Other Modernisms Introduction 20 September 2023 Dr Marta Filipová Dr Julia Secklehner Name three things about yourself that your colleagues should know about you Name up to five artists related to modernism Name your favourite artwork Introduction A picture containing person Description automatically generated Bruce Teleky, Josephine Baker with elephant model (1925) Course schedule - 1 lecture per week - invited speakers (in person and online): lecture and a discussion – prepare questions! - recommended reading for each session - study trip - reading week – no lecture on 29 November – you can prepare your posters ☺ 27 September Latin American photography Invited speaker: Dr Julieta Pestarino, CMAT Visiting Fellow & Kunsthistorisches Institut Florence 4 October The Female Secession Invited speaker: Prof Megan Brandow-Faller, City University of New York Kingsborough (online) A person smiling for a picture Description automatically generated A book cover of a person's art Description automatically generated A group of women working on a sculpture Description automatically generated Ceramics workshop if Vally Wieselthier, MAK, Vienna 11 October Primitivism and the modern Marta Filipová Vassily Kandinsky, Song of the Volga, 1909, Georges Pompidou Center, Paris, France. Joža Uprka, Girls of Velká in procession, 1896, National Gallery Prague. Henri Rousseau, Myself, Portrait-Landscape, 1890, National Gallery Prague. Emilie Paličková-Milde, Lace, 1929, The Museum of Decorative Arts, Prague 18 October Popular illustration and magazine cultures Julia Secklehner A page of a book with different types of women Description automatically generated A picture containing text, book Description automatically generated 25 October To be confirmed Vanessa Bell, Studland Beach, c. 1912. Oil on canvas, 76.2 × 101.6 cm. London: Tate. 1 November Minority modernisms Julia Secklehner A person and person in a carriage Description automatically generated A painting of two people Description automatically generated František Reichentál, Sabbath in Bratislava, n.d. Otto Müller, Gypsy Album (1927) 8 November Modernism at the fair Marta Filipová Joseph Nash, The Great Exhibition, 1851, British Museum. Edward Linley Sambourne, The Rhodes Colossus, Punch, 1892. German and Soviet pavilions at International Exposition of Art and Technology in Modern Life, 1937. 15 November Study visit 150 years of the Vienna World’s Fair (Weltmuseum Vienna) https://www.weltmuseumwien.at/fileadmin/user_upload/WMW_Weltausstellung_Booklet_Web.pdf Visions and New Beginnings: 150 Years of the Vienna World’s Fair (different locations around Vienna) https://www.wien.info/en/travel-info/ivie-app/the-world-s-fair-challenge-a-fun-way-to-discover-vien na-457178 A building with a sign on it Description automatically generated A large building with a domed roof with Texas State Capitol in the background Description automatically generated 1873 World's Fair: Rotunda with south portal. – © Wien Museum 22 November Norwegian wood: Scandinavian design and beyond Invited speaker: Prof. Kjetil Fallan, University of Oslo 29 November Reading week What to do during reading week? https://medium.com/youalberta/7-tips-to-help-you-get-the-most-out-of-reading-week-fdda6f1e8b38 A person in a grey shirt Description automatically generated 6 December Student presentations A group of people sitting on the ground Description automatically generated Amrita Sher-Gil, Red Verandah, 1938. Oil on canvas, 73.7 × 146 cm. New Delhi: National Gallery of Art 13 December Posters and feedback Assessment TASK 1: Presentation - 5 minutes - 5 slides - open feedback round TASK 2: Poster - A2 format - about the object of your choice - details on poster-making follow later - deadline: 10 December 2023 - choose an object based on the topics discussed in the couse Your assessment is based on these criteria: - attendance and active participation - presentation - poster A painting of a person and person Description automatically generated with medium confidence František Reichentál, Two Talmudists, 1932