FF:TIM_B_006 Visual Culture - Course Information

TIM_B_006 Visual Culture

Extent and Intensity

1/1/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

doc. Mgr. Jozef Cseres, PhD. (lecturer)
Mgr. Ondřej Krajtl (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

doc. Mgr. Jozef Cseres, PhD.
Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Bc. Jitka Leflíková
Supplier department: Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts

Prerequisites

Reading texts in English.

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 150 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/150, only registered: 0/150, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/150

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

there are 8 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display

Course objectives

This course serves as an introduction to visual culture studies. It aims to familiarize participants with the basic terms and concepts for visual texts analysis, it introduces the key thinkers and the main theories of contemporary visual studies.

Learning outcomes

At the end of this course, the student will be able to:
- characterize the milestones in the history of visual culture;
- define the basic terms for visual culture studies;
- know key visual culture thinkers;
- orient themselves in theories of visual culture interpretation;
- use selected ways of visual texts interpretation.

Syllabus

• - Introduction to Visual Culture
• - The birth of images
• - Writing as a visual communication
• - Images and reality I.: mimésis, perspective, the myth of photographic truth
• - Functions and values of images
• - The Meaning of Images I.: Iconography and iconology
• - The Meaning of Images II.: Coding/Decoding and Ideology
• - Practices of Looking, discourse and power
• - Image and the Spectacle
• - Images and reality II.: massmedia, simulacrum, hyperreality
• - Commodification of the image, desire and popculture
• - Image, ways of reproduction and digital technologies
• - Seeing Science: models, maps, plans, visualisations, big data etc.

Literature

required literature
• VANČÁT, Jaroslav. Vývoj obrazivosti od objektu k interaktivitě: Gnozeologické předpoklady analýzy obrazové stránky nových médií. Praha: Karolinum, 2010. ISBN 9788024616254.
• VANČÁT, Jaroslav. Tvorba vizuálního zobrazení: Gnoseologický a komunikační aspekt výtvarného umění ve výtvarné výchově. Praha: Karolinum, 2008. ISBN 9788071849759.
• SPIVEY, Nigel. How Art Made the World. ISBN 9780465081813. New York: Basic Books, 2005
• FILIPOVÁ, Marta a Matthew RAMPLEY. Možnosti vizuálních studií : obrazy, texty, interpretace. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, Filozofická fakulta, Seminář dějin umění, 2007. 254 s. ISBN 9788087029268.
• BERGER, John. O pohledu. Vyd. 1. Praha : Agite/Fra, 2009. 225 s (Edice vizuální teorie) ISBN 9788086603810.
• PACHMANOVÁ, Martina (ed.). Mít a být : sběratelství jako kumulace, recyklace a obsese. Translated by Lucie Vidmar - Josef Fulka. Vyd. 1. V Praze: Vysoká škola uměleckoprůmyslová, 2008. 223 s. ISBN 9788086863252
• The visual culture reader. Edited by Nicholas Mirzoeff. 2nd ed. London: Routledge, 2002. xix, 737. ISBN 0415252229
• CÍSAŘ, Karel (ed.). Co je to fotografie? Praha : Hermann & synové, 2004.
• Representation : cultural representations and signifying practices. Edited by Stuart Hall. 1st pub. London: SAGE Publications, 1997. 400 s. ISBN 0761954325
• STURKEN, Marita a Lisa CARTWRIGHT. Studia vizuální kultury. Praha : Portál, 2009. 471 s. ISBN 9788073675561.
• AUMONT, Jacques. Obraz. Translated by Ladislav Šerý. 2. vyd. V Praze: Nakladatelství Akademie múzických umění, 2010. 319 s. ISBN 9788073311650
• STOCCHETTI, Matteo a Karin KUKKONEN. Images in Use. Towards the critical analysis of visual communication. Amsterdam – Philadelphia: John Benjamin B.V., 2011. ISBN 9789027206350.
• HÁJEK, Václav. Jak rozpoznat odpadkový koš : eseje o stereotypech ve vizuální kultuře. 1. vyd. V Praze: Labyrint, 2011. 148 s. ISBN 9788087260319.
• KESNER, Ladislav (ed.). Vizuální teorie : současné angloamerické myšlení o výtvarných dílech. Translated by Lucie Vidmar. 2. rozš. vyd. Jinočany: H&H, 2005. 372 s. ISBN 8073190540

Teaching methods

Lectures, class discussions, readings.

Assessment methods

Written test that consists of 20 questions based on selected literauture, 60 % of correct answers is needed to pass.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further Comments

The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.

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