FF:PSB_08 Psych. of pictorial represent. - Course Information

PSB_08 Psychology of pictorial representation

Extent and Intensity

1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).

Teacher(s)

prof. PhDr. Josef Švancara, CSc. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Čeněk Šašinka, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)

Guaranteed by

PhDr. Zdenka Stránská, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Psychology – Faculty of Arts

Timetable

Thu 9:10–10:45 C33

Prerequisites

Good knowledge of general psychology and intensive interest in imagination and drawings.

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

• Psychology (programme FF, M-PS) (4)

Course objectives

Themes: Assessing personality through drawings, expression of self-image; interpreting children drawings; drawing techniques; mandala: systemic relationships, mandala: expression in drawings; effectiveness of images; external space vs projective space; creative power of folk art; drawings in psychological diagnostics of children and adults.

Syllabus

• Themes: Assessing personality through drawings, expression of self-image; interpreting children drawings; drawing techniques; mandala: systemic relationships, mandala: expression in drawings; effectiveness of images; external space vs projective space; creative power of folk art; drawings in psychological diagnostics of children and adults. Key words: cognitive maps, drawing, graphic production, pictorial perception, representation of the world, seeing, visual illusions

Literature

• ARNHEIM, Rudolf. Art and Visual Perception: A Psychology of the Creative Eye. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2004. ISBN 9780520243835. info
• AUMONT, Jacques. Obraz. 1. vyd. V Praze: Akademie múzických umění v Praze, 2005, 325 s. ISBN 80-7331-045-7. info
• BENOIST, Luc. Znaky, symboly a mýty. 1. vyd. Praha: Victoria Publishing, 1995, 122 s. ISBN 80-85865-49-1. info
• GOMBRICH, E. H. Umění a iluze : studie o psychologii obrazového znázorňování. Translated by Miroslava Gregorová. Vyd. 1. Praha: Odeon, 1985, 534 s. info
• GOMBRICH, E. H. Příběh umění. Translated by Miroslava Gregorová. Vyd. v češtině 2. (rev.),. Praha: Argo, 1997, 683 s. ISBN 8072031430. info
• Výchova uměním. Edited by Herbert Edward Read - Jaromír Uždil, Translated by Jan Caha. 1. vyd. Praha: Odeon, 1967, 421 s. URL info
• ŠVANCARA, Josef. Diagnostika psychického vývoje. Edited by Josef Švancara. Praha: Avicenum, 1980. info
• ŠVANCARA, Josef. Imaginativní reprezentace domova u dětí předškolního věku (The Imaginative Representation of Home in Children of School Age). In Kde jsme doma. 1st ed. Strážnice: Ústav lidové kultury, 1997, p. 33-51. ISBN 80-86156-04-4. info
• BECKER, Udo. Slovník symbolů. Vyd. 1. Praha: Portál, 2002, 351 s. ISBN 80-7178-612-8. info
• OSBORNE, Richard and Dan STURGIS. Teorie umění. Illustrated by Natalie Turner. Vyd. 1. Praha: Portál, 2008, 191 s. ISBN 9788073673703. info
• MIOVSKÝ, Michal, Ivo ČERMÁK and Vladimír CHRZ. Umění ve vědě a věda v umění : metodologické imaginace. Vyd. 1. Praha: Grada, 2010, 368 s. ISBN 9788024717074. URL info
• KOSTROŇ, Lubomír. Psychologie architektury. Vyd. 1. Praha: Grada, 2011, 207 s. ISBN 9788024729268. URL info
• GROENSTEEN, Thierry. Stavba komiksu. Translated by Barbora Antonová. Vyd. 1. Brno: Host, 2005, 218 s. ISBN 8072941410. info
• ŠIKL, Radovan. Zrakové vnímání- 1.vyd. Praha_Grada, 2012. ISBN 978-80-247-3029-5.

Teaching methods

Introduction to visual perception. Presentation and analysis of pictures. Recommended: Exposition "Pictures of mind ..." at Umělecko-průmyslové muzeum, Brno, Husova l until 18.3.2012.

Assessment methods

3 written/drawing tests, colloquium

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.

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