DU1348k Practicum: Approaches in Art History

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2009
Extent and Intensity
0/2. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Jiří Kroupa, CSc. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Jiří Kroupa, CSc.
Department of Art History – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: prof. PhDr. Jiří Kroupa, CSc.
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
Course objectives
The course gives an overview of use art historical methodology today. After World War II the various methodological approaches to the art history emerged. In the lectures, therefore, we will attempt to explain these issues and methods both as a part of the historical conditions of the academy and the history of visual arts.
Syllabus
  • 1. The Art history and History (George Kugler, Hayden White, Dominick LaCapra). & 2. The arthistorical approaches I.: a) the connoisseurschip; b) the formalism. & 3. The arthistorical approaches II. c) the iconography-iconology; d) the perception and aesthetics.& 4. The arthistorical approaches III.: e) the history of culture; f) the semiotics. & 5. The approaches of other disciplines: a) the social history of art and the cultural history of art; b) the sociology; c) the psychology and the psychoanalysis. & 6. The applied disciplines on art: a) the arthistorical museology; b) historic preservation; c) the exhibitions, mediation of art and contemporary debates on arts. & 7. Towards a critical history of art. & 8. The topics in the art history: a) the explaining in the art history; b) the "New ciceronism ?". &
Literature
  • Fernie, Eric. Art history and its methods. London 1999
  • Schneider Adams, Laurie. The Methodologies of Art. An Introduction. Westview Press 1996
  • Harris, Jonathan. The New Art History. A critical introduction. London-New York 2004
  • Kunstgeschichte - aber wie? : Zehn Themen und Beispiele. Edited by Clemens Fruh - Raphael Rosenberg - Hans-Peter Rosinski. Berlin: Dietrich Reimer, 1989, 307 s. ISBN 3496009713. info
  • BELTING, Hans. Das Ende der Kunstgeschichte : eine Revision nach zehn Jahren. München: C.H.Beck, 1995, 231 s. ISBN 3406385435. info
Assessment methods
The course will be taught as a seminar. The majority of the work will depend on presentations of the readings made by students. There will be no exam for this course, but only a colloquium by class participation and the credit for the presentation.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: in blocks.
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