VVD4015 Semiotic Aspects of Art

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2019
Extent and Intensity
0/0/2. 10 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Marek Sedláček, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PaedDr. Radek Horáček, Ph.D.
Department of Art – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Mgr. Jitka Juřicová
Supplier department: Department of Art – Faculty of Education
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
there are 10 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
Course objectives
The objective of the subject is a profound introduction to the semiotics of art on the background of general semiotics for a deeper understanding of semantic characteristics of art works. The content consists of semiotic analysis of selected works of the visual, literary, musical art and architecture in terms of semiotical communicational elements of art working between the creator of an art work and its recipient. The focus will be primarily on the relationship between the arts and the pragmatic level of semiotics useful for teaching practice in the context of aesthetic education. At the end of the course the students should have a basic orientation in general semiotics, advanced orientation in semiotics of art and should be capable of practical application of semiotics in the process of aesthetic education.
Syllabus
  • Principles of general semiotics - theory of codes and sign production
  • Principles of semiotics of art
  • Specific communication of artwork - the types of semantic means
  • Semantic analysis of artwork
  • The problem of iconicity in artwork
Literature
    required literature
  • SCHLECHTER, Madeleine. Semiotics and art theory: between autonomism and contextualism. Würzburg: Königshausen & Neumann, ©2008. 180 s. ISBN 978-3-8260-3953-9.
  • PANOFSKY, Erwin. Význam ve výtvarném umění. Translated by Lubomír Konečný. Vyd. 2., rev. Praha: Academia, 2013, 399 s. ISBN 9788020022363. info
  • ECO, Umberto. Teorie sémiotiky. Edited by Marek Sedláček. Vyd. 2., V Argu 1. Praha: Argo, 2009, 440 s. ISBN 9788025701577. info
  • DOUBRAVOVÁ, Jarmila. Sémiotika v teorii a praxi. Vyd. 2. Praha: Portál, 2008, 159 s. ISBN 9788073674939. info
  • POSPÍŠIL, Zdeněk. Sociosémiotika umělecké komunikace : (česko-slovenská varianta). Boskovice: Albert, 2005, 226 s. ISBN 8086276198. info
  • GOMBRICH, E. H. Umění a iluze : studie o psychologii obrazového znázorňování. Translated by Miroslava Gregorová. Vyd. 1. Praha: Odeon, 1985, 534 s. info
    recommended literature
  • HOLBROOK, Morris B. The semiotics of consumption: interpreting symbolic consumer behavior in popular culture and works of art [online]. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, 1993. Approaches to semiotics; 110 [cit. 2016-02-17]. Dostupné z: http://site.ebrary.com/li
  • PREZIOSI, Donald. The semiotics of the built environment: an introduction to architectonic analysis. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1979, 10, 111 s.
  • SEDLÁČEK, Marek. Sémiotické aspekty hudebního díla - teoretická východiska, možnosti, limity (Semiotic aspects of a musical work - theoretical base, the possibilities, limits). In Prezentácie - konfrontácie 2009. 1st ed. Bratislava: Katedra teórie hudby a Centrum výskumu na HTF VŠMU, 2009, p. 65-69. ISBN 978-80-89454-01-3. info
  • MUKAŘOVSKÝ, Jan. Umělecké dílo jako znak : z univerzitních přednášek 1936-1939. Edited by Milan Jankovič. Praha: Ústav pro českou literaturu AV ČR, 2008, 137 s. ISBN 9788085778625. info
  • OSOLSOBĚ, Ivo. Mnoho povyku pro semiotiku (Much Ado About Semiotics). Vydání první. Brno: Agentura G, 1992, 200 pp. ISBN 80-901112-0-3. info
    not specified
  • ECO, Umberto. O zrcadlech a jiné eseje : znak, reprezentace, iluze, obraz. Translated by Vladimír Mikeš - Veronika Valentová. 1. vyd. Praha: Mladá fronta, 2002, 443 s. ISBN 8020409599. info
  • VOLEK, Jaroslav. Základy obecné teorie umění. Vyd. 1. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1968, 259 s. URL info
Teaching methods
5 tutorials
Assessment methods
The doctoral student shall prepare a seminar work of an analytical nature with the use of semiotics of art in the range of 15 pages, including bibliography and footnotes. Seminar work can be thematically focused on the own doctoral thesis. In oral exam the student is required to demonstrate a basic knowledge of general semiotics, advanced orientation in semiotics of art, ability of practical application of semiotics in the process of aesthetic education.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught each semester.
The course is taught: in blocks.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: konzultace.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2016, Spring 2017, Autumn 2017, Spring 2018, Autumn 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, autumn 2020, Spring 2021.
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