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Prague Art and Architecture - ART131/1 Fall 2026
Course
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Marek Cerveny
Lessons
Here is the course outline:
1. Introduction
Aug 31, Classroom
Course introduction + Chronology overview. Assignments explained and distributed. SYLLABUS - see section |
2. Prague Castle - medieval architecture
Sep 7, Prague Castle
Excursion to Prague Castle , meeting point: Malostranská tram stop at 11:15am Sites discussed: Prague Castle, Basilica of St.George, Cathedral of St.Vitus |
3. Historic cities of Prague
Sep 14, meeting point: under the only tree at Malostranské náměstí at 11:20am
Lesser Town, Old Town, New Town Sites discussed: Lesser Town square, St. Nicholas of Lesser Town, Our Lady in Chains - Knights of Malta, John Lennon wall, Kampa island - Babies, mills, Kampa Museum, Mlýnská kavárna, National Theatre, Café Slavia, Rotunda of the Holy Cross, Bethlehem chapel - Jan Hus, Kunštát palace, Old Town square |
4. Charles Bridge - architecture, decoration + Introduction to Christian iconography
Sep 21, Charles Bridge
Excursion Short presentation meeting point: under the only tree at Malostranské náměstí at 11:20am Topics discussed: Judith bridge, Charles bridge 1357, sculptural decoration after 1683 - Baroque, Neo-classical, iconography: St. Wenceslas, St. Vitus, St. Luitgardis, St. John of Nepomuk, St. Sigismund, St. Ludmila, Crucifixion, Pieta, Arma Christi. sculptors: Brokoffs, Braun, Max. Charles IV, Peter Parler, Old Town bridge tower Klementinum - Jesuits, Baroque 17-18 Century |
5. Renaissance Prague; 1526-1620
Sep 28
Class cancelled due to public holiday. Homework TBD Prague Experience HW 1 due! HW - make-up assignment: review terminology presentation, classical architecture terminology, practice on examples in the historic center of Prague - for examples see Prague 11 Centuries of Architecture in Resources section... |
6. Renaissance/Baroque art and architecture I(1526 - 1790)
Oct 5, Royal Gardens
Excursion to Royal Gardens, Rampart gardens, Wallenstein garden Short presentation. meeting point: KRÁLOVSKÝ LETOHRÁDEK tram stop at 11:20 Topics discussed: Summer Palace of Queen Anna, Renaissance, Paolo della Stela. Ball Game Hall, sgrafitto, allegories. Rudolph II, Defenestration 1618. Wallenstein garden, early Baroque, Greek/Roman mythology, Adriaen de Vries - statues. |
7. Baroque art and architecture II(1620 - 1780)
Oct 12, Lesser Town, Hradčany
Excursion to Strahov Monastery, St. Nicholas church, Vrtba Garden, Our Lady Victorious. Short presentation. Meeting point: POHOŘELEC tram stop at 11:30, here: https://maps.app.goo.gl/D7G8s4yeDma1snGk9 Topics discussed: Pohořelec, Strahov monastery - Theological hall + Philosophical hall, Baroque architecture and decoration. Loreta, Czernin palace, Luna house. Church of St.Nicholas, Lesser Town - Dientzenhofers, dynamic Baroque architecture, illusive frescoes, Jesuits |
8. Catch-up + public monuments
Oct 19, Hradčany
Make-up: Vrtba garden, public monuments Meeting point: MALOSTRANSKÉ NÁMĚSTÍ tram stop at 11:20 |
9. Midterm break
Oct 26
ENJOY YOUR BREAK! |
10. National Museum - National Revival (1780 - 1900)
Nov 2, National Museum
National Museum, National Revial Short presentation. meeting point: in front of the National Museum at 11:30am Prague Experience HW 2 due! |
11. Vyšehrad
Nov 9, Vyšehrad
Vyšehrad meeting point: Výtoň tram stop (2,3,7,17) at 11:30, here: https://maps.app.goo.gl/LqrARSu9huGFA7ZJ8 |
12. Modernism 1: Early 20th-century architecture, Art nouveau, Cubism and Functionalism (1900 - 1948)
Nov 16, New Town
Excursion: architectural sites around the New Town, Municipal house Short presentation. Meeting point: in front of the Powder tower at 11:30am House of Black Madonna, Municipal Palace, Hotel Central, Bank of CS Legions, Mozarteum, Adria, Škoda, Juliš, Baťa |
13. Modernism 2: Early 20th century art: František Kupka and Czech Avant-garde, (1900 - 1948)
Nov 23, Kampa Museum
Excursion to Kampa Museum - Czech Cubism and Abstraction - Frank Kupka, Otto Gutfreund Short presentation. meeting point: in front of the Mlýnská kavárna on Kampa island at 11:30 here: https://maps.app.goo.gl/zZ81PhHJoxhTsPgq7 |
14. WW2 and Socialist Era (1939-1989)
Nov 30, New Town
Excursion to sites connected with WW2, the communist era and Velvet Revolution. Short presentations. meeting point: in front of the Palacky monument on Palackeho namesti, 11:30 here: https://maps.app.goo.gl/wu8ygH4ecMeJeg2M6 |
15. Final session
Dec 7, Classroom
Final test Prague Experience HW 3 due! |