DU1721 Seminar: The Art of the Contemporary World

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2024
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Ing. Marcela Rusinko, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Alena Pomajzlová, Ph.D.
Department of Art History – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: prof. PhDr. Alena Pomajzlová, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Art History – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Thu 14:00–15:40 K32, except Thu 18. 4.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
The capacity limit for the course is 15 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 12/15, only registered: 0/15, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/15
Course objectives
The seminar will focus on current events in Czech art and, if possible, even abroad. Visiting important exhibitions (not only in Brno and in Czech Republic) will be the starting point. After, students will prepare papers and reviews and discuss on the problems arising from the topics.
Learning outcomes
Students will learn how to evaluate contemporary art both in writing and verbally, they will be able to participate in discussions. They will be able to develop a final team project.
Syllabus
  • The course will change every year according to current artistic events
Literature
  • ZABEL, Igor. Contemporary art theory. Edited by Igor Španjol. Zurich: JRP/Ringier, 2012, 297 s. ISBN 9782840665731. info
  • Salon to biennial : exhibitions that made art history. Edited by Bruce Altshuler. London: Phaidon Press Limited, 2008, 410 s. ISBN 9780714844053. info
  • HOLT, David Kenneth. The search for aesthetic meaning in the visual arts : the need for the aesthetic tradition in contemporary art theory and education. 1st pub. Westport, Connecticut: Bergin & Garvey, 2001, viii, 148. ISBN 0897897730. info
  • BURGIN, Victor. The end of art theory : criticism and postmodernity. Basingstoke: Palgrave, 1988, x, 221. ISBN 0333398572. info
Teaching methods
Visiting exhibitions and studios, speaking with artists, oral and written homeworks. Presentation of the final team project.
Assessment methods
Active participation, homeworks, final team project.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2025.
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