FPF:UHVM0084 The castle architecture in Cen - Course Information

UHVM0084 The castle architecture in Central Europe

Extent and Intensity

2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

PhDr. Dalibor Prix, CSc. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

PhDr. Dalibor Prix, CSc.
Institute of Historical Sciences – Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava

Prerequisites

Completing the series of lectures, self-study basic and recommended literature, sufficient professional orientation issues.

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

• Protection of the Cultural Heritage (programme FPF, N7105 HiVe)

Course objectives

Lecture series focuses on the typology, function and appearance of residential and administrative settlements and fortifications from their inception, through development to dožívání some types with special emphasis on the structural nature of fortifications types of masonry, material aspects, etc. The issue is tracked as a European (in in some cases, non-European) context, and particularly with regard to the situation in Central Europe and in the Czech lands and in Silesia in particular. A series of lectures will attempt to give insight into the development of castles, palaces, fortresses and settlements courts in Central Europe from a variety of functional, formal , social and urban aspects in chronological order from the early Middle Ages to the 19th century , sporadically after 1 half of the 20th age. The topic will be considered both in terms of theory , with a particular focus on the definition and characteristics of different types of architectural and functional changes in historical and stylistic periods, and interspersed with a closer look at selected objects, allowing for illustrative administration of selected problem areas . They analyzed the strategic, fortified and administrative concepts in their historical variability, discussed trends as offers basic scientific literature covered by the settlement, representative and economic functions, etc. In selected cases will be teaching in the classroom replaced excursions to selected objects to the acquisition of theoretical knowledge was confronted with real situations. Interested parties should obtain generally likes supported the idea of basic types, trends and real objects , which is necessary to achieve the desired erudition historians, conservationists and cultural workers in general.

Syllabus

• 1. The beginnings of castle architecture in the early Middle Ages, positions, functions, forms
  2. The castle to pre-Roman and Roman times as a conglomerate of functions and forms
  modernization of Roman fortified settlement in the 12th and 1st 13th century, accepted model pfalz in Central and Eastern Europe
  3. The stately homes Romanesque
  4. The royal and ducal castles in 13th century
  5. The castles as the seat of the Central European nobility Gothic period
  6. The medieval fortifications and residential yards 13 to 15 century
  7. The castle versus castle at the turn of the Gothic and Renaissance periods
  8. Baroque palaces and nobility houses
  9. The aristocratic Late Modern Age
  10. The heritage of castles in the 19th and early 20 century

Literature

recommended literature
• DURDÍK, Tomáš. K výskytu okrouhlých obytných věží ve střední Evropě v 12. - počátku 13. století, in: Arcidiecézní muzeum na Olomouckém hradě. Příspěvky z mezinárodní konference, Olomouc, 20.-22. listopad 2007 (ed. Ondřej Jakubec). Olomouc, 2010. info
• BENEŠOVSKÁ, Klára - KRATOCHVÍL, Petr (ed.) - MUCHKA, Ivan P. - P. Velké dějiny zemí Koruny české. Tématická řada. Architektura. Praha - Litomyšl, 2009. info
• Geschichte der bildenden Kunst in Deutschland. 3. Gotik, (ed. Bruno Klein). München - Berlin - London - New York, 2007. info
• FELD, István. Herrschaft, Burg und Residenz im spätmittelalterlichen Königreich Ungarn. Castrum Bene 7, 2004. info
• DURDÍK, Tomáš. K počátkům šlechtických hradů v Čechách. Archeologické rozhledy LVI, 2004. info
• BURAN, Dušan a kol. Gotika. Dejiny slovenského výtvarného umenia. Bratislava, 2003. info
• CHOROWSKA, Małgorzata. Rezydencje średniowieczne na Śląsku. Zamki, pałace, wieże mieszkalne. Wrocław, 2003. info
• GABRIEL, František. Formy opevnění na hradech pískovcového podloží. AH 27/02, 2002. info
• DURDÍK, Tomáš. Ilustrovaná encyklopedie českých hradů. Praha, 2000. info
• HLOBIL, Ivo - PERŮTKA, Marek (eds.). Od gotiky k renesanci. Výtvarná kultura Moravy a Slezska 1400-1550. III. Olomoucko. Olomouc, 1999. info
• DURDÍK, Tomáš. Hrady kastelového typu 13. století ve střední Evropě. Praha, 1998. info
• FROLÍK, Jan - SMETÁNKA, Zdeněk. Archeologie na Pražském hradě. Praha - Litomyšl, 1997. info
• BINDING, Günther. Deutsche Kaiserpfalzen von Karl dem Großen bis Friedrich II. (765-1240). Darmstadt, 1996. info
• DURDÍK, Tomáš. Encyklopedie českých hradů. Praha, 1995. info
• Architektura gotycka w Polsce I-IV. Warszawa, 1985. info
• HAAS, Walter - PFISTERMEISTER, Ursula. Romanik in Bayern. Stuttgart - München, 1985. info
• DURDÍK, Tomáš. Podíl hradištní tradice na vzniku a podobě nejstarších českých hradů, in: Umění 13. století v českých zemích. Příspěvky z vědeckého zasedání (2.-14. prosince 1981, Praha), (eds. Josef Krása a kol.). Praha, 1983. info
• GRUNDMANN, Günther. Burgen, Schlösser und Gutshäuser in Schlesien. Die mittelalterliche Burgruinen Burgen und Wohntürme. Frankfurt am Main, 1982. info
• Hrady, zámky a tvrze v Čechách, na Moravě a ve Slezsku I-VII. Praha, 1981. info
• BACHMANN, Erich a kol. Romanik in Böhmen. München, 1977. info
• HEJNA, Antonín. Venkovská opevněná sídla 10.-13. stol. v Čechách. Problematika jejich studia a výsledky dosavadního výzkumu. Archeologické rozhledy XXVIII, 1976. info
• GUERQUIN, Bogdan. Zamki w Polsce. Warszawa, 1974. info
• BORKOVSKÝ, Ivan. Pražský hrad v době přemyslovských knížat. Praha, 1969. info
• HUBALA, Erich. Burgen und Schlösser in Mähren. Frankfurt am Main, 1965. info
• HEINZ, Hans. Barockschlösser in Schlesien (Herzogtümer Troppau-Jägerndorf). Jahrbuch des Adalbert Stifter Vereins in Münche, 1964. info
• BIMLER, Kurt. Die schlesischen Massiven Wehrbauten. 1. Breslau, 1943. 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

* Completion of the series of lectures
* self-study basic and recommended literature
* sufficient professional orientation issues

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