Course detail

Architecture of 17th Century

FA-A17-TAcad. year: 2020/2021

This cycle of lectures on the European architecture of the 17th century will acquaint the students to the early and late Baroque and Classicist architecture in Italy, Spain, France, England, Germany, Austria and the Czech Lands. Students will learn the broader cultural and historical context and basic information about the most important architects, architectural practice, the most important structures and theoretical publications. The course includes three excursions (to the Baroque chateaus and urbanism).
In the study programme “Architecture and urban design” the course is part of the theoretical courses.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

2

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Learning outcomes of the course unit

– Students will familiarize themselves with the cultural and historical context of the 17th century.
– Students will learn about the beginnings of Italian Baroque architecture and its spread throughout the whole Europe.
– Students will be able to identify the style of most Baroque structures and to analyse the broader context of Baroque architecture.
– Students will be informed of the most important architects and structures of the European Baroque.
– Students will learn to orient in the most important architectural publications and will be able to describe their influence on the subsequent architecture.

Prerequisites

Not applicable.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

The Architecture of the 17th century - Baroque cycle will be presented as lectures accompanied by Powerpoint slides. Apart from the lectures, the course consists of the discussions about the assigned texts and individual works that should engage the students in the presented topics. The course includes three excursions where the students will present their papers and practically apply the acquired knowledge in the analysis of architecture, terminology, and in dating of individual structures.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

The assessment will be based on the participation during the lectures, on the contribution to the discussions during the lectures, and namely on the presentation of the paper during the excursions when the active participation in art and historical interpretation of historic architecture will be assessed.

Course curriculum

1. Introduction to the cultural history of European Baroque civilization
2. Roman architecture of Seicento (the successors of Michelangelo – Vignola, della Porta, Fontana)
3. Roman architecture of the late Baroque and Accademia di San Luca (Bernini, Borromini, Cortona)
4. Italian architecture of Seicento (Savoy, Veneto, Lucca, Naples and Sicily)
5. Baroque architecture in Spain, Belgium, Portugal and South America (Carbonel, Churriguera)
6. Classicist architecture and urban design in France (de Brosse, Mansart, Le Vau, Mansart)
7. Classicist architecture in England (Jones, Wren, Vanbrugh, Hawksmoor)
8. Baroque architecture in the Habsburg monarchy (Pomis, Tencalla, Fischer von Erlach, Hildebrandt)
9. Early Baroque architecture in Bohemia (Italian architects Filippi, Carrati, Lurago, Mathey)
10. Early Baroque architecture in Moravia (Pieroni, Carlone, Tencalla, Erna)
11. Excursion – early Baroque monuments in the city of Brno
12. Excursion – Valtice Chateau
13. Excursion – town conservation area, the chateau and the gardens in Kroměříž

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The lectures present the theoretical framework and the form of the Baroque and Classicist architecture which had significantly influenced the subsequent development of architecture until the beginning of the 19th century (reflected in the forms of the 19th century “Neo-styles”). Students will familiarize themselves with the basic concepts, terminology, names, and the most important structures of the European Baroque and Classicism.

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

Students will regularly participate in most of the lectures and should actively engage in the discussions; they will take part in the obligatory excursions where they will interpret the paper on the previously assigned topic. Absences from the lectures and namely from the excursions can be excused only for serious reasons.
In the case of a student's apology and with approval of the subject guarantor, personal attendance may be substituted with online attendance in the classes.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

TOMAN, Rolf. Baroko. Architektura, plastika, malířství. Praha: Slovart, 2007. ISBN 978-80-7209-771-5 (CS)
PREISS, Pavel. Panoráma manýrismu. Kapitoly o umění a kultuře 16. století. Praha: Odeon, 1974. (CS)
PREISS, Pavel. Italští umělci v Praze. Praha: Panorama, 1986. (CS)
VLČEK, Pavel. Dějiny architektury renesance a baroka. Praha: Česká technika - nakladatelství ČVUT, 2006. ISBN 80-01-03407-0. (CS)
MACEK, Petr, BIEGL, Richard, BACHTÍK, Jakub (eds). Barokní architektura v Čechách. Praha: Nakladatelství Karolinum, 2015. ISBN 978-80-246-2736-6 (CS)
KROUPA, Jiří. V zrcadle stínů. Morava v době baroka 1670-1790. Brno: Moravská galerie 2002. ISBN 80-7027-121-3. (CS)
PREISS, Pavel. Italští umělci v Praze. Praha: Panorama, 1986. (CS)
KRSEK, Ivo, KUDĚLKA, Zdeněk, STEHLÍK, Miloš, VÁLKA, Josef. Umění baroka na Moravě a ve Slezsku. Praha: Academia, 1996. ISBN 80-200-0540-4. (CS)

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme N_A+U Master's, 1. year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

20 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer