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Visual Culture of the Middle Ages 2 - KDKU091

Title:	Vizuální kultura středověku 2
Guaranteed by:	Institute of Christian Art History (26-UDKU)
Faculty:	Catholic Theological Faculty
Actual:	from 2020
Semester:	summer
E-Credits:	3
Examination process:	summer s.:
Hours per week, examination:	summer s.:2/0, Ex [HT]
Capacity:	unlimited / unknown (unknown)
Min. number of students:	unlimited
4EU+:	no
Virtual mobility / capacity:	no
Key competences:
State of the course:	taught
Language:	Czech
Teaching methods:	full-time
Note:	course can be enrolled in outside the study plan enabled for web enrollment priority enrollment if the course is part of the study plan

Guarantor:	doc. PhDr. Viktor Kubík, Ph.D.
Teacher(s):	doc. PhDr. Viktor Kubík, Ph.D.

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Annotation -

This series of lectures traces the development of art and civilization from the early to the late Middle Ages, in key
terms centers: Lombardy, Veneto, Tuscany, the Papal State and southern Italy. The issue is also related to art and
civilizations of Byzantium and the Crusader states in the Far East.

Last update: Kubík Viktor, doc. PhDr., Ph.D. (11.10.2022)

Aim of the course -

The aim of the course is to acquaint students with the development of art and civilization from the early to the late Middle Ages in key centers.

Last update: Jansová Jana, PhDr., Ph.D. (04.02.2021)

Course completion requirements -

The exam will test the ability of dating, authorial attribution and basic interpretation of works in the field (eg in terms of cultural and historical context of their origin).

Last update: Jansová Jana, PhDr., Ph.D. (04.02.2021)

Literature -

Magnus Backes / Ulrike Dölling: Die Geburt Europas, Baden-Baden 1969.
John Beckwith: Early medieval art, London 1992.
Otto Demus: Byzantine Art and the West, New York 1970.
André Chastel: Storia dell´arte italiana, I. , Roma-Bari 1993.
André Chastel: Giotto, Praha 1991.
Andrew Martindale: Gothic Art, London 1994.
Bohumila Zástěrová ed.: Dějiny Byzance, Praha 1992.

Další literatura bude upřesněna podle aktuálně probírané látky.

Last update: Kubík Viktor, doc. PhDr., Ph.D. (11.10.2022)

Teaching methods -

lecture with visual accompaniment

Last update: Kubík Viktor, doc. PhDr., Ph.D. (11.10.2022)

Requirements to the exam -

orientation in the development of medieval art in Italy

Last update: Kubík Viktor, doc. PhDr., Ph.D. (11.10.2022)

Syllabus -

1) Introduction to the issue and its historiography

2) Ancient heritage and Byzantine influences on Italian art

3) Italy in the early Middle Ages

4) Romanesque styles in Italy and their contribution to European art

5) Late Romanesque culture and art of Italy

6) The main figures of Italian Gothic

7) The Great Plague and its consequences for the art and civilization of Italy in the 14th century

8) Civilization and art of late and international Gothic in Italy

Last update: Kubík Viktor, doc. PhDr., Ph.D. (11.10.2022)

Entry requirements -

the ability to see, hear, read and think

Last update: Kubík Viktor, doc. PhDr., Ph.D. (11.10.2022)