DU1238k 20th Century Painting and Sculpture

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2008
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Alena Pomajzlová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Alena Pomajzlová, Ph.D.
Department of Art History – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: prof. PhDr. Alena Pomajzlová, Ph.D.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The purpose of this course is to orientate students in the art of the 20th century. At the end of this course students should be able to interpret important tendencies and works of modern art.
Syllabus
  • 1.Beginning of modern Art, interpretations of modern art and basic problems.; 2. Art 1900-1918: Fauvism, expressionism. Cubism. Futurist reconstruction of the universe. Abstract art.; 3.Duchamp and the new concept of art.; 4.Art 1918-1939. Dada and surrealism. Constructivism. Art and society: "Entartete Kunst".5. Art after 1945 in America, Europe and Czech Rep.: abstract expressionism, pop art, minimalism. New tendencies, new technic possibilities.; 6. Modern adn postmodern art.
Literature
  • BREGANTOVÁ, Polana. Dějiny českého výtvarného umění. Edited by Rostislav Švácha - Marie Platovská. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 2007, 526 s. ISBN 9788020014894. info
  • FOSTER, Hal. Umění po roce 1900 : modernismus, antimodernismus, postmodernismus. Translated by Josef Hrdlička - Irena Ellis - Jitka Sedláčková. Praha: Slovart, 2007, 704 s. ISBN 9788072099528. info
  • DEMPSEY, Amy. Umělecké styly, školy a hnutí : encyklopedický průvodce moderním uměním. 2. vyd. [Praha]: Slovart, 2005, 304 s. ISBN 8072097318. info
  • Kritické pojmy dejín umenia. Edited by Robert S. Nelson - Richard Shiff. Vyd. 1. Bratislava: Slovart, 2004, 572 s. ISBN 807145978X. info
  • Kritické pojmy dejín umenia. Edited by Robert S. Nelson - Richard Shiff. Vyd. 1. Bratislava: Slovart, 2004, 572 s. ISBN 807145978X. info
  • RUHRBERG, Karl. Umění 20. století. Edited by Ingo F. Walther. Praha: Slovart, 2004, 840 s. ISBN 8072095218. info
  • HOPKINS, David. After modern art, 1945-2000. 1st pub. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000, v, 282. ISBN 0192842811. info
  • BRETTELL, Richard R. Modern art, 1851-1929 : capitalism and representation. 1st publ. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999, ix, 258. ISBN 019284220X. info
  • Sculpture 1900-1945 : after Rodin. Edited by Penelope Curtis. 1st pub. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999, xi, 286. ISBN 0192100459. info
  • ADLEROVÁ, Alena. Dějiny českého výtvarného umění. Edited by Vojtěch Lahoda. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1998, 478 s. ISBN 8020006303. info
  • ADLEROVÁ, Alena. Dějiny českého výtvarného umění : 1890/1938. 4. 1. Edited by Vojtěch Lahoda. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1998, 393 s. : i. ISBN 80-200-0587-01. info
  • CAUSEY, Andrew. Sculpture since 1945. 1st publ. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998, 299 s. ISBN 0192842056. info
  • KRAUSS, Rosalind E. Passages in modern sculpture. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 1981, ix, 308. ISBN 0262610337. info
Assessment methods
Final written test.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: in blocks.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2009.
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