DU2040 Seminar: Topics in Modern Art

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2020
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Alena Pomajzlová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Alena Pomajzlová, Ph.D.
Department of Art History – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Art History – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Tue 10:00–11:40 K32
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
The aim of the course focuses on offering a broader view of art, i.e. not to see it only in terms of style.
Learning outcomes
Students get acquainted with other approaches to works of art.
Syllabus
  • Themes as opposities and relations: 1. Realism and abstraction. 2. Rationality and emotion. Objective and subjective approaches to art. 3. Inovation and return to tradition. 4. High and Low. Avantgarde and popular/mass culture. 5. Technique, technology and nature. 6. Word and image. 7. Space and time. 8. Propaganda and art as a protest.
Teaching methods
Introduction, students presentations and essays
Assessment methods
Students presentations and essays
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught only once.
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