FF:US_56 An Introduction to Aesthetics - Course Information
US_56 An Introduction to Aesthetics and General Theory of Art
Faculty of ArtsAutumn 2011
- Extent and Intensity
- 2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
- Teacher(s)
- Mgr. Kristýna Celhofferová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
- Guaranteed by
- Mgr. Kristýna Celhofferová, Ph.D.
Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Vlasta Taranzová - Timetable
- Tue 7:30–9:05 zruseno D22
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 240 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/240, only registered: 0/240, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/240 - 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
- This course provides a comprehensive overview of basic principles of Aesthetics (critical judgement, judgement of taste, disinterested pleasure, perception, the vallue of Art, Beauty, Sublime...), lines of thought in Aesthetics in reference to art object and its vallue (formalism, New Criticism, Structuralism, Aesthetic relativism).Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to have a broader and more solid understanding of key aspects of aesthetic categories, kitsch, falsum, describe different types of aestetical judgment and concepts.
- Syllabus
- 1. Aesthetics and general theory of art
- 2. Problems of style
- 3. Aesthetic categories of beauty
- 4. Other aesthetic categories
- 5. Aesthetic verdict
- 6. Natural aesthetic
- 7. Crisis of aesthetics?
- 8. Aesthetics as a theory of senses
- 9. Aesthetics as a program
- 10. Anaesthetic as an aesthetic category
- 11. Kitsch and an aesthetic phenomenon
- 12. End of art?
- Literature
- KULKA, Tomáš. Umění a falzum : monismus a dualismus v estetice. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 2004, 182 s. ISBN 802000954X. info
- PTÁČKOVÁ, Brigita and Karel STIBRAL. Estetika na dlani. 1. vyd. Olomouc: Rubico, 2002, 150 s. ISBN 80-85839-79-2. info
- ZUSKA, Vlastimil. Estetika : úvod do současnosti tradiční disciplíny. Vyd. 1. V Praze: Triton, 2001, 132 s. ISBN 8072541943. info
- MATHAUSER, Zdeněk. Estetika racionálního zření. Vyd. 1. Praha: Karolinum, 1999, 161 s. ISBN 8071847925. info
- ZUSKA, Vlastimil. Estetika na křižovatce humanitních disciplín. Vyd. 1. Praha: Karolinum, 1997, 198 s. ISBN 8071843792. info
- KULKA, Tomáš. Umění a kýč. Praha: Torst, 1994, 183 s. ISBN 80-85639-17-3. info
- TATARKIEWICZ, Władysław. Dejiny estetiky. Translated by Jozef Marušiak. Vyd. 1. V Bratislave: Tatran, 1991, 422 s. ISBN 8022201863. info
- MARKALOUS, Bohumil. Estetika praktického života. Edited by Marie Krulichová - Milena Vinařová - Rudolf Chadraba. Vyd. 1. Praha: Odeon, 1989, 630 s. URL info
- TATARKIEWICZ, Władysław. Dejiny estetiky. Translated by Jozef Marušiak. Vyd. 1. Bratislava: Tatran, 1988, 456 s. info
- TATARKIEWICZ, Władysław. Dejiny estetiky. Translated by Jozef Marušiak. Bratislava: Tatran, 1985, 518 s. info
- UTITZ, Emil. Dějiny estetiky. Vyd. 1. Praha: Nakladatelství československých výtvarných umělců, 1968, 119 s. URL info
- GILBERTOVÁ, Katharine Everett and Helmut KUHN. Dějiny estetiky [Gilbertová, 1965]. Vyd. 1. Praha: Státní nakladatelství krásné literatury a umění, 1965, 502 s. info
- Teaching methods
- lectures, readings
- Assessment methods
- essay , examination - written test
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further Comments
- Study Materials
The course is taught annually. - Teacher's information
- http://www.phil.muni.cz/elf
- Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2011, recent)
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