UHVMN502 Seminar to History of Collecting

Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Winter 2019
Extent and Intensity
0/1/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Ilona Matejko-Peterka, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Ilona Matejko-Peterka, Ph.D.
Institute of Historical Sciences – Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Timetable of Seminar Groups
UHVMN502/A: Tue 18:05–18:50 PraPed, I. Matejko-Peterka
Prerequisites
TYP_STUDIA(N)
the knowledge of basic terms from art history and collecting.
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
Seminar develops in detail the issues concerned by the lectures. Students are encouraged to work with literature on the topic of collecting, part of the seminar series is to get acquainted with written and iconographic sources on the phenomenon of collecting and their use. Selected examples demonstrate different types of collecting and collectors including various types of collectors strategies of institutional type from the oldest examples (Louvre, British Museum) to a private collector (V. Kramář, J. Waldes), whose role was important for creating public collections. Students are to manage seminar papers about the phenomenon of collecting as suitable for conducting research to patronage, creating taste and evaluation of art in the polarity of individual relationship to art versus art as a subject of interest of institutional collecting.
Syllabus
  • 1. Selected examples of collecting and collections from the world galleries and museums (Louvre, the British Museum and others)
    2. Selected examples of private collecting of older art
    3. Selected examples of collecting of modern art
    4. Selected examples of collecting of contemporary art
    5. Selected examples of collecting of art and craft
    6. Selected examples of collecting of oriental Art and Antiques
Literature
    recommended literature
  • Dana Stehlíková. Encyklopedie českého zlatnictví, stříbrnictví a klenotnictví. Praha 2003 (jednotlivá hesla o vybraných sbírkách). info
  • Lubomír Slavíček. Sobě, umění, přátelům. Kapitoly z dějin sběratelství v Čechách a na Moravě 1650-1939. Brno 2008. info
  • Jiří Knapík, Jaromír Olšovský, Pavel Šopák, David Vahala. Vademecum muzeologie. Opava, 2012. info
  • Nová encyklopedie českého výtvarného umění I-II. Praha, 1995. info
  • Augusta, J. M. Rukověť sběratelova. Praha, 1993. info
  • Holešovský Karel. Portrétní miniatura: historie, sběratelství a znalectví. Praha, 1976. info
Teaching methods
Lecturing
Lecture supplemented with a discussion
Presentation of seminar work
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Teacher's information
The successful completion of final test and presentation of seminar work.
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2014, Winter 2015, Winter 2016, Winter 2017, Winter 2018, Winter 2020, Winter 2021.
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