DU2683m Art anthropology

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2012
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Ladislav Kesner, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Ladislav Kesner, Ph.D.
Department of Art History – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: prof. PhDr. Ladislav Kesner, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Art History – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Mon 15:50–17:25 K31
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
The aim of this course is to present recent anthropologiocal theoreis pertaining to visual arts, with an emphasis on the problem of human body as a representational medium. The course will also focus on the relationship between visual art and ritual. Case studies will focus on various aspects of creation and use of visual objects in ritual context.
Syllabus
  • 1. Theories of ritual and ritual behaviour 2. Issues of origins of art 3.Symbolization 4. Homom pictor and pictorial competences 6. Reactions towards images 7. Folk art 8. Fetish 9. Case studies from ancient worlds through contemporary.
Literature
  • Jean Clottes et al., Pravěké umění, Praha 2011
  • SVOBODA, Jiří. Počátky umění (Origins of Art). 1st ed. Praha, Česká republika: Academia, 2011, 335 pp. ISBN 978-80-200-1925-7. info
  • POMAJZLOVÁ, Alena. Josef Čapek: Nejskromnější umění (Josef Čapek, The Humblest Art). Praha: Obecní dům v Praze, 2003, 200 pp. ISBN 80-86339-23-8. info
  • BELTING, Hans. Bild-Anthropologie : Entwürfe für eine Bildwissenschaft. 2. Aufl. München: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, 2002, 278 s. ISBN 3770534492. info
  • GOMBRICH, E. H. The Preference for the primitive : episodes in the history of western taste and art. London: Phaidon Press, 2002, 324 s. ISBN 0714841544. info
  • GELL, Alfred. Art and agency : an anthropological theory. 1st pub. Oxford: Clarendon, 1998, xxiii, 271. ISBN 0198280149. info
  • FREEDBERG, David. The power of images : studies in the history and theory of response. Pbk. ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1991, xxv, 534. ISBN 0226261468. info
  • GOMBRICH, E. H. Aby Warburg : an intellectual biography. Edited by Fritz Saxl. 2nd ed. Oxford: Phaidon, 1986, ix, 376. ISBN 0714824275. info
Teaching methods
lecture
Assessment methods
essay
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
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