HEN623 Nature and Landscape in Contemporary Art

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2018
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Karel Stibral, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Bohuslav Binka, Ph.D.
Department of Environmental Studies – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Ing. Veronika Išová
Supplier department: Department of Environmental Studies – Faculty of Social Studies
Timetable
Tue 13:30–15:00 U36
Prerequisites
There are no prerequisites for this course. This course is open to all students without any prior conditions.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/20, only registered: 0/20, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/20
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Main objectives of the course can be summarized: to understand a history of the changes of art in the attitude towards nature and landscape during the 19th-21st century. At the end of this course, students should be able to understand main movements, groups and artists connected with nature and landscape; to interpret connections between aesthetic appreciation of nature and environmental approach towards cultural landscape.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction - basic concepts and categories. 2. Art and nature in the first half of the 19th century Romanticism, Neoclassicism, Biedermeier, Realism. 3. Art and nature in the second half of the 19th century. Impressionismus, Pointilism, Symbolism, Postimpressionism, Art Noveau. 4. A break of the 19th and 20th century - Expressionism and nature, Cubism. 5. Fauvism, Surrealism. 6. The art of Third Reich and nature, Socialist Realism, 1960s. 7. Land art. 8. Conceptual art and nature, Body art, Environment, Video art. 9. Living organisms in art: Bio art, Transgenic art. 10. Environment and art, "Ekoart" etc. 11. Far East art and Modern/Contemporary art. 12. An excursion - 20th and 21st art and nature.
Literature
    recommended literature
  • CLARK, Kenneth, Landscape Into Art. London: J. Murray, 1976
  • Pe šková, Terezie – Bydžovská, Lenka – Srp, Karel – Halík, Pavel a kol.aut: Dějiny umění. 12. díl (tzv. „Pijoan“). Praha: Euromedia, Knižní klub, Balios, 2002
  • Od země přes kopec do nebe-- : o chůzi, poutnictví a posvátné krajině. Edited by Jiří Zemánek. Vyd. 1. V Litoměřicích: Severočeská galerie výtvarného umění, 2005, 183 s. ISBN 8085090619. info
  • Divočina - příroda, duše, jazyk : věnováno Gary Snydereovi a Josefu Váchalovi. Edited by Jiří Zemánek. Praha: Kant, 2003, 171 stran. ISBN 8086217825. info
  • ANDREWS, Malcolm. Landscape and Western art. 1st pub. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999, vii, 248. ISBN 9780192842336. info
  • SRP, Karel. Minimal & Earth & Conceptual Art. [Praha]: Jazzová sekce, 1982, 333 s. info
Teaching methods
A lecture, irregular creative and perception excercises
Assessment methods
A written exam, an active participation.
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught once in two years.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015.
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