Course detail

History of Architecture III

FA-DR3Acad. year: 2011/2012

The end of the 15th century is connected with a series of significant events ranging from the development of maritime trade between the West and the East, up to the discovery of new continents. Understanding the context of modern times in Europe and outside Europe is important for the formation of social relations that led to the architecture of the renaissance and the baroque . The knowledge of the development of architecture, its structure, material and vocabulary, as well as the awareness of the specific features of the European and the Czech architectural development, is the objective of this subject.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. Ing. arch. Jan Hrubý, CSc.

Department

Department of Theory (UTold)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Required is the knowledge of the history of architecture of the Antiquity, the Middle Ages,and gradual deepening of the knowledge of architecture of the modern times.

Prerequisites

Orientation in the periods of Antiquity and Middle Ages, capability of linking existing knowledge with newly gained knowledge.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Teaching methods depend on the type of course unit as specified in the article 7 of BUT Rules for Studies and Examinations.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Drawing preparation, oral examination.

Course curriculum

Introduction to memories architecture primeval ages, megalithic construction
Introduction to ancient cultures, Egypt, accidence and construction
Ancient Egypt sights 1
Ancient Egypt sights 2
Mezopotamie
Mykeny, Troja, Crete
Architecture antique Greece introduction, story
Accidence, construction, material
Legacy ancient cultures
Architecture Christian antiky
Byzantium
Influence byzancke architecture and architecture preromanesque
Infancy architecture in Czech lands
Middle Ages architectural accidence, construction and material
Romanesque architecture European instances 1
Romanesque architecture European instances 2
Introduction to modern period and concurrence on medieval architectural legacy.
Tradition antiky in Renaissance Italy
Renaissance Italy architecture 1
Renaissance Italy architecture 2
Renaissance architecture in Czech lands
Renaissance in France and Germany
Baroque accidence
Baroque dynamism and architectural sights Italy 1
Baroque Italy 2
Klasicistní tendency in architecture
Baroque architecture in France
Baroque architecture in Germany
Baroque architecture in Czech lands 1
Baroque architecture in Czech lands 2

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

Getting acquainted with the historic legacy of modern times. Significance of Baroque and Reanaissance in the Czech Lands.

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

Not applicable.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

N. Pevsner : Europaische Architektur (DE)

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme ARCHURB Bachelor's

    branch ARCH , 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. arch. Jan Hrubý, CSc.