DU1917 Final Master State Examination

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 0 credit(s). Type of Completion: SZK (final examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. Mgr. Ondřej Jakubec, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
prof. Ivan Foletti, MA, Docteur es Lettres, Docent in Church History (assistant)
Guaranteed by
prof. Mgr. Ondřej Jakubec, Ph.D.
Prerequisites
Acceptance of the thesis.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
The aim of the final state examination is to:
prove the ability of student to critically treat specialized problems
quickly react in discussion and be able to argue
use the knowledge of specialized literature and other sources in the polemic
use the knowledge of factual information’s and methology of the discipline
Learning outcomes
Defence of the M.A. thesis; General exam in visual studies.
Syllabus
  • Final state examination is an oral exam, which main fields are:
  • 1. Methodology and philosophy of art
  • 2. Outline of the field of Visual Studies
  • 3. Field specialization
  • 4. The integral part of the state final state examination is the thesis defense, which is usually held prior to the oral state exam.
Literature
  • BELTING, Hans. An anthropology of images : picture, medium, body. Translated by Thomas Dunlap. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2011, v, 207. ISBN 9780691160962. info
  • BELTING, Hans. Bilderfragen : die Bildwissenschaften im Aufbruch. München: Wilhelm Fink, 2007, 357 s. ISBN 9783770544578. info
  • BELTING, Hans. Das Ende der Kunstgeschichte : eine Revision nach zehn Jahren. München: C.H.Beck, 1995, 231 s. ISBN 3406385435. info
  • KULTERMANN, Udo. Geschichte der Kunstgeschichte : der Weg einer Wissenschaft. München: Prestel-Verlag, 1990, 272 stran. ISBN 3791310569. info
  • KULTERMANN, Udo. Kleine Geschichte der Kunsttheorie. Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, 1987, xviii, 369. ISBN 3534021436. info
  • PODRO, Michael. The Critical historians of art. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1982, xxvi, 257. ISBN 0300032234. info
Teaching methods
Individual preparation
Assessment methods
Final state examination
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
The course is taught each semester.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Spring 2023, Autumn 2023, Spring 2024, Autumn 2024.
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