DU2842 Pathos - Trauma - Desolation: Art and emotions 1900-2010

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2017
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Ladislav Kesner, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Ladislav Kesner, Ph.D.
Department of Art History – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: prof. PhDr. Ladislav Kesner, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Art History – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Mon 12:30–14:05 K32
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
Course objectives
•To introduce major tendencies in representation of emotions in visual arts of the last 100 years and thus to present an alternative history of 20th and 21st century art. Using case studies of individual artists and works to analyze manifold ways in which emotions have been represented in works of art, as well as the role of emotional response in the intrpretation.
Syllabus
  • 1. Emotions and affective response to works of art - current perspectives. 2. Interest in emotions and psychology at the turn of 19th and 20th centuries. 3. Pathos formlen in early 20th century art. 4. Representation of emotions in art avantgarde of classic modernism. 5. The retreat of affect in postwar art. 6. Empathy and art 7. case studies of representation of affect and affective response in selected works of painting, sculpture, videoart, instalaltion and bdoy art of 1960-2015.
Literature
  • • BRUNO, Giuliana. Atlas of emotion : journeys in art, architecture, and film. New York: Verso, 2007. xi, 484. ISBN 9781859841334. • MATRAVERS, Derek. Art and emotion. 1st pub. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1998. 236 s. ISBN 0199243166. • Emotion and the ar
Teaching methods
written essay
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught once in three years.
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