UHVT0021 History of Art History

Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Winter 2016
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Pavel Šopák, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Pavel Šopák, 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
Course objectives
The lecture focused on the development of disability art history as an independent scientific discipline since the first written testimony, showing the reflection of works of art from antiquity to the 20th century. The turning point in this broad time frame are medieval period, oriented intuitive acceptance heritage of the ancient world, full sacralisation of art and at the same time belittling artistry as a socio-professional status, then it is Renaissance humanism and its transfer order on the personality of the artist (Vasari), historical disputes art (basic concepts - Disegno and Invention) and a strong emphasis on contemporary architectural theory (L. B. Alberti, S. Serlio, A. Palladio), painting or sculpture conditional heroism time (the artist in the Middle Ages was a craftsman, is now discovered as a genius, winner of divine inspiration - Michelangelo). The following is complex and difficult to grasp the Baroque era historiography, which radically contrasts with the Enlightenment (rationalism, history of art as a science and tension between the aesthetic and historical) and soon to new historicism 19th century, progress of history and methods in art history to the 20th century, after the full establishment of art history as a historical science using a range of approaches, methods and ideas of other social science disciplines.
Syllabus
  • 1. Interest in art in the ancient world - Pausanias, Pliny Secundus, Vitruvius,
    2. The Middle Ages and the arts - memorabilia, topography, reverence for saints, Abbot Suger, recipe and technological literature
    3. Interest in the artist's personality in the Renaissance, Michelangelo and his admirers
    4. Paragon - disputes about art in the Renaissance and Baroque
    5. The transformation of the discourse of art history from the late Renaissance and Baroque
    6. Enlightenment historiography and art - theory, philosophy, aesthetics
    7. By Johann Joachim Winckelmann by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, the Berlin School of art history.
    8. The situation in the German history of art in the 2nd 19th and early 20th century.
    9. The Vienna school of art history, the relationship Viennese School and the Czech lands
    10. The Art history in Europe after the First World War - themes, personalities, methodological changes
    11. Czech art history from 1918 to the 50th 20th century - from the Vienna School of Marxism
    12. Situation in history of art from 50./60. 20th century - of the opinions, personalities, themes, methodological procedures.
Literature
    recommended literature
  • Winceklmann, J. J. Dějiny umění starověku - Stati. Praha 1986. Přeložil a úvodní studii napsal J. Stromšík. info
  • Perniola, M. Estetika 20. století. Praha 2000. info
  • Horová, A. (ed.). Kapitoly z českého dějepisu umění I.-II. Praha 1984. info
  • Špét, J. Ke vzniku a programu našich nejstarších regionálních muzeí. Muzejní a vlastivědná práce 10, 1972, č. 1, s. 12-23, č. 2, s. 87-92. info
  • Belting, H. Konec dějin umění. Praha 2000. info
  • Perniola, M. Nová encyklopedie českého výtvarného umění. Praha 1995. info
  • Kramář, V. O obrazech a galeriích. Praha 1983. info
  • Štěpánek, P. Obrysy muzeologie pro historiky umění. Olomouc 2002. info
  • Špét, J. Přehled vývoje českého muzejnictví I. (do roku 1945). Praha 1979. info
  • Kroupa, J. Školy dějin umění. Metodologie dějin umění I. Brno 1996. info
  • Kudělka, Z. - Samek, B. (eds.). Václav Richter - Umění a svět. Praha 2001. 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
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