IM081 Visual Studies

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2009
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. František Kůst (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Jana Horáková, Ph.D.
Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: doc. Mgr. Jana Horáková, Ph.D.
Timetable
each odd Tuesday 15:00–18:15 zruseno C21
Prerequisites
Follows the subject-matter from courses on digital media.
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
there are 8 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
Course objectives
The main objectives of the course is the presetation of:
- basic terminology and processes of the digital visual culture
- changes of the visual culture connected with the coming of digital technologies
- factors of the origins of new media
- basic principles of visual imaging in frame of the digital visual culture
Syllabus
  • Introduction - basic terminology and processes of the digital visual culture - changes of the visual culture connected with the coming of digital technologies - new media - digital aesthetics - visual imaging of new media - visual strategies - presentations, workshop - test
Literature
  • DARLEY, Andrew. Visual digital culture : surface play and spectacle in new media genres. 1st pub. London: Routledge, 2000, x, 225. ISBN 0415165555. info
  • MIRZOEFF, Nicholas. An introduction to visual culture. 1st publ. London: Routledge, 1999, xi, 274. ISBN 0415158761. info
  • MANOVICH, Lev. The language of new media. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 2000, xxxix, 354. ISBN 0-262-63255-1. info
  • LISTER, Martin. New media : a critical introduction. 1st publ. London: Routledge, 2003, vi, 404 s. ISBN 0-415-22377-6. info
  • The visual culture reader. Edited by Nicholas Mirzoeff. 2nd ed. London: Routledge, 2002, xix, 737. ISBN 0415252229. info
Assessment methods
teaching: lectures, duscussions, group projects, students' presentations, reading evaluation: test, written essay, presentation during the semester
Language of instruction
Czech
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022.
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