Course: Prehistoric and medieval built environment 1

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Course title Prehistoric and medieval built environment 1
Course code KAR/SP1
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Lesson
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Černý Radek, PhDr. Ph.D.
  • Vaněk František, PhDr. Ph.D.
  • Edl Michaela, doc. PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
1) Structuring prehistory, ancient history and antiquity. 2) the Paleolithic era. 3) the Mesolithic a Neolithic eras. 4) the Eneolithic, Bronze and Iron Ages in Western and Central Europe 5) Mesopotamia. 6) Egypt. 7) Pre-Dantic architecture of the Mediterranean. 8) Architecture of ancient Greece A. 9) Architecture of ancient Greece B. 10) Architecture of ancient Rome A. 11) Architecture of ancient Rome B. 12) Byzantine architecture and its development until the 16th century. 13) Islamic buildings and their extent in space and time.

Learning activities and teaching methods
  • Contact hours - 52 hours per semester
  • Graduate study programme term essay (40-50) - 40 hours per semester
  • Preparation for an examination (30-60) - 38 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
To summarize the importance and benefits of the study of architecture
Skills
To understand a scientifically-structured lecture
To read and to understand a scientific text in Czech
To read and understand a professional text in English language
To use adequate terminology in Czech
To use electronic information resources
learning outcomes
Knowledge
To summarize the development of buildings from prehistory to the end of Roman antiquity in Europe and partly also Central Asia
Skills
To apply to individual contexts research methods and architecture documentation
To describe and date individual elements of the architecture of the observed period
teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecture with visual aids
Skills
Practicum
assessment methods
Knowledge
Combined exam
Skills
Seminar work
Recommended literature
  • Bouzek, J. Vznik Evropy. Praha, 2013.
  • Brentjes, Burchard. Zlatý věk lidstva. Praha : Orbis, 1973.
  • B.Syrový a kol. Architektura svědectví dob. Praha, 1977.
  • Clark, Grahame. Prehistorie světa. 1973.
  • Filip, Jan. Evropský pravěk : nástin vývoje prvobytné společnosti. Praha : Univerzita Karlova, 1962.
  • G. GARBINI. Starověké kultury předního východu. Praha, 1971.
  • kolektiv. Encyklopedie antiky. Praha, 1973.
  • kolektiv. Přehled pravěku světa. Díl I. a II.. Praha, 1976.
  • L. PRESSOVÁ. Stará Kréta. Praha, 1978.
  • Malina, Jaroslav; Malinová, Renata. Dvacet nejvýznamnějších archeologických objevů dvacátého století. Praha : Nakladatelství Svoboda, 1991. ISBN 80-205-0058-8.
  • Malinová, Renata; Malina, Jaroslav. Vzpomínky na minulost. Ostrava Profil, 1982.
  • Strong, Donald E. Umění světa. Antické umění, Praha 1970. Praha, 1970.
  • Syrový, B. Vývoj stavebnictví a architektury ve starověku. Praha, 1959.
  • Verner, Miroslav; Bareš, Ladislav,; Vachala, Břetislav. Encyklopedie starověkého Egypta. Praha : Libri, 2007. ISBN 978-80-7277-306-0.
  • W. KOCH. Evropská architektura Encyklopedie evropské architektury od antiky po současnost. Praha, 2008.


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