Bi9290 Anthropology of Art

Faculty of Science
Autumn 2007
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Jiří Svoboda, DrSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Jiří Svoboda, DrSc.
Department of Anthropology – Biology Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: prof. PhDr. Jiří Svoboda, DrSc.
Timetable
Mon 15:00–16:50 Bp1
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 10 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
Syllabus
  • Structure of Lecture: 1. Review of approaches in the 19th and 20th centuries: evolutionism, l art-pour-l artism, early ethnological analogies, structuralism, impact of exact methods, impact of modern ethnoarchaeology, neurobiology, actual contextual approach. 2. Discusion on the terms „art“, „symbolism“, „spirituality“. Creative activities of higher primates, problem of the „proto-art“ of archaic humans. 3. Technique and the „operational chains“. 4. Charakteristic of art in the Aurignacian, Gravettian, Magdalenian, Mesolithic and Neolithic. Preconditions for complex change in the antique states. 5. Art and rituals.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2007 - for the purpose of the accreditation, Autumn 2010 - only for the accreditation, Autumn 2002, Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011 - acreditation, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2014.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2007, recent)
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