ESA203 The History of Aesthetics

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2019
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 5 credit(s) (plus 1 credit for an exam). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Petr Osolsobě, Ph.D. (lecturer)
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
Timetable
each even Tuesday 18:00–19:40 VP
Prerequisites
An introductory course for the magisterial study of Aesthetics, opened to a wide academic public.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/20, only registered: 0/20
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
An introduction to the history of aesthetics as a part of aesthetics dealing with beauty, presence of beauty in artefacts as well as problems following from particular analysis of beauty in various times. On succesful completion of the course student will be able to identify basic concepts, authors and works of the branch.
Learning outcomes
The students will learn the main theories and persons of the history of aesthetics. A creative application to the problems of our contemporaneity is aimed and stimulated.
Syllabus
  • 1. What is the history of aesthetics? 2. Concepts of ancient aesthetics. 3. Pythagor and Democrit aesthetics. 4. Sophists aesthetics. 5. Plato. 6. Aristotle. 7. Helenism and stoa. 8. Helénismus and epikureism a skepticism. 9. Plotin. 10. Augustin. 11. Middle-ages aesthetics. 12. Modern aesthetics.
Literature
  • A companion to aesthetics. Edited by David Cooper. 1st pub. Oxford: Blackwell Publishers, 1995, xiii, 466. ISBN 0-631-19659-5. info
  • HENCKMANN, Wolfhart and Konrad LOTTER. Estetický slovník. Translated by Dušan Prokop. Vyd. 1. Praha: Svoboda, 1995, 229 s. ISBN 8020504788. info
  • PLÓTÍNOS. Dvě pojednání o kráse. Translated by Petr Rezek. Praha: Rezek, 1994, 139 s. ISBN 80-901796-2-2. info
  • ARISTOTELÉS. Poetika. Praha: Gryf, 1993, 67 s. ISBN 80-85829-01-0. info
  • NIETZSCHE, Friedrich. Zrození tragédie : z ducha hudby. Praha: Karel Stibral, Studentské nakladatelství Gryf, 1993, 81 s. info
  • NIETZSCHE, Friedrich. Zrození tragédie : z ducha hudby. Translated by Otokar Fischer. Praha: Gryf, 1993, 81 s. info
  • JŮZL, Miloš and Dušan PROKOP. Úvod do estetiky :předmět a metody, dějiny, systém estetických kategorií a pojmů. 1. vyd. Praha: Panorama, 1989, 427 s. ISBN 80-7038-051-9. info
  • TATARKIEWICZ, Władysław. Dejiny estetiky. Bratislava: Tatran, 1985, 521 s. info
  • PLATÓN. Dialogy o kráse. Edited by Jakub Netopilík - Platón, Translated by Jaroslav Šonka. Vyd. tohoto souboru 1. Praha: Odeon, 1979, 230 s. URL info
Teaching methods
Every lecture requires homework preparation in reading the assigned study literature. After teacher's presentation of the general and particular features of the subject, students are guided to interpretation of the chosen extracts, and class discussions follow.
Assessment methods
exam: written test consists of lectured items and a given text; classified credit: written test consists of lectured items and a given text (differentiated from exam by easier classification); credit: written test consists of lectured items and a given text (differentiated from classified credit by easier classification); colloquium: written test consists of lectured items and a given text (classified as credit) and a discussion over chosen item.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Information on course enrolment limitations: kurs určen výhradně studentům magisterského studia EKS
Teacher's information
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/aesthetics-18th-german/
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