FI:VV031 Basics of Fine Art I - Course Information

VV031 Basics of Fine Art I

Faculty of Informatics
Autumn 2008

Extent and Intensity

2/0. 1 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Type of Completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

Guaranteed by

Timetable

Mon 14:00–15:50 D1

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

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Course objectives

The history and the theory of fine art and related visual arts, including design and multimedia.

Syllabus

The prehistorical cave paintings, the meaning of visual representantion as immediate „corpus delicti“.
Egypt - Old , Middle and New Kingdoms, Mezopotamia
Greece - definition of the fundamental visual movements
Rome - definition of the fundamental visual movements
Christianity - romanesque period and the transformation to gothic period
Visiting the exposition of the Anthropos Pavilion
Gothic period - introduction into the fundamental areas of ther visual, formal qualities and their significance
Renaissance - early period
Renaissance - climactic period
Renaissance - late period
Baroque Art - early and climactic period
Baroque Art – late period, rococo
Classicism

Literature

KROUPA, Jiří. Dějiny umění a vizuální kultury: od antiky k renesanci (History of Art and Visual Cultures: from Antiquity to Renaissance). In Jiří Kroupa, Dějiny umění a vizuální kultury: od antiky k renesanci (sylaby Univerzity třetího věku). První. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2006, p. 2-28. info
PIJOÁN, José and Jiří PECHAR. Dějiny umění. Vyd. 4., v Knižním klubu 1. V Praze: Knižní klub, 1998, 334 s. ISBN 8071767646. info
PIJOÁN, José. Dějiny umění. Translated by Miloslava Neumannová. Vyd. 3. Praha: Odeon, 1991, 334 s. ISBN 8020700986. info

Assessment methods

Lectures. Credits based on the written essey and the test.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further Comments

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.

Listed among pre-requisites of other courses