VIb021 Introduction to the Visual Culture

Faculty of Education
autumn 2020
Extent and Intensity
1/0/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Blahoslav Rozbořil, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Blahoslav Rozbořil, Ph.D.
Department of Art – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Mgr. Jitka Juřicová
Supplier department: Department of Art – Faculty of Education
Timetable
Tue 16:00–16:50 učebna 10
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
Course objectives
The course introduces a number of concepts and concepts that the theoretical approaches deal with visual phenomena. The systematization of the initial concepts of "image theory" (visible, visual, image, view, device, aura) is unfolded; he also acquaints himself with the relationship between "image and words" (discourse, echography), "image and power" (photography, studying and punctuation, codes), and "representation" at all. Particular attention is paid to the significance (semiotic and hermeneutical approaches, Panophonic iconology and iconography).
Learning outcomes
1) The student acquires the basic concepts and concepts used in the study of image and visual culture. 2) The student understands the complex of relations in the relation between words and images, the problems of representation. 3) The student will learn to apply analytical concepts to specific issues of his / her field of study.
Syllabus
  • 1) View (Aumont) Magic of vision (sane view, flaneur), image and cult, illusion; 2) the relationship of text and image (Mitchell), the creation of meaning, the participation of the viewer; 3) the relationship of reproduction and the original (Benjamin), aura, ownership, technical image - photography and film; 4) Realism issues, visual codes and imaging conventions (Gombrich), body, space, and perspective; 5) analysis of sight, hermeneutics and semiotics, iconography and iconology (Panofsky); 6) Image power (Berger); image and ideology, discourse, myth (Barthes); 7) consumer society, advertising, desire, commodity and fetish, the Spectacle Company (Debord); 8) technical and scientific images, medical imaging of the body, maps and geography; 9) Visual postmodern culture (hybrid coding, passion, irony, DIY); globalization and the media.
Literature
    required literature
  • MITCHEL, J. W.: Teorie obrazu. Eseje o verbální a vizuální reprezentaci. Karolinum, Praha, 2017.
  • AUMONT, J.: Obraz. AMU, Praha, 2009.
    recommended literature
  • ELKINS, J.: Visual Studies. A Skeptical Introduction. Routledge, London, 2010.
  • MIRZOEFF, N.: Úvod do vizuální kultury. Akademia, Praha, 2012.
  • MCLUHAN, M.: Jak rozumět médiím ODEON, Praha, 1984.
  • GOMBRICH, E., H.: Umění a iluze. ODEON, Praha.
  • INGERLE, P.: Příběh perspektivy. Dějiny jedné ideje. Barrister and Principal, Brno .
  • BERGER, J.: Způsoby vidění. Labyrint, Praha, 2016.
  • JENKS, Ch. (ed.): Visual Culture. Routledge, London and New York, 1995.
  • FIŠEROVÁ, M.: Obraz a moc. Rozhovory s francouzskými mysliteli. Karolinum, UK, Praha, 2015.
  • BARTHES, R.: Světlá komora. Archa, Bratislava, 1994.
    not specified
  • SMITH, J., A.: Images of Community. Durkheim, Social Systems and the Sociology of Art. Goldsmith College, University of London. Ashgate, 2000.
Teaching methods
lecture
Assessment methods
exam
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2019, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024.
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