DU2640 20th Century Czech Sculpture

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2008
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Alena Pomajzlová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Alena Pomajzlová, Ph.D.
Department of Art History – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: prof. PhDr. Alena Pomajzlová, Ph.D.
Timetable
Mon 13:20–14:55 B13
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 purpose of this course is to present Czech sculpture of 20th century in European context and ask theoretical questions about modern sculpture. Student should be able to interpret forms and meaning of sculptures, objects and instalations.
Syllabus
  • 1. The position of painting and sculpture in modern art.; 2. Matter, gravity, volume, space.; 3. Subject: figure.; 4. Rodin and Czech sculpture.;5. Sculpture and cubism: Gutfreund.; 6.Reduction, elementary forms. Brancusi and Czech sculpture.; 7. Sculpture and object. Ready made a surrealist object.; 8. Sculpture and mouvement. Kinetism, Pešánek.; 9. New Czech sculpture after 1958.; 9. Constructivism and minimalism. 10. Subject: cube.; 11. Sculpture, object and instalation.; 12.The new monument and public sculpture.
Literature
  • HLUŠIČKA, Jiří, Jaroslav MALINA and Jiří ŠEBEK. Vincenc Makovský. 1. vyd. Brno: Nadace Universitas Masarykiana, 2002, 350 s. ISBN 8086258203. info
  • WITTLICH, Petr. Sochařství české secese. Vyd. 1. Praha: Karolinum, 2000, 427 s. ISBN 8071849731. info
  • Sculpture 1900-1945 : after Rodin. Edited by Penelope Curtis. 1st pub. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999, xi, 286. ISBN 0192100459. info
  • CAUSEY, Andrew. Sculpture since 1945. 1st publ. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998, 299 s. ISBN 0192842056. info
  • HOJDA, Zdeněk and Jiří POKORNÝ. Pomníky a zapomníky. 2. vyd. Praha: Paseka, 1997, 280 s. ISBN 8071850934. info
  • The Duchamp effect. Edited by Martha Buskirk - Mignon Nixon. Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press, 1996, 227 s. ISBN 0262522179. info
  • HLAVÁČEK, Josef. Hugo Demartini. Edited by Hugo Demartini. 1. vyd. Praha: Odeon, 1991, 132 s. ISBN 8020702792. info
  • GUTFREUND, Otto and Jiří ŠETLÍK. Zázemí tvorby. Vyd. 1. Praha: Odeon, 1989, 332 s. ISBN 8020700382. URL info
  • SRP, Karel. Minimal & Earth & Conceptual Art. [Praha]: Jazzová sekce, 1982, S. 335-605. info
  • SRP, Karel. Minimal & Earth & Conceptual Art. [Praha]: Jazzová sekce, 1982, 333 s. info
  • KRAUSS, Rosalind E. Passages in modern sculpture. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 1981, ix, 308. ISBN 0262610337. info
Assessment methods
Final oral exam.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught only once.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2016.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2008, recent)
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