DU2028 Seminar: Critical and Theoretical Texts on Contemporary Art

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2019
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Ladislav Kesner, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Ladislav Kesner, Ph.D.
Department of Art History – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Art History – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Mon 14:00–15:40 K23
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
The aim of the seminar is to critically analyze and reflect some of the key theoretical and critical texts on contemporary art.
Learning outcomes
Student will be able to:
- Identify and summarize important trends of contemporary world art criticism;
- identify and characterize prominent personalities;
- write an essay on a selected current topic on contemporary art.
Syllabus
  • It will be specified in the introductory seminar.
Literature
  • BUCHLOH, B. H. D. Formalism and historicity : models and methods in twentieth-century art. Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press, 2015, xli, 550. ISBN 9780262028523. info
  • BÜRGER, Peter. Teorie avantgardy ; Stárnutí moderny : stati o výtvarném umění. Edited by Peter Bürger, Translated by Václav Magid - Tomáš Dimter - Martin P. Vydání první. Praha: Akademie výtvarných umění v Praze, Vědecko-výzkumné pracoviště, 2015, 345 stran. ISBN 9788087108598. info
  • ZABEL, Igor. Contemporary art theory. Edited by Igor Španjol. Zurich: JRP/Ringier, 2012, 297 s. ISBN 9782840665731. info
  • České umění 1980-2010 : texty a dokumenty. Edited by Jiří Ševčík - Pavlína Morganová - Terezie Nekvindová - Dagmar. Vydání první. Praha: Akademie výtvarných umění v Praze, Vědecko-výzkumné pracoviště, 2011, 980 stran. ISBN 9788087108277. info
  • KRAUSS, Rosalind E. Under blue cup. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT, 2011, 142 s. ISBN 9780262016131. info
  • STEINBERG, Leo. Other criteria : confrontations with twentieth-century art. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2007, xxii, 436. ISBN 9780226771854. info
  • BUCHLOH, B. H. D. Neo-avantgarde and culture industry : essays on European and American art from 1955 to 1975. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 2000, xxxiii, 59. ISBN 0262024543. info
  • KRAUSS, Rosalind E. The originality of the avant-garde and other modernist myths. 1st MIT Press pbk. ed. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 1986, 307 s. ISBN 0262610469. info
Teaching methods
text analysis, student presentations, discussion
Assessment methods
essay
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught only once.
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