byzantine and Islamic architecture, the Pre-Romanesque architecture, the Old Slavonic architecture, the European and the Czech Romanesque and Gothic architecture to the most outstanding Middle Ages building complexes; development of the art of construction in relation to the social and economic background and the stage of technological development.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

2

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Ing. arch. Adam Guzdek, Ph.D.

Entry knowledge

The course connects with the history of the Antiquity, partially applying the knowledge of the building construction courses.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

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

Aims

Knowledge of the history of architecture, the ancient Christians, the Byzantine and Islamic architecture, the Pre-Romanesque architecture, the Romanesque architecture, the Gothic in foreign countries, the Gothic in the Czech lands.
Student will manage the goal of the subject, i.e. knowledge of the history of architecture, the ancient Christians, the Byzantine and Islamic architecture, the Pre-Romanesque architecture, the Romanesque architecture, the Gothic in foreign countries, the Gothic in the Czech lands.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

BARTLOVÁ, Milena. Průvodce studiem dějin středověkého výtvarného umění. 3. vyd. Praha: UMPRUM, 2018. E-kniha, 347 s.
KOCH, Wilfried. Evropská architektura. Encyklopedie evropské architektury od antiky po současnost. 3. vyd. Praha: Euromedia Group – Knižní klub, 2012. 552 s. ISBN: 978-80-242-3657-5.
SYROVÝ, Bohuslav. Architektura – svědectví dob: přehled vývoje stavitelství a architektury. 3., dopl. vyd. Praha: Státní nakladatelství technické literatury, 1987.

Recommended reading

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BARTLOVÁ, Milena. Skutečná přítomnost. Středověký obraz mezi ikonou a virtuální realitou. 1. vyd. Praha: Argo, 2012. 407 s. ISBN: 978-80-257-0542-1.
CASSON, Hugh. Dějiny architektury. Praha: Odeon, 1993. ISBN 80-207-0185-0.
RALLS, Karen. Gothic Cathedrals: A Guide to the History, Places, Art, and Symbolism. Lake Worth, Florida: Ibis Press, 2015. ISBN 978-0892541737.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme BPC-APS Bachelor's, 2. year of study, winter semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. arch. Adam Guzdek, Ph.D.

Syllabus

1. Architecture of the ancient Christians of the Eastern and Western Empires
2. Byzantine architecture, the Islamic architecture
3. Pre-Romanesque architecture from 6th to 10th century in the territory of France and Germany
4. Art of construction of the Great Moravian Slavs
5. Romanesque architecture – cultural and social background, technology, space, set of architectonic elements
6. Romanesque architecture – Italy, France, Germany
7. Romanesque architecture – Bohemia and Moravia
8. Gothic architecture – cultural and social background, technology, space, set of architectonic elements
9. Gothic architecture – France, England
10. Gothic architecture – Germany, Italy
11. Gothic architecture – Bohemia and Moravia I.
12. Gothic architecture - Bohemia and Moravia II.
13. The most outstanding Middle Ages building complexes in Bohemia and foreign countries.