Course: Interpretation of a Work of Art 1

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Course title Interpretation of a Work of Art 1
Course code KKTS/IUMD1
Organizational form of instruction Seminary
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Maňasová Hradská Helena, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Interpretation as a human reading of the world and interpretation as a discipline 2. Type of visual representation - genre, role, medium 3. Areas of visual culture (monuments, artworks, other (audio-)visual representations) 4. Issues of intention, institutions (institutional frameworks, transposition, appropriation, post-production, nature of the medium (M. McLuhan, H. Belting) 5. What do we see/what does the interpreted work refer to in our experience? (own/mediated),Gombrich's "seeing" 6. Human conditioning of interpretation (unchanging and learned responses of the organism) 7. Barthes' punctum 8. Baudrillard's "simulacrum", post-internet experience 9. The question of mastery: composition, story, colour, craft vs. author 10. Formal analysis, neo-formalist interpretation, the author's "manuscript" ("zero degree manuscript", "death of the author") 11. Understanding (cultural education, iconography) vs. experiencing (emotion, aesthetics, response) 12. Self-correction in interpretation: iconology, iconography, 13. Baxandall's "period eye", cultural settings (globalization of the artwork)

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecturing, Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
  • Participation in classes - 13 hours per semester
  • Home preparation for classes - 30 hours per semester
  • Preparation for examination - 32 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
Prerequisities are not set
Prerequisities are not set
Skills
Prerequisities are not set
Prerequisities are not set
learning outcomes
Knowledge
The student is able to practically apply the acquired advanced knowledge, critically review and formulate theoretical concepts.
The student is able to practically apply the acquired advanced knowledge, critically review and formulate theoretical concepts.
will be acquainted with the laws of perception of visual representation
will be acquainted with the laws of perception of visual representation
will be familiar with the human condition of interpretation of visual representations
will be familiar with the human condition of interpretation of visual representations
know the possibilities of reading, interpreting and/or framing a work of art
know the possibilities of reading, interpreting and/or framing a work of art
be familiar with the key/exemplar texts of the discipline
be familiar with the key/exemplar texts of the discipline
Understand the breadth of issues of authorship, mastery, manuscript, and the image as a trace
Understand the breadth of issues of authorship, mastery, manuscript, and the image as a trace
Skills
Learners will be able to distinguish between different levels of reading visual representations, particularly works of art
Learners will be able to distinguish between different levels of reading visual representations, particularly works of art
reflect on the intentional, latent, and persuasive communicative strategies of the image, taking into account the temporal, local as well as cultural anchoring of the artwork.
reflect on the intentional, latent, and persuasive communicative strategies of the image, taking into account the temporal, local as well as cultural anchoring of the artwork.
Gain the ability to interpret or present an artwork for the purposes of their future curatorial or managerial work.
Gain the ability to interpret or present an artwork for the purposes of their future curatorial or managerial work.
teaching methods
Knowledge
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
Lecturing
Lecturing
assessment methods
Oral examination
Oral examination
Analysis of educational material
Analysis of educational material
Recommended literature
  • BARTHES, Roland. Světlá komora. Poznámka k fotografii. Praha: Fra, 2005. ISBN 978-80-86603-28-.
  • BARTLOVÁ, Milena. Reprezentace a podobnost. in: táž. Skutečná přítomnost. Středověký obraz mezi ikonou a virtuální realitou. Praha: Argo, 2012. ISBN 978-80-257-0542.
  • BAUDRILLARD, Jean. Dokonalý zločin. Dokonalý zločin, 2001. ISBN 80-902836-7-5.
  • BAXANDALL, Michael, BARTLOVÁ, Milena (ed.). Inteligence obrazu a jazyk dějin umění. UMPRUM, 2019. ISBN 978-80-87989-31-1.
  • BELTING, Hans. An Anthropology of Images: Picture, Medium, Body.. Princeton University Press, 2014. ISBN 9780691160962.
  • BELTING, Hans. Konec dějin umění. Praha: Mladá fronta, 2000. ISBN 80-204-0856-8.
  • BERGER, John. Způsoby vidění. Praha: Labyrint, 2016. ISBN 978-80-87260-78-4.
  • Bourdieu, Pierre. Pravidla umění : geneze a struktura literárního pole. Vyd. 1. Brno : Host, 2010. ISBN 978-80-7294-364-7.
  • BOURDIEU, Pierre. Teorie jednání. Praha: Karolinum, 1998. ISBN 80-7184-518-3.
  • Bourriaud, Nicolas. Postprodukce : kultura jako scénář: jak umění nově programuje současný svět. Vyd. 1. Praha : Tranzit, 2004. ISBN 80-903452-0-4.
  • DANTO, Arthur. Svět umění. ALUZE 1? Revue pro literaturu, filozofii a jiné. 2009.
  • Gombrich, E. H. Umění a iluze: studie o psychologii obrazového znázorňování. Praha: Argo, 2019. ISBN 978-80-257-3031-7.
  • Hoffman Jens. Show Time: The 50 most influental exhibitions of contemporary art. D.A.P. / Distributed Art Publishers, Inc., 2014. ISBN 9780500239117.
  • Jarošová, Helena. Současná česká móda. Vyd. 1. Praha : Allcore, 2002. ISBN 8090315100.
  • Kol. autorů. Od Kabaly k Titaniku. Deset studijí nejen z dějin umění. Praha: ÚDU AV ČR, 2013. ISBN 978-80-86890-58-6.
  • MIRZOEFF, Nicholas. Úvod do vizuální kultury. Praha: Academia, 2012. ISBN 978-80-200-1984-4.
  • ONIANS, John. Neuroarthistory: From Aristotle and Pliny to Baxandall and Zeki. Yale University Press, 2008. ISBN 10-0300126778.
  • PANOFSKY, Erwin. Význam ve výtvarném umění.. Praha: Academia, 2013. ISBN 978-80-200-2236-3.
  • Přílučík, David, Remešová, Anna. Umění antropocénu. 2020.
  • Thompson, Don. Jak prodat vycpaného žraloka (za 12 miliónů dolarů). Zlín, 2010. ISBN 978-80-87162-58-3.


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