FF:US_130 Psychology of Art - Course Information

US_130 Psychology of Art

Extent and Intensity

2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).

Teacher(s)

doc. PhDr. Jiří Kulka, CSc. (lecturer), Mgr. Kristýna Celhofferová, Ph.D. (deputy)

Guaranteed by

Mgr. Kristýna Celhofferová, Ph.D.
Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Vlasta Taranzová

Timetable

Tue 10:00–11:35 zruseno D22

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 220 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/220, only registered: 0/220, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/220

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Culture Management (programme FF, N-HS)
• Culture Management (programme FF, N-OT) (2)
• Combined Art Studies (programme FF, B-HS)
• Combined Art Studies (programme FF, B-OT) (2)
• Comparative and Art Studies (programme FF, N-OT) (2)
• Theory of Interactive Media (programme FF, B-OT) (2)
• Theory of Interactive Media (programme FF, N-HS)
• Theory of Interactive Media (programme FF, N-OT) (2)
• Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in Estetic Education (programme FF, N-SS)

Course objectives

At the end of the course the student will be able to define basic concepts of the psychology of arts, mainly of the works of art and their psychological structure, and the creation and perception of various arts. He will know how to identify the relationships between the arts. He will become aquainted with art as a means of communication, and with the semiopsychological analysis of a subjective intepretation of the work of art. He will know how to analyze the structure of artwork and its psychological impact. Finally, he will be able to apply the psychology of art in his/her study.

Syllabus

• Artist/creator - work of art – perceiver: the starting point of investigation. Personality of the creator and works of art as a representation of experience in an aesthetically organized form. I. Psychology and the arts II. Methods of the psychology of art III. Personality of the creator IV. Aesthetic perception V. Art as self-expression and a system of signs VI. Art in social communication VII. Means of visual arts´expression VIII. Means of musical and dance arts´expression IX. Means of literature and drama arts´expression X. Perception of artwork XI. Creation of artwork

Literature

• Kulka, J., Psychologie umění. Praha: GRADA, 2008.
• Volek, J., Základy obecné teorie umění. Praha: SPN, 1968.
• Eco, U. (ed.), Dějiny ošklivosti. Praha: ARGO, 2007.
• Johnson, P., Dějiny umění: nový pohled. Praha: ACADEMIA, 2006.
• Johnson, P., Tvůrci: od Shakespeara a Dürera k Picassovi a Tiffanymu. Brno: Barrister & Principal, 2007.
• Vygotskij, L. S., Psychologie umění. Praha: ODEON 1981.
• Kulka, J., Systémová teorie činností. 2. vyd., Brno: ARCANA, 2006.
• Krátký slovník koncepce pražského týmu pro studium vyjadřovacích a sdělovacích systémů umění. Interní publikace ČSAV, Praha 1977.
• Monaco, J., Jak číst film. Svět filmů, médií a multimédií. Praha: ALBATROS, 2004.
• Chalumeau, J.-L., Přehled teorií umění. Praha: PORTÁL, 2003.
• Gombrich, E. H., Umění a iluze. Studie o psychologii obrazového znázorňování. Praha: ODEON, 1985.
• Eco, U. (ed.), Dějiny krásy. Praha: ARGO, 2005.

Teaching methods

Lectures and demonstration of theories

Assessment methods

Essay according to plan

Language of instruction

Czech

Further Comments

Study Materials
The course is taught only once.

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