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Terminated in academic year 2022/2023

Ethics and aesthetics in architecture

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction English
Code 226-0317/02
Abbreviation ETaES
Course title Ethics and aesthetics in architecture
Credits 3
Coordinating department Department of Architecture
Course coordinator doc. Mgr. Marek Sibinský, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Aesthetics, building aesthetics , historical evolution of Aesthetics
2. Golden section, golden rectangle, golden triangle, golden spiral, the Fibonacci sequence
3. Marcus | Vitruvius Pollo , Renaissance aesthetics ( Palladio, Alberti )
4. Formalistic and structuralist aesthetics
5. Psychological interpretations of art, myth and art, phenomenology,
6. Basic ethical concepts
7. The tradition of empirical way of ethics
8. The moral principle and free will , conscience and its interpretation
9. Standards, morality , virtue , happiness and a sense of ethical behavior
10. Relativization of ethical positions, new and current ethical concepts
11. Analytical ethics
12. Ethics of science, business , economic ethics , ethics architect
13. The critical theory of society , vending machines, advertising ethics , baskets, Blazek
14t. Summary and presentation of essays

Literature

Norberg-Schulz, Ch.: Genius Loci, Towards a Phenomenology of Architecture Rizzoli, New York. 1980.
Norberg-Schulz, Ch.: Principles of Modern Architecture Andreas Papadakis Publishers, London, 2000.

Advised literature

Norberg-Schulz, Ch.: Intentions in Architecture, Oslo 1963
Norberg-Schulz, Ch.: Existence, Space and Architectur, London 1971