UHVP0015 Art Historical Museology

Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Summer 2014
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Ing. Jaromír Olšovský, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Ing. Jaromír Olšovský, Ph.D.
Institute of Historical Sciences – Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
there are 6 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
Course objectives
The aim of the seminar is to introduce and bring to the basics of art-work in the museum and gallery, mainly based on expert processing art historical collections for the recognition of authorship or attribution, dating, provenance, material, equipment, formal-style description and identification of artistic quality, including artistic and cultural-historical context, dealing with literature, and specific examples of different kinds of art and / or art and craft works (painting, sculpture, graphics, drawing, art-craft - ceramics, porcelain, jewelry, glass, etc.). The necessary knowledge of the basic concepts and terminology of applied art history and connoisseurship in the field of fine arts - painting, sculpture, drawing, and in the case of arts and crafts. The seminar also outlines the basic art historical approaches to art and the possibilities of its exploration and interpretation and use of museum and gallery work, including the possibility of their presentation in the permanent exhibition (its possibilities and limits). The seminar will present the basics of working with literature and writing academic texts.
Syllabus
  • 1. Cultural assumptions of academic and applied art history (art history at the university and in the museum and gallery institutions).
    2. Basic concepts of art history (from the Vienna school of art history to the contemporary approaches
    3. Basics of work of art historian at the museum / gallery - the question of the authorship, attribution, subject, iconographic aspects, materials, techniques, stylistic classification and dating, a variety of possible interpretations and approaches to art associated with this terminology
    4. The basic concept of selections and presentation of works of art, historical excursion from Kunstkammer to virtual museums, limits and possibilities of permanent exhibitions
    5. Expressive means of images and sculpture works, the basis of formal-analytical description of painting, sculpture and graphic works and works of applied arts (ceramics, porcelain, glass, jewelry, etc.) and practical exercises on specific examples
    6. Basic knowledge (history, signs, production, scientific literature) in the field of ceramics (Haban, Proskov and Delft faience), porcelain (Meissen, Vienna, selected porcelain manufactory in Bohemian lands), goldsmithery (Opava goldsmiths), art of glass, etc.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Teacher's information
* Active participation in the seminar
* successful test of basic knowledge of free and applied art
* the basic assumptions of art history and cultural history and the associated terminology
* seminary work (processing of the selected painting, sculpture and graphic work of art or art craftworks, or describe these works by professional catalogue entries)
The course is also listed under the following terms Summer 2008, Summer 2009, Summer 2010, Summer 2011, Summer 2012, Summer 2013, Summer 2015, Summer 2016, Summer 2017, Summer 2018, Summer 2019, Summer 2020, Summer 2021, Summer 2022.
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