History of Art up to 18th Century (FSI-YU3)

Academic year 2026/2027
Supervisor: doc. Ing. Jiří Tauber, Ph.D.  
Supervising institute: ÚK all courses guaranted by this institute
Teaching language: Czech
Course type: departmental course
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The exam examines the knowledge of the development of the visual arts of the period, the relationships and the connections with the previous development and continuity at present. The exam: written test. According to the article No. 13 of Study and Examination Rules of Brno University of Technology ECTS evaluation degree scale is used. The course is evaluated with the following grades: ECTS EVALUATION DEGREES / PTS. RATING / NUMERIC RATING: A / 100 - 90 / 1 / Excellent; B /89 - 80 / 1,5 / Very good; C / 79 - 70 / 2 / Good; D / 69 - 60 / Satisfactory; E / 59 - 50 / Sufficient; F / 49 - 0 / 4 / Failed.
The attendance at lectures is recommended.
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    Lecture  13 × 3 hrs. optionally                  
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- Introduction - the fields of fine arts and their characteristics, applied art, Arts and Crafts, periodization, characterization of style, basic concepts (realistic, naturalistic, expressive, abstraction, composition, idealization, linear, geometric, organic,...).
- Prehistoric art (paleolithic, neolithic, megalithic structures, functions, sculpture, painting, crafts).
- Egypt, Mesopotamia, Crete, Mycenae.
- Ancient Greece, the art of the Etrusks, the Romans
- Art of the Early Christian, Byzantine, Early Middle Ages (pre-Carolinian, Carolinian).
- Romanesque art (architecture, sculpture, painting, artisanal crafts in European countries and in our country).
- Gothic (architecture, sculpture, painting, crafts in European countries and in our country).
- Early Renaissance - architecture, sculpture, painting and artistic crafts of the Renaissance period in Italy, other European countries, the Renaissance in Bohemia and Moravia.
- High Renaissance - Architecture, Sculpture, Painting and - Renaissance Art Crafts in Italy.
- Mannerism - architecture, sculpture, painting and artistic crafts of the Renaissance period in Italy.
- Baroque 1 - architecture and sculpture in the spirit of radical Baroque and Baroque Classicism.
- Baroque 2 - painting and arts crafts in the spirit of radical Baroque and Baroque Classicism.
- Baroque realism in painting, Rococo - painting and arts.
Literature - fundamental:
1. GOMBRICH, E.H. The story of art. 16. ed. London: Phaidon, 1995. ISBN 9780714832470.
2. PIJOAN, José.: Dějiny umění 1-8. Praha: Odeon/Euromedia, 1986/2004
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HUYGHE, René. Larousse, Umění a lidstvo. Praha: Odeon, 1974. ISBN AS93001.
Literature - recommended:
1. BEARD, Lee. The art book. New ed.; 2nd ed. rev., expanded and updated. New York: Phaidon Press, 2012. ISBN 0714864676.
2. HUYGHE, René. Larousse, Umění a lidstvo. Praha: Odeon, 1974. ISBN AS93001
3. RILEY, Noël, ed. Dějiny užitého umění: vývoj užitého umění a stylistických prvků od renesance do postmoderní doby. Praha: Slovart, c2004. ISBN 80-7209-549-8.
The study programmes with the given course:
Programme Study form Branch Spec. Final classification   Course-unit credits     Obligation     Level     Year     Semester  
B-VKP-P full-time study --- no specialisation -- Ex 3 Compulsory 1 1 W
B-PDS-P full-time study --- no specialisation -- Ex 3 Compulsory 1 2 W
C-AKR-P full-time study CZS -- Ex 3 Elective 1 1 W