ESAA22 Problems and Paradigms of the Contemporary Visual Arts

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2014
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
PhD Kenneth Hay (lecturer), doc. Mgr. Rostislav Niederle, Ph.D. (deputy)
prof. PhDr. Petr Osolsobě, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Petr Osolsobě, Ph.D.
Department of Aesthetics – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Ing. Ivana Vašinová
Supplier department: Department of Aesthetics – Faculty of Arts
Prerequisites
Prof. Kenneth Hay, Ph.D. is the head of the Contemporary Art and Design at University of Leeds as well as a painter. No preliminary requisities are required. The course is lectured in English without translation.
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 goal of the course is to introduce into ideas of contemporary fine art. Eight lectures consists of themes of contemporary art and aesthetics: an overview, Italian aesthetic motives in European heritage, a derridian concept of meaning, ideas of contemporary artworks in general, art and aesthetics as well as art education in Great Britain.
Syllabus
  • Kuhn suggests that certain scientific works, such as Newton's Principia or John Dalton's New System of Chemical Philosophy (1808), provide an open-ended resource: a framework of concepts, results, and procedures within which subsequent work is structured. Normal science proceeds within such a framework or paradigm. A paradigm does not impose a rigid or mechanical approach, but can be taken more or less creatively and flexibly. Discussions will encompass the following fields: Contemporary art and Aesthetics in Europe. Italian heritage in Aesthetics: Della Volpe, Croce and others. Aesthetics and Politics. Meaning of Art. How to understand contemporary fine art? Art education in Great Britain. Leaders of art today.
Literature
  • Estetika na přelomu milénia : vybrané problémy současné estetiky. Translated by Pavel Zahrádka. Vyd. 1. Brno: Barrister & Principal, 2010, 486 s. ISBN 9788087474112. info
Teaching methods
Lectures in English.
Assessment methods
A colloquium in English.
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
Information on completion of the course: ústní kolokvium nebo krátký esej (vždy v angličtině)
The course is taught only once.
The course is taught: in blocks.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: bloková výuka během března 2014.
Information on course enrolment limitations: znalost angličtiny nutná
Teacher's information
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