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Art History 1

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Course Unit Code330-7014/01
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated2 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Compulsory
Level of Course Unit *First Cycle
Year of Study *First 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
BAD0047doc. Olga Badalíková, Ph.D.
Summary
Learning outcomes of the course unit The course is focused on the ability to orientate in a wide area of ​​post-war to contemporary art events in connection with the historical-social context. It directs students towards the open perception and acceptance of the work of art and to the understanding of the underlying creative principles of individual artistic movements.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
In addition to the continuous learning of the art of the second half of the 20th century and the beginning of the third millennium, it follows the changes in world art culture with special regard to the specific situation in our countries. It introduces rationally constructive and existential streams of contemporary art, including contemporary artistic trends. Selected chapters from the history of 20th century art and lectures specifically devoted to contemporary world architecture follow the initial teaching of the current artistic movement. At the end of the course, students should be able to: - demonstrate their ability to orient themselves in post-war and contemporary art events - to acquire the prerequisites for independent thinking about changes in artistic expression - be able to reflect critically and convey their knowledge.
Course Contents
1. The post-war situation in American art, contemporary context, the emergence of abstract expressionism. The situation in European art. Informel, tachism, lyrical abstraction, comparison with overseas development.
2. Post-war art in our country. 1950s and the philosophy of socialist realism - import from the USSR. Official scene. The second wave of surrealism. Ra Group. Circuit around revue Zodiac sign, Solitary personality. Modernism and creative groups in the second half of the 1950s. Discovering the Tradition of Modern Art of the Early 20th Century - Important Exhibitions of MS of modern art.
3. Informel, imaginative art. Similarities and differences in structural abstraction. Painting abstraction, hard-edge painting, color-field painting. Kinetic art and op art. Minimalism, the emergence of the movement and the main representatives. Antiform concept. Arte povera and his leaders.
4.Rationally constructive tendencies in Czech art from the 60s. Group Crossroads, New Sensitivity and Czech Concretism.
5. The figurative art of the first decades after World War II. Vienna School of Fanciful Realism. Neodadaism. Pop art in the UK and USA, new sources of art. New realism, French scene. Czech Parallel. New figuration and its European context.
6. Action art, Fluxus movement, programs, manifests, festivals. Czech variations of action art. Experimental poetry, Body art, Vienna shareism. 7.Conceptual art, philosophical reflection. Land art, the emergence of the movement.
8. Hyperrealism, emergence, main representatives in the USA and Europe.
9. Postmodern turn in art, 70s - 80s, programs and theories of postmodernism. New European Centers. Neoexpressionism, Transavantgarde. American scene of the 80s, comparison with European development.
10. Postmodern art in our country. Art Development from the 90s.
11. Globalized art scene and institutions of world exhibitions, their function and current form, Venice Biennale, Documenta Kassel, Whitney Biennial, Manifesta.
12. Art as a protest
13. Architectural tendencies of the turn of the millennium
14. Outstanding personalities and tendencies of world art for the last 20 years. The position of Czech art on the world stage.
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
WALTHER. I. F./ed./, Umění 20. století, Praha 2004
ADAMOVIČ, Ivan, ed. a POSPISZYL, Tomáš, ed. Planeta Eden: svět zítřka v socialistickém Československu 1948-1978. Vyd. 1. V Řevnicích: Arbor vitae, 2010. 246 s. ISBN 978-80-87164-34-1.
FOSTER, Hal et al. Umění po roce 1900: modernismus, antimodernismus, postmodernismus. V Praze: Slovart, 2007. 704 s. ISBN 978-80-7209-952-8.
FRAMPTON, Kenneth. Moderní architektura: kritické dějiny. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 2004. 457 s. ISBN 80-200-1261-3.
GABLIK, Suzi. Selhala moderna?. 1. vyd. Olomouc: Votobia, 1995. 157 s. ISBN 80-85885-20-4.
GOMBRICH, E. H. Umění a iluze: Študie o psychologii obr. znázorňování. 1. vyd. Praha, 1985.
