UAA1254 Tiles and Tiled Stoves in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Times

Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Winter 2015
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. et PhDr. Markéta Tymonová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. et PhDr. Markéta Tymonová, Ph.D.
Institute of Historical Sciences – Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Prerequisites
Attendance sufficient participation in seminars, written test
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
Tiled stoves designed to heat residential interior design is a unique source material, which shows the culture of living in different social environments, and demonstrates production-technological level of development of this type of heating system from the Middle Ages to modern times. Idea of the appearance and function of the stove not only provide contemporary illustrations or original originals preserved in the interiors of historic buildings, but also of archaeological finds from the destruction of the stove destroyed due to natural disasters, physical survival or stylistic variations. Their dating takes into account the historical circumstances of the death, including the results of morpho-typological and comparative analysis of the iconography of motives, because the stove did not comply with a calorific but also decorative. Decoration of the front walls of chamber tiles thus represent an important part of visual communication, which reflected the spiritual world of medieval man.
Syllabus
  • 1. Origin, spreading and function of tile stoves within the genesis of heating devices; the earliest evidence of stove manufacture in Europe; research history and literature.
    2. Composition, appearance and function of tile stoves, information value of tile collections in historical, genealogical, heraldic, ethnographic and art-history terms, find environments and social context.
    3. Morphology, typology, description and terminology of tiles and stove components, chronology of tiles in the Gothic, renaissance and the early baroque.
    4. Manufacturing and technological aspect of tile production, guilds, pottery production, stove-making and brick-making, technological procedure of the manufacturing process.
    5. Pottery and stove-making assortment, workshop locations, manufacturing and distribution circles, domestic products and imports, analogies (Buda and Anabaptist products).
    6. Iconography of relief decoration of tiles as a reflection of ideology, typology of relief decorative motifs and subjects, art and style sources, the spreading of decorative motifs, prints, modern-age reconstruction of stoves and their presentation.
    7. Religious motifs and their transformation from the Gothic until the early baroque (Old and New Testament motifs, saints and their attributes, religious subjects, the Passion cycle).
    8. Secular subjects (genre motifs, tournaments, hunting and fighting scenes, gallant and dancing scenes, board games, Hussite themes, portrait tiles).
    9. Heraldic motifs and their application on tiles (heraldic symbolism - provincial, family, religious, town and guild marks and symbols, heraldic and genealogical analysis).
    10. Fantastic, mythological and allegorical scenes (mythical and real beasts, animal allegories, motifs inspired by family legends and the classical era ? cycles of gods and goddesses, heroes, seasons, planets, elements, liberal arts, reformation subjects and others).
    11. Plant and architectural motifs (architectural style elements, geometrical, vegetation, figurative and zoomorphic elements, wallpaper/mosaic patterns, additional ornamentation, inscriptions).
    12. Specific features of tile production in Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia, Silesian tile production in castles and towns.
Literature
    recommended literature
  • STRAUSS, K. Die Kachelkunst des 15. bis 16. Jahrhunderts in Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz I. info
  • PAVLÍK, Č.-VITANOVSKÝ, M. Encyklopedie kachlů v Čechách, na Moravě a ve Slezsku. Ikonografický atlas reliéfů na kachlích gotiky a renesance. info
  • BRYCH, V.-STEHLÍKOVÁ, D.-ŽEGLITZ, J. Pražské kachle doby gotické a. info
  • KRAJÍC, R. Středověké kamnářství. Výzdobné motivy na gotických kachlích z Táborska. info
  • SMETÁNKA, Z. Základy uhersko-česko-polské skupiny pozdně gotických kachlů. info
Assessment methods
Grade
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Teacher's information
Attendance is satisfactory attendance, written test.
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2013, Winter 2014.
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