you can enroll for the course repeatedly course can be enrolled in outside the study plan enabled for web enrollment priority enrollment if the course is part of the study plan
The “Cultural Heritage in Prague” seminar focuses on significant places and monuments. Together we will observe the famous Quarters and discover the beauty of architecture from the Romanesque and Gothic periods, Renaissance and Baroque styles, and Historicism, Secession, and Cubism and Modernism. Throughout specific tasks, students will learn how to describe and classify architectonical elements into specific periods and will learn how to understand the principles of decorative systems. Students will work in small teams and prepare answers to specific questions concerning the broader historical context of cultural heritage and monument care. Through worksheets and accompanying materials, they will learn to describe and classify monuments based on formal elements. Classes will take place outside, in the city, in the gardens, in front of the facades, or inside the churches and other cultural monuments. The seminar is intended for students of the Erasmus+ from all disciplines and different fields of study programs from CU, as well as for art history students from the daily study program of KTF. If you are interested in cultural heritage and would like to know more about urbanism and architectural ensembles of outstanding quality in Prague, you are sincerely welcome to attend this seminar.
Last update: Jarošová Markéta, PhDr., Ph.D. (14.01.2024)
Course completion requirements
Participation and activity in discussions at seminars and presentation of papers are expected. Students submit a text in English to 1 page as a catalog entry, including images attachments, and a list of literature.
Last update: Jarošová Markéta, PhDr., Ph.D. (14.01.2024)
Literature
Required literature:
Jiří Kuthan / Jan Royt: The Cathedral of St. Vitus at Prague Castle. Prague: Karolinum Press, 2017
Miloš Pokorný: Prague Castle: crossroads of history. Praha: Slovart, 2014
Pavel Kalina: Leonardo da Vinci and Benedikt Ried. V Praze: České vysoké učení technické, 2008
Barbara Drake Boehm / Jiří Fajt (eds.): Prague: The Crown of Bohemia, 1347–1437. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art/New Haven: Yale University Press, 2005
Klára Benešovská (ed.): The story of Prague Castle. Prague: Prague Castle Administration, 2003
Pavel Zatloukal (ed.): Architecture of the 19th century. Prague: Prague Castle Administration: DaDa, 2001
Zdeněk Lukeš (ed.): Architecture of the 20th century. Prague: Prague Castle Administration: DaDa, 2001
Jiří T. Kotalík (ed.): Architecture of the Baroque. Prague: Prague Castle Administration: DaDa, 2001
Klára Benešovská (ed.): Architecture of the gothic. Prague: Prague Castle Administration: DaDa, 2001
Ivan Prokop Muchka (ed.): Architecture of the renaissance. Prague: Prague Castle Administration: DaDa, 2001
Klára Benešovská (ed.): Architecture of the Romanesque. Prague: Prague Castle Administration: DaDa, 2001
Zdeněk Lukeš / Damjan Prelovšek / Tomáš Valena: Josip Plečnik – an architect of Prague Castle. Praha: Prague Castle Administration, a budget organization of the Chancellery of the President of the Republic, 1997
Mojmír Horyna: Prague – Lesser Town: the town below the Castle. Praha: Petit, 1993
Jiřina Hořejší: The Vladislav Hall of the Prague Castle. Praha: Odeon, 1973
Anežka Merhautová-Livorová: St. George’s Basilica at Prague Castle. Praha: Odeon, 1972
Roberta Finlayson-Samsour: A Walk through Prague Castle. Prague: Olympia, 1969
Ivan Borkovský: The Prague Castle. Praha: STN, 1961
Jaromír Neumann: The Picture Gallery of Prague Castle: a collection of selected works. Praha: Academia, 1967
Jiří Fajt / Jan Royt (eds.): Magister Theodoricus, court painter of the emperor Charles IV. [sic]: decorations of the sacred spaces at castle Karlštejn: Convent of St. Agnes of Bohemia 12 November 1997 - 26 April 1998. Prague: National Gallery, 1997
Verena Friedrich: Prague, King’s-palace: culture heritage of UNESCO. Passau: Kunstverlag Peda, 1996
Jaroslav Pánek / Oldřich Tůma (eds.): A history of the Czech Lands. Prague: Karolinum, 2009
Jan Royt: Medieval painting in Bohemia. Prague: Karolinum, 2003
