History of Renaissance and Baroque Polish Architecture- exercise WS-HS-N-2L-C-ANP-II
The most important issues:
Bartolommeo Berecci and the Renaissance in Cracow.
Cathedral in Płock and early modern sacral architecture.
Magistri Comacini in Poland.
Giovanni Battista Quadro and Giovanni Venetus.
Morando and Zamość. Renaissance urban planning and city architecture.
Santi Gucci and his influence on architecture.
The building-Craft Guilds in Lublin and Poznań.
Mannerist architecture in Gdańsk and Lviv.
Roman early baroque architecture in Cracow and Graeter Poland (Trevano, Trapola).
Early baroque in Warszawa and Vilnius (Tencalla, Castello, Gisleni).
Great reconstruction after Second North War in second half of 16th century.
Tylman van Gameren and his influence on architecture.
The Roman and North Italian baroque architecture in Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
Saxon and Italian architects at the service of kings and magnates in the Polish-Lithuanian-Commonwealth in the 18th century.
(in Polish) Grupa przedmiotów ogólnouczenianych
Subject level
(in Polish) Punkty ECTS
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Type of subject
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Learning outcomes
Students are to gain knowledge of the formal changes in Polish early modern architecture (16th-18th centuries) and gain the ability to assess its value against the achievements of Europe's most important architectural centers. After learning the basic facts of the history od early modern Polish architecture,
also important to know the trends in the methodology of architecture research that have gained significance over the last decades.
In addition, the student gains the ability to critically analyze research problems, select the appropriate research method, develop and present research results, as well as the ability to participate in scientific discussion using appropriately selected arguments.
Assessment criteria
The final rating depends on:
a) obligatory attendance [possible unexcused two absence at the same time]
b) active participation in classes [participation in discussions based on pre-determined readings]
c) preparing a written essay on a selected topic from the list and presenting it in class [reading the text+presentation]
d) test passed.
Failure to prepare a written work on time will result in the subject not being completed. Test conducted on the basis of knowledge about the discussed monuments takes place at the end of the semester. The student identifies architectural works on the basis of 20 slides (credit: minimum 10 recognition) and selects five of them to characterize them briefly and synthetically describe their importance for the development of architecture.
Bibliography
Supplementary literature:
A. Baranowski, Nurty, formy i centra barokowej architektury sakralnej w Wielkim Księstwie Litewskim,"BHS", 46,no 4, 1984.
A.Fischinger, Santi Gucci, architekt i rzeźbiarz królewski XVI wieku, 1969.
J.Kowalczyk, Kolegiata w Zamościu, Warszawa 1968.
J. Kowalczyk, Rola Rzymu w późnobarokowej architekturze polskiej, "RHS", 20, 1994.
M. Kurzej, Jan Wolff. Monografia architekta, Kraków 2009.
J.Łoziński, Grobowe kaplice w Polsce kopułowe 1520-1620, Warszawa 1972.
A.Miłobędzki, Architektura polska XVII wieku, vol. 1, Warszawa 1980
S.Mossakowski, Tylman z Gameren, architekt polskiego baroku, Warszawa 1973.
St.Mossakowski, Rezydencja królewska na Wawelu w czasach Zygmunta Starego,Warszawa 2013.
T.Ratajczak, Mistrz Benedykt - królewski architekt Zygmunta I, Kraków 2011
Zbiór artykułów dot. zjawiska baroku wileńskiego z "Biuletynu Historii Sztuki", 2011, 73, no 3-4
Sztuka polska. Późny barok, rokoko, klasycyzm (XVIII wiek), Arkady 2016.
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