FF:ESA107 Theory of Art - Terminology - Course Information

ESA107 Theory of Art and its Terminology

Extent and Intensity

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

Teacher(s)

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

Guaranteed by

doc. Mgr. Rostislav Niederle, Ph.D.
Department of Aesthetics – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: doc. Mgr. Rostislav Niederle, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Aesthetics – Faculty of Arts

Timetable

Wed 12:00–13:40 B2.44, except Mon 18. 11. to Sun 24. 11.

Prerequisites

Course ESA225 - Introduction to Aesthetics required.

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

• Aesthetics (programme FF, B-EST_) (3)
• Aesthetics (programme FF, B-HS)
• Aesthetics (programme FF, B-OT) (2)
• Aesthetics (programme FF, M-HS)
• Aesthetics (programme FF, M-OT) (2)

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.

Learning outcomes

Students are able to handle termini technici of Aesthetics.

Syllabus

• Art Criticism Mimesis, Representation Ontology beauty. Definition of Beauty Conceptual Art Morality of/and Art Formalism Photography Cognitivism Realism

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
The course is taught annually.
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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