Open the gates of paradise: the Benedictines in the heart of Europe 800-1300 / translation Linda Leffová, Gita Zbavitelová, Kateřina Hilská, Ky Krauthamer. Prague: National Gallery in Prague in cooperation with the Institute of Philosophy of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, 2015
Zoë Opačić (ed.): Prague and Bohemia: medieval art, architecture, and cultural exchange in Central Europe. Leeds: Maney Publishing, 2009
Pavel Vlček (ed.): The Old Town Hall. Praha: Foibos Books s.r.o., 2018
Thomas DaCosta Kaufmann: Court, Cloister, and City. The Art and Culture of Central Europe 1450–1800. Chicago 1995
Jiřina Hořejší/ Jarmila Krčálová: Die Kunst der Renaissance und des Manierismus in Böhmen, Praha 1979
Eliška Fučíková (ed.): Rudolf II. and Prague: The court and the city, London 1997
Oldřich Blažíček: Baroque Art in Bohemia, 1968
Jaromír Neumann: Das böhmische Barock. Prague 1970
Vít Vlnas: The glory of the Baroque in Bohemia. Art, culture, and society in the 17th and 18th centuries. Prague 2011
Zdeněk Lukeš / Jiří Šetlík / Pavel Janák: Czech architectural cubism: a remarkable trend that was born in Prague: Jaroslav Fragner Gallery: 21.12.2006-11.02.2007. Praha: Galerie Jaroslava Fragnera: Dan Merta, 2006
Petr Wittlich: Art-Nouveau Prague: forms of the style. Prague: Karolinum, 2007
Petr Wittlich: Czech secession: art and architecture 1890–1914. Prague: Charles University, Karolinum Press, 2022
Recommended literature:
Berglund Bruce R.: Castle and cathedral in modern Prague: longing for the sacred in a skeptical age. Budapest/New York: Central European University Press, 2017
Die Prager Burg & Plečnik = Prague Castle & Plečnik. Salzburg: Müry Salzmann, 2016
Příběh Pražského hradu = The Story of Prague Castle: tisíc let dějin Pražského hradu v jedné unikátní expozici: Starý královský palác. Praha: Správa Pražského hradu, 2016
Herbert Slavík: Prague Castle: the seat of the president of the Czech Republic; accompanying texts: Jaroslav Sojka, Filip Wittlich: Správa Pražského hradu, 2015
Luděk Sládek (ed.): Prague Castle: in and out without hassle. Praha: Kam po Česku, 2015
Jedounek, Aleš (ed.): Beautiful places of the Prague Castle. Prague Castle Administration: Stratex iPublishing Factory, 2014
Libor Sváček / Viktor Kuvík: Pražský hrad = Prague Castle = Prager Burg = Pražskij grad. Český Krumlov: MCU, 2014
Karel Kuča (ed.): Castles, country houses: and other monuments in the care of the National Heritage Institute. Praha: National Heritage Institute, Central Office, 2009
Jan Žáček (ed.): Gardens near Prague Castle. Praha: Havlíček Brain Team, 2008
František Kadlec: Pražský hrad = Prague Castle. Praha 2007
Klára Halmanová (ed.): Pražský hrad ve fotografii 1939-1989 = Prague Castle in photographs 1939-1989. Praha: Správa Pražského hradu: KANT, 2007
Luděk Sládek: Prague Castle: dynasty by dynasty. Praha: BB/art, 2005
Věra Vávrová / Pavel Janeček (eds.): Gardens and parks: Prague Castle. Praha: Správa Pražského hradu, 2002
Eliška Fučíková / Petr Chotěbor / Zdeněk Lukeš: Walls: Prague Castle. Prague: Prague Castle Administration, 2002
Eliška Fučíková / Petr Chotěbor / Zdeněk Lukeš: Windows: Prague Castle. Prague: Prague Castle Administration, 2002
František Kadlec / Věra Malá: The state rooms: Prague Castle. Prague: Office of the President, 2001
Johana Kofroňová (ed.): Opus italicum: Italian Renaissance and Baroque architects in Prague: 24.11.2000-4.3.2001, the Prague Castle Picture Gallery. Prague: Prague Castle Administration, 2000
Tomáš Durdík: Selected medieval castles of central Bohemia: Prague Castle, Žebrák, Točník, Křivoklát, Karlštejn. Praha: Společnost přátel starožitností, 2000
Marie Kostílková: The windows of St Vitus’s Cathedral. Prague: Prague Castle Administration, 2000
Petr Chotěbor: Prague Castle. Prague: Olympia: Baset, 1999
Eliška Fučíková / Petr Chotěbor / Zdeněk Lukeš: Prague Castle Gallery: a guide to the collections. Prague: Prague Castle Administration,1998
Charles, Prince of Schwarzenberg (ed.): The castle of Prague and its treasures. London: Flint River Press,1994
Petr Chotěbor: Prague Castle: Detailed guide. Praha: Prague Publishing House of Jiří Poláček: BKT Alice Brindlerová, 1994