HOROVÁ, Anděla, ed. Nová encyklopedie českého výtvarného umění. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1995- . sv. ISBN 80-200-0536-6.
LUCIE-SMITH, Edward. Současné světové umění. 1. čes. vyd. Praha: Slovart, 1996. 511 s. ISBN 80-85871-97-1.
McEvilley T., Sculpture in the Age of Doubt, New York, 1999
Potts A., The Sculptural Imagination, Figurativ, Modernist, Minimalist, New Haven and London 2000 .
PANOFSKY, Erwin. Význam ve výtvarném umění. Vyd. 2., rev. Praha: Malvern, 2013. 399 s., [44] s. obr. příl. ISBN 978-80-87580-37-0.
RUHRBERG, Karl et al. Umění 20. století: [malířství, skulptury a objekty, nová média, fotografie]. V Praze: Slovart, 2011. 2 sv. ISBN 978-80-7391-572-8.
SCRUTON, Roger. Průvodce inteligentního člověka po moderní kultuře. Praha: Academia, 2003 dotisk. 210 s. ISBN 80-200-1076-9.
KULKA Tomáš /ed./, Co je umění?, Texty angloamerické estetiky 20. Století, Pavel Mervart 2010
WALTHER. I. F./ed./, Umění 20. století, Praha 2004
ADAMOVIČ, Ivan, ed. a POSPISZYL, Tomáš, ed. Planeta Eden: svět zítřka v socialistickém Československu 1948-1978. Vyd. 1. V Řevnicích: Arbor vitae, 2010. 246 s. ISBN 978-80-87164-34-1.
FOSTER, Hal et al. Umění po roce 1900: modernismus, antimodernismus, postmodernismus. V Praze: Slovart, 2007. 704 s. ISBN 978-80-7209-952-8.
FRAMPTON, Kenneth. Moderní architektura: kritické dějiny. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 2004. 457 s. ISBN 80-200-1261-3.
GABLIK, Suzi. Selhala moderna?. 1. vyd. Olomouc: Votobia, 1995. 157 s. ISBN 80-85885-20-4.
GOMBRICH, E. H. Umění a iluze: Študie o psychologii obr. znázorňování. 1. vyd. Praha, 1985.
HOROVÁ, Anděla, ed. Nová encyklopedie českého výtvarného umění. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1995- . sv. ISBN 80-200-0536-6.
LUCIE-SMITH, Edward. Současné světové umění. 1. čes. vyd. Praha: Slovart, 1996. 511 s. ISBN 80-85871-97-1.
McEvilley T., Sculpture in the Age of Doubt, New York, 1999
Potts A., The Sculptural Imagination, Figurativ, Modernist, Minimalist, New Haven and London 2000 .
PANOFSKY, Erwin. Význam ve výtvarném umění. Vyd. 2., rev. Praha: Malvern, 2013. 399 s., [44] s. obr. příl. ISBN 978-80-87580-37-0.
RUHRBERG, Karl et al. Umění 20. století: [malířství, skulptury a objekty, nová média, fotografie]. V Praze: Slovart, 2011. 2 sv. ISBN 978-80-7391-572-8.
Recommended Reading:
WHELLER, W., A New Modernity. Change in Science, Literature and Politics /London 1999/
K.P.LIESMANN, Filozofie moderního umění, Votobia 2000
SCRUTON, Roger. Průvodce inteligentního člověka po moderní kultuře. Praha: Academia, 2003 dotisk. 210 s. ISBN 80-200-1076-9.
KULKA Tomáš /ed./, Co je umění?, Texty angloamerické estetiky 20. Století, Pavel Mervart 2010
WHELLER, W., A New Modernity. Change in Science, Literature and Politics /London 1999/
K.P.LIESMANN, Filozofie moderního umění, Votobia 2000
SCRUTON, Roger. Průvodce inteligentního člověka po moderní kultuře. Praha: Academia, 2003 dotisk. 210 s. ISBN 80-200-1076-9.
KULKA Tomáš /ed./, Co je umění?, Texty angloamerické estetiky 20. Století, Pavel Mervart 2010
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