UHVH0030 The Culture of Early Modern Europe

Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Summer 2017
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Igor Zmeták, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Igor Zmeták, Ph.D.
Institute of Historical Sciences – Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Prerequisites (in Czech)
Určeno studentům navazujícho studia.
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
Course objectives
The lecture presents the development of Italian Renaissance and humanism and their influence on situation in Central Europe, beginning of humanism in Bohemian lands, development of the book printing, character of early printing literature, importance of universities and school system and early Renaissance architecture.
Syllabus (in Czech)

  • 1. Renesance, humanismus a reformace
    - Italská literatura (Dante, Petrarca, Boccaccio) a divadlo
    - Francouzská literatura (Villon, Rabelais)
    - Výtvarné umění, knižní grafika, sběratelství
    - Alžbetínské divadlo, Shakespeare
    - Španělská literatura (Cervantes)
    - Hudba v renesanci
    2. Manírizmus
    - Dvorský balet
    - Výtvarní umění
    - Dvor Rudolfa II.
    3. Baroko katolické a protestantské
    - Literatura (Komeský , Christofel) a divadlo
    - Hudba (Vivaldi, Lully), italská opera, tanec (menuet)
    - Divadlo
    - Výtvarní umění
    4. Rokoko (dvorská kultura)
    5. Klasicizmus a kultura osvícenství
    - Literatura (La Fontaine, Perrault, Voltiare, Diderot)
    - Divadlo (Moliere)
    - Hudba (Mozart, Salieri, Haydn, Beethoven)
    6. Empír (univerzální historismus)

Literature
    recommended literature
  • Burckhardt, J. Die Kultur der Renaissance in Italien. Basel 1860. info
  • Holinková, J. Dvě studie z dějin městské školy na Moravě v předbělohorském období. Olomouc 2005 (1. vyd. 1967, 1970). info
  • Hlobil, I. - Petrů, E. Humanism and the Early Renaissance in Moravia, 2. vyd. Olomouc 1999. info
  • Burke, P. Italská renesance: Kultura a společnost v Itálii. Praha 1996. info
  • Hay, D. - Law, J. Italy in the Age of the Renaissance 1380-1530. London - New York 1989. info
  • Klaniczay, T. - Jankovits, J. (edd.). Matthias Corvinus and the Humanism in Central Europe. Budapest 1994. info
  • Hollingsworth, M. Patronage in Renaissance Italy: From 1400 to the Early Sixteenth Century. London 1994. info
  • Hankins, J. (ed.). Renaissance Civic Humanism: Reappraisals and Reflections. Cambridge 2000. info
  • Brucker, G. Renaissance Florence. Berkeley and Los Angeles 1969. info
  • Kristeller, P. O. Renaissance Thought and Its Sources. New York 1979. info
  • Grendler, P. F. Schooling in Renaissance Italy: Literacy and Learning, 1300-1600. Baltimore - London 1989. info
  • Kraye, Jill (ed.). The Cambridge Companion to Renaissance Humanism. Cambridge 1996. info
  • Baron, H. The Crisis of the Early Italian Renaissance: Civic Humanism and Republican Liberty in an Age of Classicism and Tyranny. 2 sv. Princeton, N.J. 1955. info
  • Aston, M. The Fifteenth Century: The Prospect of Europe. New York 1968. info
  • Hay, D. The Italian Renaissance in Its Historical Background. 2. vyd. Cambridge 1977. info
  • Celenza, Ch. S. The Lost Italian Renaissance: Humanists, Historians, and Latin's Legacy. Baltimore - London 2004. info
  • Chastel, A. et al. The Renaissance: Essays in Interpretation. London - New York 1982. info
  • King, M. L. The Renaissance in Europe. Boston 2003. info
  • Ferguson, W. K. The Renaissance in Historical Thought: Five Centuries of Interpretation. Cambridge, Mass. 1948. info
  • Brucker,G. (ed.). The Society of Renaissance Florence. A Documentary Study. New York 1971. info
  • Klapisch-Zuber, Ch. Women, Family, and Ritual in Renaissance Italy. Chicago - London 1985. info
  • King, M. L. Women of the Renaissance. Chicago and London 1991. info
  • Gombrich, E.H. Příběh umění. Odeon, Praha, 1992. info
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Teacher's information
* Successful passing the exam
* Familiarity with the history of Early Modern Europe
The course is also listed under the following terms Summer 2009, Summer 2010, Summer 2011, Summer 2012, Summer 2013, Summer 2014, Summer 2015, Summer 2016, Summer 2018, Summer 2019, Summer 2020, Summer 2021.
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