DU2027 Seminar: High and Low in Modern Culture

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2019
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 5 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
Supplier department: Department of Art History – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Mon 12:00–13:40 K33
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
Seminar will deal with the "traditional" history of art and also with the new domain of visual studies. Students get acquainted with the main theoretical concepts and will analyse either works of art or non artistic manifestations. The aim is to provoke lively discussion.
Learning outcomes
Student will be able to talk about the discussed topics of history of art and visual studies after completing this course.
Syllabus
  • After the introduction of the teacher, students will present their papers and discuss on the topic. • Primitivism and other cultures • Popular art and mass culture • Art and kitsch • Vanishing aura and banalization of art • Art and politics, "Entartete Kunst" • Exhibition, art fair, show • Visual smog of modern civilisation
Literature
  • BENJAMIN, Walter. Výbor z díla. Translated by Martin Ritter. Vydání první. Praha: Oikoymenh, 2016, 157 stran. ISBN 9788072985203. info
  • POSPISZYL, Tomáš. Asociativní dějepis umění : poválečné umění napříč generacemi a médii (koláž, intermediální a konceptuální umění, performance a film). Vydání první. Praha: Tranzit.cz, 2014, 207 stran. ISBN 9788087259283. info
  • Regarding the popularmodernism, the avant-garde, and high and low culture. Edited by Sascha Bru. Boston: De Gruyter, 2012, xii, 487 p. ISBN 9783110274691. info
  • High theory/low culture. Edited by Mikita Brottman. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005, xxix, 157. ISBN 1403966400. info
  • Před obrazem : antologie americké výtvarné teorie a kritiky. Edited by Tomáš Pospiszyl, Translated by Tomáš Pospiszyl - Věra Chase - Ruben Pe. 1. vyd. Praha: OSVU, 1998, 189 s. ISBN 80-238-1286-6. info
  • High and low modernsliterature and culture, 1889-1939. Edited by Maria DiBattista - Lucy McDiarmid. New York: Oxford University Press, 1996, x, 259 p. ISBN 9780195082661. info
  • ECO, Umberto. Skeptikové a těšitelé. Translated by Zdeněk Frýbort. Vydání první. Praha: Svoboda, 1995, 417 stran. ISBN 8020504729. info
  • BARRON, Stephanie and Peter GUENTHER. "Entartete Kunst" : das Schicksal der Avantgarde im Nazi-Deutschland : [eine Ausstellung des Los Angeles County Museum of Art übernommen vom Deutschen Historischen Museum ; Ausstellungstermine: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 17. Februar - 12. Mai 199. München: Hirmer, 1992, 422 s. ISBN 3777458805. info
  • BENJAMIN, Walter. Dílo a jeho zdroj. Translated by Věra Saudková. Vydání první. Praha: Odeon, 1979, 428 stran. URL info
Teaching methods
Presentation of the paper and discussion, final essay on a given topic: 10 pages with notes and bibliography, evaluation.
Assessment methods
Presentation of the paper, discussion, final essay.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught only once.
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