SUS_58 Art Nouveau Culture

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Aleš Filip, Ph.D. (lecturer), PhDr. Dagmar Koudelková (deputy)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Aleš Filip, Ph.D.
Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Ing. Alena Albíniová
Supplier department: Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
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 16 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
Course objectives
The lectures about Art Nouveau are set out according to artistic tasks with the goal to reflect the function of visual creation within the culture of fin-de-siecle. During the course, learners will become acquainted with key works of Art Nouveau, including their cultural historic aspects. A special attention will be devoted to the problem of a new status of arts corresponding to the demands of a modern life style.
Learning outcomes
Student who will complete this course, he will gain knowledge about the phenomenon of Art Nouveau, he will be able to think over it in various aspects: from its constitution and typology, through the situation in art centers and the works by its main representatives, up to taking into consideration the questions of the function and the typology of Fine Arts about the year 1900.
Syllabus
  • 1. Art Nouveau: specification of the term and actual dimensions of its study
  • 2. Periodization and main centers of Art Nouveau visual culture
  • 3. Center and province: Artistic exchange
  • 4. Arts and Crafts Movement and a new status of applied arts
  • 5. Artist, viewer, critic: exhibitions and market
  • 6. To reveal the mystery of the soul: Genre, Allegory, Symbol
  • 7. Posters, books and magazines
  • 8. Residential and civic buildings
  • 9. Churches, chapels, monuments and tombstones
  • 10. Excursion Art Nouveau in Brno
  • 11. Colors, tones, sounds: between fine arts, music and literature Presentation of papers
  • 12. Presentation of papers.
  • Summary Biographies of the below mentioned artists will be also included in lectures: Aubrey Beardsley, František Bílek, Ferdinand Khnopff, Odilon Redon, Stanisław Wyspiański, Antoni Gaudí, Dušan Jurkovič, Jan Kotěra, Emil Králík a Otto Wagner.
Literature
  • FAHR-BECKER, Gabriele. Secese. 2., upr. vyd. Praha: Slovart, 2007, 424 s. ISBN 9788072098965. info
  • ED. GREENHALGH, Paul. Art Nouveau, 1890-1914. London: V & A Enterprises, 2000, 464 pp. ISBN 1851772774. info
  • WITTLICH, Petr. Umění a život : doba secese. Photo by Prokop Paul - Alexandr Paul. Praha: Artia, 1987, 207 s. URL info
  • WITTLICH, Petr. Česká secese. Vyd. 1. Praha: Odeon, 1982, 379 s. URL info
Teaching methods
Lectures and class discussions.
Assessment methods
A basic orientation in the questions of the art nouveau visual culture is to be proved through a colloqium. It is necessary to elaborate an essay on an agreed theme - according to the own choices by students or recommended (min. 5.500 signs incl. spaces). Themes of essays are to be consulted with a lecturer or pursuited to a folder at the IS.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught only once.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2020, Spring 2023.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
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