DU2350 Czech modern art and the world

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2021
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Alena Pomajzlová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Alena Pomajzlová, Ph.D.
Department of Art History – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Art History – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Tue 16:00–17:40 K32
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
The ability to compare Czech and European art
Learning outcomes
Written mastery of the assigned topic
Syllabus
  • 1.
  • 1910-1914: cubism, Vincenc Kramář and a purposely narrow view, rejection of futurism and abstraction. Picasso and the "non-Picassists", the problem of Emil Filla. Questions of terminology (cuboexpressionism, refracted style)
  • . 2.
  • 1920-1930: the interwar avant-garde, Karel Teige and the sources of his concepts, poetism and constructivism, the break in 1922, the rejection of Dada and abstraction, the artificialism of Styrsky and Toyen instead of surrealism
  • . 3.
  • 1960-1969: "Czech" informel and gestural painting, the question of content. Is there a Czech minimalism? Not a revision of modernist art, but a specific reaction to time and place, the question of West - East. The role of Jindřich Chalupecký. The difference between Prague and Brno
Teaching methods
lectures
Assessment methods
final essay
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught only once.
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