Karel Neubert / Jan Royt / Jiří Fajt: St. Vitus’ Cathedral and Prague Castle. Praha: Grafoprint-Neubert, 1994
Jana Kybalová: European: from the collections of the Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague, Troja Castle 1992-1993. Prague: MDA Prague Gallery, 1992
Jan Royt / Jiří Fajt: Prague Castle, Hradčany. Praha: Orbis pictus, 1992
Petr Chotěbor / Jiří Svoboda: Prague Castle. Prague: Olympia, 1991
Emanuel Poche: Basilika sv. Jiří na Pražském hradě. Praha: Odeon, 1974 (English translation in it)
The Prague Castle in the summer of 1968. Prague: Theatre Institute, 1968
Jaromír Neumann: Guide to the Picture Gallery of Prague Castle. Praha: Orbis, 1966
Roberta Finlayson-Samsour: The Prague Castle. Praha: STN, 1965
Czechoslovakia: A Thousand Years of the Old Art of Slovakia: Great Exhibition at Prague Castle. Prague: Výstavní výbor, 1938
The Castle of Prague and the royal summer residence [Belvedere]. Prague: Prague Castle Administration Office, 1930
Jan Morávek: Guide to Prague Castle: History of the Castle. Prague: Orbis, 1930
Igor Kovačević (ed.): Beyond everydayness theatre architecture in Central Europe. Prague: National Theatre, 2010
Jan Klápště: The archaeology of Prague and the medieval Czech lands, 1100-1600. Sheffield/Bristol: Equinox, 2016
Jiří Fajt (ed.): Court chapels of the high and late middle ages and their artistic decoration: [proceedings from the international symposium, Convent of St. Agnes of Bohemia = Dvorské kaple vrcholného a pozdního středověku a jejich umělecká výzdoba : sborník příspěvků z mezinárodního sympozia, Klášter sv. Anežky České 23.9.-25.9.1998]. Prague: National Gallery, 2003
Lisa Wolverton: Hastening toward Prague: power and society in the medieval Czech lands. Philadelphia: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2001
Bohumil Chalupníček (ed.): The Residence of the Mayor of Prague. Prague: KANT for the Capital City of Prague, 2018
Tomáš Vlček (ed.): The Museum of Czech Cubism: guide to the permanent exhibition in the Black Madonna House. Muzeum českého kubismu (Praha, Česko). Prague: National Gallery, 2004
Edwin Becker / Roman Prahl / Petr Wittlich (eds.): Prague 1900: poetry and ecstasy. Amsterdam: Van Gogh Museum, 1999
Petr Wittlich: Sculpture of the Czech Art Nouveau. Prague: Karolinum, 2001
Lucie Vlčková (ed.): Czech cubism: a guide to the permanent exhibition of the Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague. Prague: Museum of Decorative Arts, 2015
Alexander von Vegesack (ed.): Czech Cubism: Architecture, Furniture, and Decorative Arts 1910–1925. London: Laurence King, 1992
Irena Žantovská Murray: Czech Cubism: Architecture and Design, 1910–1925: [Kat. výstavy], New York 6. duben - 5. červenec 1993. New York: Cooper-Hewitt: National Museum of Design: Smithsonian Institution, 1992
Jiří Švestka / Tomáš Vlček (eds.): Czech cubism 1909–1925: art, architecture, design. Praha: Modernista, 2006
Karolína Dolanská (ed.): Modern and Contemporary Czech Art 1890–2010. Prague: National Gallery, 2010
Last update: Jarošová Markéta, PhDr., Ph.D. (12.01.2024)
Syllabus
05. 03. 2024 – Introduction at Catholic Theological Faculty
12. 03. 2024 – Prague Castle: exterior of St. Vitus Cathedral and St. George's Basilica
Kluklová Barbora (team leader)
Brücklerová Dana
Bartasová Markéta
Antonova Alexandra
19. 03. 2024 – view of Prague from the lookout point in front of Strahov cloister, Petřín Tower, Hunger Wall
09. 04. 2024 – The New Town Hall, Charles Square, Church of the Virgin Mary in Slovany
Hrdlička Vít (team leader)
Rutová Veronika
Michalčáková Julie
Lesáková Markéta
16. 04. 2024 – Cubist villas under the Vyšehrad
Šuranská Angela Amélie (team leader)
Šírová Monika
Makhnyova Alissa
Maňasová Michaela
23. 04 2024 – The National Monument – Vítkov
Belanová Natália (team leader)
Sochrová Stela
Laiblová Marie
30. 04 2024 – Monuments in the vicinity of Letná
Karásek Tadeáš (team leader)
Diviš Ondřej
Hlaváčová Anna
Zub Viktoria
07.05 2024 – Belvedere, Royal gardens
Lalli Emma (team leader)
Musgrave Eleanor
Sturaro Federica
Sinico Tobia
Samuel Davis
Yuka Miyake
For Erasmus+ students I prepared some short videos about Prague's cultural heritage. If you are interested, you can check them out through the links below:
Please, turn up the volume, it might be necessary :)
