DU2587b Futurist Reconstruction of the Universe

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2016
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Alena Pomajzlová, 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
Mon 12:30–14:05 K31
Prerequisites (in Czech)
NOW( DU2587c Futurism )
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
Course objectives
In the end of this course student will be able to understand Futurism in its complexity, having regard to the less-known but essential aspects.
Syllabus
  • BAsic questions and problems: history, civilisation, art, philosophy
  • Beginning of Futurism and its development
  • Futurist Manifests: Marinetti, Boccioni and the principal terms
  • Futurist experiments
  • The work od Umberto Boccioni, Giacomo Balla et al.
  • Futurism and politics
  • Russian Futurism
  • Vorticism
  • Futuris and Czech art
  • Link to the present
Literature
  • Italian futurism 1909-1944 : reconstructing the universe. Edited by Vivien Greene. New York: Guggenheim, 2014, 351 stran. ISBN 9780892075126. info
  • Vorticism : new perspectives. Edited by Mark Antliff - Scott W. Klein. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013, xiv, 286. ISBN 9780199937660. info
  • Rytmy + pohyb + světlo : impulsy futurismu v českém umění. Edited by Alena Pomajzlová - Lada Hubatová-Vacková. Vyd. 1. V Řevnicích Plzeň: Arbor vitae, 2012, 331 s. ISBN 9788086415833. info
  • MARINETTI, Filippo Tommaso, Wyndham LEWIS, Guillaume APOLLINAIRE, Tristan TZARA, Marsel JANKO, Richard HUELSENBECK, Kurt SCHWITTERS, Jean COCTEAU and Marcel DUCHAMP. Futurism & Dada reviewed, 1912-1959. Edited by Luigi Russolo - Luigi Grandi - Antonio Russolo. [Beetley]: LTM, 2006, 1 zvuková. info
  • LISTA, Giovanni. Futurism & photography. 1st pub. London: Merrell in association with the Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art, 2001, 160 s. ISBN 1858941253. info
  • Action art : a bibliography of artists' performance from futurism to fluxus and beyond. Edited by John Gray. 1st pub. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood, 1993, xiv, 343. ISBN 0313289166. info
  • BAROOSHIAN, Vahan D. Russian Cubo-Futurism : 1910-1930 : a study in avanti-gardism. Hague: Mouton, 1976. ISBN 90-279-2659-X. info
  • WEES, William C. Vorticism and the Englisch avant-garde. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1972, xi, 273. ISBN 0802000983. info
Teaching methods
lectures
Assessment methods
essay
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
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