SUSK_04 Introduction to Aesthetics and the General Theory of Art

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2023
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Jozef Cseres, PhD. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Jozef Cseres, PhD.
Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Ing. Alena Albíniová
Supplier department: Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Fri 22. 9. 15:00–16:40 N51, Fri 20. 10. 15:00–16:40 N51, Fri 10. 11. 15:00–16:40 N51, Fri 8. 12. 15:00–16:40 N51
Prerequisites
Orientation in the philosophy of arts, aesthetics, and theory of art
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
there are 7 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to inform students about the basic conceptions of art, issues and categories of aesthetics generated during the history of philosophical-aesthetical reflection of arts. The course also offers the actual solutions of basic issues of philosophy, aesthetics and theory of art after the art broke-up with beauty and the artists resigned to craft skills and stopped to make the sensually attractive artifacts.
Learning outcomes
Student will be informed about the basic conceptions of art, issues and categories of aesthetics.
Syllabus
  • 1. Philosophical-aesthetical reflection of performing and fine arts since ancient times till the 18th century
  • 2. Baumgarten’s conception of aesthetics as a modern science of sensations
  • 3. Arts in Kant’s Critique of Taste and formalism in aesthetics
  • 4. Hegel’s, Schopenhauer’s and Nietzsche’s philosophies of art
  • 5. Clive Bell, Susanne K. Langer, and significant art form
  • 6. Structuralism and work of art
  • 7. Arthur C. Danto and artworld
  • 8. Beauty and sublime in arts
  • 9. Modern art’s breaking-up with beauty
  • 10. Art and new sensibility
  • 11. Wolfgang Welsch and aesthetical thought
Literature
    recommended literature
  • DANTO, Arthur C. Zneužitie krásy : estetika a pojem umenia. Translated by Jozef Cseres. 1. vyd. Bratislava: Kalligram, 2008, 208 s. ISBN 9788081010255. info
  • HANSLICK, Eduard. O hudebním krásnu : příspěvek k revizi hudební estetiky. Translated by Jaroslav Střítecký. 1. vyd. Praha: Editio Supraphon, 1973, 137 s. info
  • HEGEL, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich. Estetika. Translated by Jan Patočka. Vyd. 1. Praha: Odeon, 1966, 430 s. info
  • HEGEL, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich. Estetika. Translated by Jan Patočka. Vyd. 1. Praha: Odeon, 1966, 446 s. info
  • KANT, Immanuel. Kritika soudnosti. Edited by Milan Sobotka, Translated by Vladimír Špalek - Walter Hansel. Vyd. 1. Praha: Odeon, 1975, 271 s. info
  • Co je umění? : texty angloamerické estetiky 20. století. Edited by Tomáš Kulka - Denis Ciporanov. Červený Kostelec: Pavel Mervart, 2010, 437 s. ISBN 9788087378465. info
  • LÉVI-STRAUSS, Claude. Mýtus a význam. Translated by Pavel Vilikovský. Bratislava: Archa, 1993, 56 s. ISBN 8071150525. info
  • MUKAŘOVSKÝ, Jan. Studie z estetiky. Edited by Květoslav Chvatík. Vyd. 2. Praha: Odeon, 1971, 482 s. URL info
  • SCHNEIDER, Norbert. Dejiny estetiky od osvietenstva po postmodernu. 1. vyd. Bratislava: Kalligram, 2002, 341 s. ISBN 80-7149-482-8. info
  • SCHOPENHAUER, Arthur. Svět jako vůle a představa. Translated by Milan Váňa. Pelhřimov: Nová tiskárna, 1997, 432 s. ISBN 8090191649. info
  • WELSCH, Wolfgang. Estetické myslenie. Translated by Ladislav Kiczko. Bratislava: Archa, 1993, 168 stran. ISBN 8071150630. info
  • NIETZSCHE, Friedrich. Zrození tragédie : z ducha hudby. Praha: Karel Stibral, Studentské nakladatelství Gryf, 1993, 81 s. info
Teaching methods
Lecture, discussion
Assessment methods
Final test
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 8 hodin výuka, 8 hodin konzultace.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2024.
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