FF:ESA107 Theory of Art - Terminology - Course Information

ESA107 Theory of Art and its Terminology

Extent and Intensity

0/2. 4 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: k (colloquium).

Teacher(s)

doc. Mgr. Rostislav Niederle, Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

prof. PhDr. Petr Osolsobě, Ph.D.
Department of Aesthetics – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Ing. Ivana Vašinová
Supplier department: Department of Aesthetics – Faculty of Arts

Timetable

Mon 9:10–10:45 K23

Prerequisites

ESAPZE Qualifying Examination
An Introduction to Philosophy An Introduction to Aesthetics

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

there are 6 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display

Course objectives

The goal of the course is an attempt of a closer comprehension of key terms/concepts of aesthetics/art citicism Participants continually present their own analyses-abstracts on a given theoretical item. 15–18 minutes exactly for each presentation is reserved. The procedure is also strictly given and it is in the following way: 1.Defining (explicating) a given concept/property according to various at least five Czech dictionaries (of Aesthetics) and at least one foreign one; 2.Demonstrating mentioned definition/explication on individually chosen examples of works of art; 3. Discussion. Students will pass the course if the following conditions are met: 1. Public presentation their own analyses-abstracts; 2. At most two forgiven absences; 3. Passing a written test testing a comprehension of the following articles: -G. E. Moore: Inner Value -G. Dickie: Triumph in the Triumph of the Will –G. Dickie: Art: An Institutional Analysis -G. Herméren: An Interpretation: Types and Criteria -P. Kivy: Platonism in Music: A Kind of Defence -F. Sibley: Aesthetic Concepts -R. Hilpinen: Artefact At the end of the course an ideal student will be able to discrimine and use a basic aesthetic vocabulary – key concepts.

Syllabus

• aesthetic terms/concepts, examples: synesthesy tendentious ugly beautiful sublime symbolistic/symbol iconic indexic canonic typical dignified realistic rhetorical art morality

Literature

• Výkladový anglicko-český slovník.
• Encyclopedia of aesthetics. Edited by Michael Kelly. New York: Oxford University Press, 1998, xvii, 521. ISBN 0195126459. info
• A companion to aesthetics. Edited by David Cooper. 1st pub. Oxford: Blackwell Publishers, 1995, xiii, 466. ISBN 0-631-19659-5. info

Teaching methods

The method is of three sorts: 1. The students presents their own reports on given subjects/concepts. 2. Commented reading of fundamental texts on aesthetic concepts. 3. Discussion on reports and/or reading.

Assessment methods

exam: attendance, public presentation of analysis-abstract, passing test; classified credit: public presentation of analysis-abstract, passing test; credit: public presentation of analysis-abstract, passing test; (Aabovementioned differs in point of strictness of evaluation.) colloquium: credit: public presentation of analysis-abstract, conclusive debate with the lector;

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

Study Materials
General note: Předmět je vhodný pro všechny oboru MU !.
Information on course enrolment limitations: posluchači bc. estetiky, kteří začali své studium před více než třemi semestry, musí mít splněnu postupovou zkoušku (ESAPZE), jinak si tento předmět nemohou zapsat. Pro ostatní obory není zápis omezen.

Teacher's information

http://www.iep.utm.edu/a/aestheti.htm

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