ZURn6336 Media Aesthetics

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2021
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Ondřej Krajtl (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Ondřej Krajtl
Department of Media Studies and Journalism – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Ing. Bc. Pavlína Brabcová
Supplier department: Department of Media Studies and Journalism – Faculty of Social Studies
Timetable
Thu 12:00–13:40 Studio 527
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
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to acquaint students with a specific type of analysis of media images. The course offers a brief overview of the history and development of aesthetics, basic concepts and methods of aesthetic evaluation of the products of popular everyday culture, where the traditional division into artistic and other production disappears. Traditional discipline, taught and drawing on the knowledge of related disciplines (psychology, anthropology, art history, linguistics, cultural studies), will serve as a useful tool for critical reflection (not only) of visual communication.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course students should be able to:
understand and explain basic terms and concepts of aesthetics;
use specific type of visual analysis based on aesthetics
Syllabus
  • 1. Key terms of aesthetics
  • 2. Ancient aesthetics and searching of beauty
  • 3. Medieval aesthetics
  • 4. Renaissance aesthetics
  • 5. Romanticism and modernity - hegemony of eye
  • 6. Massmedia and problems of aesthetics
  • 7. Aesthetic criticism of media
  • 8. Aesthetics and Postmodernism
  • 9. New Media and digital aesthetics
  • 10. Visual studies and visual communication
  • 11. Visual analysis - introduction
  • 12. Visual analysis I.
  • 13. Visual analysis II.
Literature
  • • Crowther, Paul: Critical Aesthetics and Postmodernism. New York: Oxford University Press 1993. ISBN 0198240376.
  • • Baisya, Rajat K.; Das, G. Ganesh: Aesthetics in Marketing. London: Sage Publications Ltd. 2008. ISBN 0761935959.
  • • Stocchetti, Matteo; Kukkonen, Karin (eds.): Images in Use: Towards the critical analysis of visual communication. Amsterdam – Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company 2001. ISBN 9789027206350.
  • • Berger, Arthur Asa: Media and Society: A Critical Perspective. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield 2007. ISBN 074255385X.
  • Estetika na přelomu milénia : vybrané problémy současné estetiky. Translated by Pavel Zahrádka. Vyd. 1. Brno: Barrister & Principal, 2010, 486 s. ISBN 9788087474112. info
  • STURKEN, Marita and Lisa CARTWRIGHT. Studia vizuální kultury. Translated by Lucie Vidmar - Milan Kreuzzieger. Vydání první. Praha: Portál, 2009, 471 stran. ISBN 9788073675561. info
  • Umění, krása, šeredno : texty z estetiky 20. století. Edited by Vlastimil Zuska. Vyd. 1. Praha: Karolinum, 2003, 369 s. ISBN 8024605406. info
  • ZUSKA, Vlastimil. Estetika : úvod do současnosti tradiční disciplíny. Vyd. 1. V Praze: Triton, 2001, 132 s. ISBN 8072541943. info
  • ROSE, Gillian. Visual methodologies : an introduction to the interpretation of visual materials. 1st pub. London: SAGE Publications, 2001, x, 229 s. ISBN 0-7619-6665-X. info
  • Encyclopedia of aesthetics. Edited by Michael Kelly. New York: Oxford University Press, 1998, xvii, 521. ISBN 0195126459. info
  • GILBERTOVÁ, Katharine Everett and Helmut KUHN. Dějiny estetiky [Gilbertová, 1965]. Vyd. 1. Praha: Státní nakladatelství krásné literatury a umění, 1965, 502 s. info
Teaching methods
lecture, panel discussion, presentation
Assessment methods
written test, final project
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2020, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2021, recent)
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