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Italian Influences on Baroque Art in the Czech Lands
Rudolf II Habsburg raised court patronage in post-Renaissance Europe to a new level of breadth and extravagance. Prague, the seat of the Emperor, became one of the leading centres of the arts on the continent. The period of the reign of Rudolf II (1576 – 1612) is considered as one of the most important in the Bohemian history of art. Prague became the capital of the Roman Empire with the seat of the Habsburg Emperor. Rudolf II is known as one of the most important art collectors and benefactor in his time, therefore Prague became a significant artistic centre of the late Mannerism. The lectures will focus on typical manifestations of Rudolfine painting, also called the School of Prague. The Baroque style came to the Czech Lands during the Thirty Years' War. It was strongly supported by the rich Catholic aristocracy and the Catholic church, which became the only legal church after 1627. The High Baroque period in the Czech lands begins around the year 1690 and lasts to the mid-18th century. The lectures deal with the beginning of the Baroque style in the Czech lands. The major artist of this era was a painter Karel Škréta, who was an excellent portraitist of the early Baroque painting. Škréta brought the Italian style into the Czech lands because he visited a number of Italian towns and stayed in Rome and Venice for some time. He made a lot of altarpieces for Prague churches, monasteries and private collectors. The lectures intend to explore and define the phenomenon of collecting in Bohemia with a special focus on the 17th century. The course aims to identify and interpret how collecting and the associated artistic patronage changed from the end of the 16th century in the course of the following century. During the lessons, we will explore and analyze Bohemian collections belonging to the nobility, also by the comparison with the Central European and Italian models which have inspired them. Last update: Zlatohlávek Martin, doc. PhDr., Ph.D. (27.08.2018)
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The aim of the course is to expand knowledge of a connection between artists and artworks in the 16th century with a focus on Czech and Italian region. Last update: Zlatohlávek Martin, doc. PhDr., Ph.D. (27.08.2018)
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regular attendance, participation in discussion, presentation of the final project and submission of an essay. Last update: Zlatohlávek Martin, doc. PhDr., Ph.D. (27.08.2018)
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Selected Bibliography: Thomas DaCosta Kaufmann, The School of Prague, Chicago, London 1988 Eliška Fučíková, ed., Rudolf II and Prague: The Court and the City, London 1997 Lenka Stolárová, ed., Karel Škréta 1610 – 1674: His Work and His Era, Prague 2010 O. R. Impey, ed, The Origins of Museums: The Cabinet of Curiosities in Sixteenth- and Seventeenthcentury Europe, Oxford 2017 Lubomír Slavíček, Sobě, umění a přátelům: Kapitoly z dějiny sběratelství v Čechách a na Moravě 1650 – 1939, Brno 2007 The Glory of Baroque in Bohemia: Art, Culture and Society in the 17th and 18th Centuries, Praha 2001 Last update: Zlatohlávek Martin, doc. PhDr., Ph.D. (27.08.2018)
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