PdF:TGA005 Art of the 20th - Course Information

TGA005 Art of the 20th Century

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2024

Extent and Intensity

0/0/0. 9 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching

Teacher(s)

prof. PaedDr. Radek Horáček, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)

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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

Gaining basic orientation in current artistic tendencies and knowledge of the corresponding theoretical literature

Learning outcomes

Students are oriented in the current operation of art, know the key personalities and developmental steps in the art of recent decades

Syllabus

Current concept of interpretation of art work, concept of avant-garde, modernity and post-modernity, communicative aspects of an art work, personalities of contemporary world and Czech art

Literature

Grosenick, Uta (ed.). Art Now. Köln: Taschen GmbH, 2005. 604 s. ISBN 3-8228-3996-5
Geržová, Jana – Marsinová, Daniela (eds.) Malba v postmediálnom veku / Painting in the Postmedial Age. 2012. 316 s. ISBN 978-80-556-0881-5
Grosenick, Uta – Seelig, Thomas. Photo art: the new woeld of photography. London: Thames a Hudson, 2008. 519 s. ISBN 9780500287118
Klotz, Heinrich. Kunst im 20. Jahrhundert: Moderne – Postmoderne – Zweite Moderne. 2. vyd. München: Beck, 1999. 211 s. ISBN 3 406 42137 7

Teaching methods

Creation of a theoretical chapter (approx. 10 pages), preparation of study materials, active monitoring of exhibitions

Assessment methods

Oral exam, critical analysis of text, 5 mandatory consultations

Language of instruction

English

Further Comments

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 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023.