Course detail

HISTORY OF BUILDING

FAST-H27Acad. year: 2020/2021

Development of building starting with Ancient architecture to the architecture of the 21st century. Architectural styles (layout, space and structural concept), building materials and techniques, architects, philosophical opinions about art and architecture and their influence on architecture…

The program of lectures includes: Egypt, the Ancient Near East, early Asian cultures, Greece, Rome and the Rome Empire, the Byzantine Empire, early Mediaeval and the Romanesque architecture in Europe, the architecture of the Gothic in Europe, the architecture of the Renaissance and Post Renaissance in Europe, the development of building on the territory of the Czech Republic – the Celtic period, the Preromanesque period (Byzantine,Carolinian, Ottonian), the Romanesque period, the Gothic style, the Renaissance, the Baroque, the Classicism and the Romantic style, the modern styles (Secession, Art Nouveau, Functionalism, Cubism, Eclecticism), present architecture, architecture in Brno, engineering buildings (bridges, roads, tunnels, dams…).

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

2

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Ing. arch. Ivana Košíčková, Ph.D.

Department

Institute of Building Structures (PST)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Not applicable.

Prerequisites

The subject is inserted to the first term of study and it does not link up to any previous discipline.

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. The introduction of the subject.
Egypt, the Ancient Near East, early Asian cultures,
Greece
2. Rome and the Rome Empire, the Byzantine Empire
3. Early Mediaeval and the Romanesque architecture in Europe
4. The architecture of the Gothic in Europe
5. The architecture of the Renaissance and Post Renaissance in Europe
6. The development of building on the territory of the Czech
Republic
The Celtic period, the Preromanesque period / Byzantine,
Carolinian, Ottonian /, the Romanesque period

7. The Gothic style
8. The Renaissance
9. The Baroque
10. The Classicism and the Romantic style
11. The modern styles / Secession, Art Nouveau, Funcionalism,
Cubism, Eclecticism /
12. Engineering buildings / bridges, roads, tunnels, dams…/ 13. Architecture of Brno, the final test

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

General chronological overview through the history of architecture and the development of building constructions, building culture and building of towns with aim to architecture of Bohemia.

Knowledge of architectural styles, architectonic features, typical building constructions and materials and technology of buildings. Terminology from the history of architecture and civil engineering.

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

Banister Fletcher: A History of Architecture on Comparative Method. Charles Sribner`s sons 1967
František Čapka: A Walking Tour of Brno. Akademickénakladatelství CERM, s.r.o. Brno 2000
Isabelle Hyman: Architecture from Prehistory to Post Modernism.
kol. autorů: The Visual Dictionary of Buildings. Dorlin Kindersley London 1992
The team of authors: 10 Centuries of Architecture - six volumes. Praha

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. arch. Ivana Košíčková, Ph.D.

Syllabus

1. The introduction of the subject. Egypt, the Ancient Near East, early Asian cultures, Greece 2. Rome and the Rome Empire, the Byzantine Empire 3. Early Mediaeval and the Romanesque architecture in Europe 4. The architecture of the Gothic in Europe 5. The architecture of the Renaissance and Post Renaissance in Europe 6. The development of building on the territory of the Czech Republic The Celtic period, the Preromanesque period / Byzantine, Carolinian, Ottonian /, the Romanesque period 7. The Gothic style 8. The Renaissance 9. The Baroque 10. The Classicism and the Romantic style 11. The modern styles / Secession, Art Nouveau, Funcionalism, Cubism, Eclecticism / 12. Engineering buildings / bridges, roads, tunnels, dams…/ 13. Architecture of Brno, the final test