Course: Visual Studies 1

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Course title Visual Studies 1
Course code KKTS/MD1VZ
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 2
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)
Course content
After completing the IB course: - the student will be able to name the relationship of visual culture and art to their own field, - will have an idea of visual perception and the relationship of sensory perception to human cognition and conception through physical experience (basics of cognitive science); - learn to distinguish between idea, image, medium and dispositive (anthropology and image theory) and - will be acquainted with the basics of semiotics and reading of visual representations (character, labeling, framing, intention, context, meaning, metaphor).

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecturing
learning outcomes
Knowledge
will have an idea of visual perception and the relationship of sensory perception to human cognition and conception through physical experience (basics of cognitive science);
will have an idea of visual perception and the relationship of sensory perception to human cognition and conception through physical experience (basics of cognitive science);
will be acquainted with the basics of semiotics and reading of visual representations (character, labeling, framing, intention, context, meaning, metaphor).
will be acquainted with the basics of semiotics and reading of visual representations (character, labeling, framing, intention, context, meaning, metaphor).
Skills
the student will be able to name the relationship of visual culture and art to their own field,
the student will be able to name the relationship of visual culture and art to their own field,
learn to distinguish between idea, image, medium and dispositive (anthropology and image theory)
learn to distinguish between idea, image, medium and dispositive (anthropology and image theory)
teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecturing
Lecturing
Methods for working with texts (Textbook, book)
Methods for working with texts (Textbook, book)
Skills
Analysis of a work of art
Analysis of a work of art
assessment methods
Knowledge
Qualifying examination
Qualifying examination
Recommended literature
  • BAXANDALL, Michael. Stíny a světlo. Umění a vizuální zkušenost. Brno, Barrister a Principal, 2003. ISBN 80-86598-58-6.
  • Bendová, H., Strnad, M. Společenské vědy a audiovize. ISBN 978-80-7331-313-5.
  • BERGER, John. Způsoby vidění. Praha: Labyrint, 2016. ISBN 978-80-87260-78-4.
  • Bourriaud, Nicolas. Postprodukce : kultura jako scénář: jak umění nově programuje současný svět. Vyd. 1. Praha : Tranzit, 2004. ISBN 80-903452-0-4.
  • ELKINS, J. Proč lidé pláčou před obrazy. Praha: Academia, 2007.
  • Jacques Aumont. Obraz. Akademie múzických umění v Praze, 2005. ISBN 80-7331-045-7.
  • Kesner, L. (ed.). Vizuální teorie, 2. vydání. Praha, 2005.
  • MIRZOEFF, Nicholas. Jak vidět svět. + Svět na obrazovce. In: Jak vidět svět. Překlad Andrea Průchová Hrůzová a Jan J. Škrob.. Vydání první. ArtMap, 372 stran. Praha, 2018. ISBN 978-80-906599-5-7.
  • MIRZOEFF, Nicholas. Úvod do vizuální kultury. Praha: Academia, 2012. ISBN 978-80-200-1984-4.
  • MITCHELL, W. J. T. Teorie obrazu: eseje o verbální a vizuální reprezentaci.. Praha: Karolinum, 2016. ISBN 978-80-246-3202-5.
  • STURKEN, Marita, CARTWRIGHT, Lisa. Practices of looking: an introduction to visual culture, Oxford. Oxford University Press, 2002.


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