DU1719 Seminar: The Art of the Contemporary World from Courbet to Bill Viola I

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2022
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 5 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: k (colloquium). Other types of completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Ing. Marcela Rusinko, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Ing. Marcela Rusinko, Ph.D.
Department of Art History – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Ing. Marcela Rusinko, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Art History – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
each odd Thursday 12:00–15:40 K32
Prerequisites
Adequate English language skills.
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 objective of this online course is to develop the specific competences of participants focusing on the field of history of modern and contemporary art. The central point of the course brings attention to building /mastering English-language terminology related to the field, working with sources and literature, as well as deepening students' competencies and skills, both oral and written.
Learning outcomes
The successful participants will be able to articulate main differences between art (in the broadest context) of pre-modern and modern/contemporary periods; as well as between the modern art of the Czech lands and international, i.e. Western-world space. (S)he will be able to relate essential artistic programs/movements and artistic personalities into relevant social and cultural context. (S)he will be able to independently define, research, interpret and present an art work, artist or an individual problem on some aspect of modern / contemporary art.
Syllabus
  • –Introduction, working with English terminology –Czech art world for foreign speakers – what they can read and find? –Visual arts as a source of inspiration or life philosophy? –Modern art development milestones &famous museum collections –Art institutions & their message –Czech modern artists in the world, international picture of Czech art – names, maps, timelines –East-European art and its contextualisation –Artists’ career paths and social response –The price of everything– the essential questions on visual art –Art market and artists, collectors & others –International women artist & their message –Contemporary sculpture & public space
Literature
  • Modern art movements (Orig.) : Moderní umění. info
  • Taťána Petrasová (ed.), Rostislav Švácha (ed.), Art in the Czech Lands 800 - 2000, Řevnice : Arbor vitae 2017.
  • Art beyond borders : artistic exchange in communist Europe (1945-1989). Edited by Jerôme Bazin - Pascal Dubourg Glatigny - Piotr Piotrowski. Budapest: Central European University Press, 2016, xii, 494. ISBN 9789633860830. info
  • Between the first and second modernity :1985-2012 : catalogue. Edited by Jiří Ševčík - Edith Jeřábková. Vydání první. Praha: Vědecko-výzkumné pracoviště AVU, 2011, 756 stran. ISBN 9788087108291. info
  • BELL, Julian. Zrcadlo světa : nové dějiny umění. Vyd. 1. Praha: Argo, 2010, 496 s. ISBN 9788025702802. info
  • FOSTER, Hal. Umění po roce 1900 : modernismus, antimodernismus, postmodernismus. Translated by Josef Hrdlička - Irena Ellis - Jitka Sedláčková. Praha: Slovart, 2007, 704 s. ISBN 9788072099528. info
  • FOSTER, Hal. Art since 1900 : modernism, antimodernism, postmodernism. 1st pub. London: Thames & Hudson, 2004, 704 s. ISBN 0500238189. info
  • Art in modern culture : an anthology of critical texts. Edited by Jonathan Harris - Francis Frascina. Repr. London: Phaidon, 2003, 340 s. ISBN 0714828408. info
  • HOPKINS, David. After modern art, 1945-2000. 1st pub. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000, v, 282. ISBN 0192842811. info
  • SEDLÁŘOVÁ, Jitka. Permanent exhibition of 20th century Czech art. Translated by Veronika Hanušová, Photo by Irena Armutidisová - Alena Urbánko. V Brně: Moravská galerie, 1998, 106 s. ISBN 8070270373. info
  • Czech modernism, 1900-1945. Edited by Jaroslav Anděl - Anne Tucker - Alison de Lima Greene - Ralph McKay -. First edition. Houston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1989, 263 stran. ISBN 0821217631. info
Teaching methods
lecture, class discussion, individual and team projects, art museums and galleries visiting (if possible), meeting professionals in the sector the course takes place in hybrid form - online participants invited
Assessment methods
colloquium or graded credit; active participation necessary - ongoing tasks, individual and team projects
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Teacher's information
The course takes place in hybrid form - online participants invited.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2024.
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