LMKB403 Theory and History of visual arts

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2015
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
prof. PaedDr. Radek Horáček, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Zbyněk Fišer, Ph.D.
Department of Czech Literature – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Eva Zachová
Supplier department: Department of Czech Literature – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Thu 14:10–15:45 U12
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 80 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/80, only registered: 0/80, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/80
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
The lecture introduces students into basic categories, concepts, themes and decisive evolutionary forms of 20th-century fine arts. The topics are chosen with a view to pressing issues of fine arts functioning, contemporary theoretical discourse and the curriculum. Students will:
- Orient in the main art movements of the 20th century
- Intepret works of fine art regarding the specificity of different „poetics“
- Understand the relationship between fine arts and its wide cultural context
Syllabus
  • - The concept of Modernism: a reaction to the impulses of Impressionism; the advent of Modernism at the end of the 19th century
  • - The concept of Avantgard: interconnections between society and art in the early 20th century
  • - Czech reactions to different art movements in the 20th century Abstract art; conceptualisation of art
  • - Between intuition and construction: expressive and rational approaches to art in the 20th Century
  • - The spectator as a co-creator: art as communication; action art and its metamorphoses
  • - Electronic media in the art of the last decades
  • - The Postmodern and art fusion, interpretation, quotation
  • - The role of movements and groups in the art of the 20th century
  • - Mediating art: museums, galleries, world exhibitions
Literature
  • Odkazy k další literatuře viz Studijní materiál.
Teaching methods
- lecture
Assessment methods
- written test
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
General note: Pro posluchače oboru LMK a bohemistiky je povinně volitelný (kredity B), pro ostatní studenty volitelný (kredity C).
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 0.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2013, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2020.
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