DU2405 A Room of One's Own. An Expanded View of 20th Century Art

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2024
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Alena Pomajzlová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Alena Pomajzlová, Ph.D.
Department of Art History – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Art History – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Tue 16:00–17:40 K32, except Mon 18. 11. to Sun 24. 11.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
The cycle is based on Virginia Wolf's text A Room of One's Own, which became the stimulus for an expanded view of modern art with somewhat (sometimes) neglected figures and expressions.
Learning outcomes
The student will be introduced to unjustly neglected women artists of the 20th century and will be able to include their work in the traditional canon of art history.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introductory presentation of V.Wolf's text Own room and what follows from it 2. Artists of the Russian avant-garde L. Popova, V. Stepanova, A Exter 3. Czech "futurist" R. Zátková 4. Art and design: S. Tauber Arp and S. Delaunay 4. Construction and geometry by K. Kobro 5. Sculpture in Czech lands 1920s-1930s: M. Duras, H Wichterlová 6. From surrealism to new realism: M. Schmidtová 7 In the shadow: L.Krasner, N. Holt, A. Mendieta 8. Experiments by B. Kolářová 9. Body in the work by E. Kmentová 10. The immateriality of M. BArtuszová
Teaching methods
lecture
Assessment methods
essay on a given topic
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught only once.
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