UAA0138 Medieval Ceramics

Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Winter 2023
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
Basic knowledge of the course topics.
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 subject focuses on the study of ceramics as the most frequent component of material culture (history of research, methodology, research methods, chronology, literature) and its development from the post-Great Moravian and Late Hillfort period until the modern age (production technology, typology, morphology). Attention is paid to the context of finds (description, ceramic categories and groups, distribution, regional groups and circles), to the classification of ceramic products on the basis of shape and function (kitchenware, tableware, storage, stove, technical, art and hygiene ceramics) and to the cultural, social and economic aspects of pottery production.
Syllabus
  • 1. Study of ceramics in the Czech lands and in Europe, methodological approaches, research methods, chronology, ceramics as an indicator of the function of a site; cultural, social and economic context.
    2. Production technology of medieval and modern-age ceramics, raw materials, archaeometry.
    3. Description systems of medieval ceramics, ceramic classes and shape groups, decoration, relative and absolute dating, regional groups and circles.
    4. Post-Great Moravian and Late Hillfort period ceramics, typology, graphite ceramics, potters' marks, distribution (whorls, melting pots, grain roasters, building daub, floor iles).
    5. Medieval ceramics, morphology of shapes and vessel rims, red-painted ceramics. Loštice pottery, Brno goblets.
    6. Early modern-age, modern-age and folk ceramics, typology, description, dating, Anabaptist production, Beroun ware.
    7. Typology, morphology and terminology of kitchenware, tableware and storage ceramics.
    8. Building ceramics, brick-making, bricks and shaped bricks, floor tiles, roofing (flap pantile roofing), pipes.
    9. Stove ceramics, production technology of tiles, typology and morphology, decoration.
    10. Technical ceramics (melting ceramics: melting pots, burners; alchemy ceramics: distillation apparatuses; water pipes).
    11. Art ceramics, typology, function (anthropomorphic and zoomorphic figures, toys, pipes).
    12. Hygiene ceramics (aquamaniles, jugs and bathing tubs, lavabos, dying bowls, chamber pots).
Literature
    recommended literature
  • DRDA, M. Cihelna 13. století v Milevsku, Archaeologia historica 8. info
  • BURIAN, V.,. K typologii a datování lidové keramické plastiky (koníčka), Československá etnografie 10. info
  • GABRIEL, F. - SMETANA, J. K vývoji výrobních okruhů červeně malované keramiky v severních Čechách, Archaeologia historica 8. info
  • Goš, V. Keramika z doby husitské na severní Moravě, Archaeologia historica 5. info
  • BŘICHÁČEK, P. Nebe a peklo na zemi. Románské a raněgotické dlaždice z milevského premonstrátského kláštera. Milevsko. info
  • ČIHÁKOVÁ, J.:. Otázky chronologie pražské raně středověké keramiky. Staletá Praha, roč. 28, č. 2. info
  • BLAŽKOVÁ, G - MATIÁSEK, J. Porcelán, kamenina a fajáns z archeologických výzkumů Pražského hradu, Katalog výstavy Porcelán ze sbírek Pražského hradu. info
  • Goš, V. - Karel, J. Slovanské a středověké zásobnice Severní Moravy. info
  • FELGENHAUER, S. Tönerne Spielzeugpferdchen des Mittelalters in Österreich, Jahrbuch des Oberöster-reichischen Musealvereines, 119, I. Abhandlungen. info
Teaching methods
Lecturing
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Teacher's information
Based on credit.
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2016, Winter 2017, Winter 2018, Winter 2019, Winter 2020, Winter 2021, Winter 2022.
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