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History of Art III

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Course Unit Code618-2040/02
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated3 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Compulsory
Level of Course Unit *First Cycle
Year of Study *Second Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredSummer Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionCzech
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
STA0219PhDr. Marie Šťastná, Ph.D.
DIR0013MgA. Alžběta Dirnerová
Summary
The cycle of lessons continues two former courses. It deals with the problems of the architecture and art of the 19th century, changes of the traditional interpretation of the work of art from the artist’s and also perceiver’s point of view. It concerns programme and intuitive impulses forming the art language after the break of the 19th and the 20th century. It describes forms of particular –isms which had developed to the half of the 20th century. Final lessons will try to describe the important trends in visual arts of the second half of the 20th century. 80% presence in lessons is necessary as well as passing the final test.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
Acquired knowledge and skills
The student is oriented in basic intellectual and style streams of the 19th century art. He/she understands the conservatism of Central Europe and efforts of the Czech art to take part in seeking of the national identity. He/she can define reasons of the origin and forms of historicism in the architecture of the 19th century. He knows fundamental works of art both of European and Czech classicism, romanticism, realism, impressionism, Art Nouveau. He/she is oriented in main style streams of the visual art, especially in the sculpture of the 19th and 20th century. He/she understands changes of traditional art fields which are replaced by alternative mediums and methods of communication.
Course Contents
1. So called long 19th century. Looking for the style in architecture – historicism and its variants. New materials and building types including the architecture in the USA.
2. Neo-classicism vs. Romanticism period in European painting.
3. Neo-classicism vs. Romanticism period in European sculpture.
4. The problems of Realism – its roots and manifestation in European visual culture.
5. The overview of the Czech painting from the break of the 18th and 19th century to the so called Generation of the National Theatre. Problems of monumental sculpture.
6. Changes in visuality – impressionism and post-impressionism; variants of them in Czech space.
7. Art Nouveau symbolism and its manifestation in architecture and arts in the break of the 19th and the 20th century.
8. Modernity and its manifestation in architecture, sculpture and painting. Fauvism, expressionism, cubism, futurism and Czech art to 1918 in European context.
9. Avant-garde; plurality and interference –isms; theoretic impulses for them and their formal strangeness. Classical manifestations, vitalism, new objectivity, dada, poeticism, surrealism, constructivism. Functionalism in architecture.
10. Czech art between two world wars. The new situation in art after 1948; the art under ideology and outside it.
11. Streams and processes in the world art of the second half of the 20th century. Modern realism, abstraction, pop-art, action painting, new figuration, hyper-realism; performance etc.
12. The concept vs. traditional art fields and post-modernism in architecture.
13. Hopes and scepticism in present-day visual communication.
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
[1]CHING, Francis D. K. Architecture: form, space, & order. Fourth edition. Hoboken: Wiley, 2015. ISBN 978-1-118-74508-3.
[1]BELTING, Hans. Konec dějin umění. Přeložil Jan HLAVIČKA. Praha: Mladá fronta, 2000. ISBN 80-204-0856-8.
[2]AGNOLETTO, Matteo, MANFERTO, Valeria, ed. Moderní architektura. Čestlice: Rebo Productions, 2006. ISBN 80-7234-636-9.
[3]HÖCKER, Christoph. Architektura. Přeložil Vendula HNÍDKOVÁ. Brno: Computer Press, 2004. ISBN 80-251-0285-8.
[4]CHING, Francis D. K. Architecture: form, space, & order. Fourth edition. Hoboken: Wiley, 2015. ISBN 978-1-118-74508-3.
Recommended Reading:
[1]GALINDO, Michelle. European architecture. Praha: Slovart ; Moskva, 2009. ISBN 978-80-7391-203-1.
[1]FRAMPTON, Kenneth. Moderní architektura: kritické dějiny. Přeložil Pavel HALÍK, přeložil Petr KRATOCHVÍL. Praha: Academia, 2004. ISBN 80-200-1261-3.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Individual consultations, Tutorials
Assesment methods and criteria
Task TitleTask TypeMaximum Number of Points
(Act. for Subtasks)
Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing
CreditCredit100 51