History of Architecture III / IV

The aim of the course is to analyse the basic features of Baroque religious architecture, its formal language, its social background and its technology. Students should acquire the capacity to read Baroque architecture according to the theoretical principles of the age of its origin. Contents: Renaissance architecture - introduction. Art and architecture around 1600. The triumph of the church - art and architecture after the battle at the White Mountain. Tendencies in Prague art and architecture in the second half of the 17th century. High Baroque church as a Gesamtkunstwerk. St Nicholas Church and the churches of the Lesser Quarter. The decay of the Baroque world. St Michael´s mystery - problems of monument care and the use of monuments.

The minimum number of students to open the course is 5. EXCEPTION for self-paying students: if there are less than 5 students, the course will be taught in consultations.