Course: Arts and Media

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Course title Arts and Media
Course code KUMK/MXART
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction English, English, English
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Göttlichová Veronika, M. A.
Course content
1. Introduction to Arts and Media Course 2. Art as a Basic Form of Human Knowledge: a Testimony to Man's Aesthetic Relationship to the World 3. Art As a Tool of Communication 5. Semiotics and Visual Representation 6. Ways of Seeing I: Hidden Ideologies in Visual Images 7. Ways of Seeing II: Artwork in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction 8. Introducing Culture 9. From High Culture to Popular Culture: High Art Versus Low Art 10. Art Uses Mass Culture: Consumer Culture and Pop Art 11. The Power of Public Art: Murals and Community Art 12. Artwork as Commodity and Media Product 13. Appropriation of Art: Creative Advertising

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified
prerequisite
Knowledge
Prerequisities are not set.
Prerequisities are not set.
Skills
The skills are not set.
The skills are not set.
learning outcomes
Knowledge
Key knowledge of art theory and history, high and low art
Key knowledge of art theory and history, high and low art
Art as a tool of communication
Art as a tool of communication
Role of communication and media in shaping and developing culture and art history
Role of communication and media in shaping and developing culture and art history
Basics of cultural theory, high and low culture
Basics of cultural theory, high and low culture
Artistic concepts in the context of mass culture
Artistic concepts in the context of mass culture
Astheticization of mass communication and the massification of artistic communication
Astheticization of mass communication and the massification of artistic communication
Mass media and the advertising industry - ethical and philosophical aspects, artistic potential
Mass media and the advertising industry - ethical and philosophical aspects, artistic potential
Skills
The ability to uncover the values of works of art throughout history
The ability to uncover the values of works of art throughout history
The ability to make one's own judgment in continuity with the values of historical and contemporary artefacts
The ability to make one's own judgment in continuity with the values of historical and contemporary artefacts
Aesthetic perception and the ability to have an aesthetic relationship with reality
Aesthetic perception and the ability to have an aesthetic relationship with reality
Presentation of art from the point of view of the specifics of individual types of art in connection with the technological possibilities of today
Presentation of art from the point of view of the specifics of individual types of art in connection with the technological possibilities of today
The ability to identify the role of communication and media in the formation and development of culture and art history
The ability to identify the role of communication and media in the formation and development of culture and art history
Demonstration of media literacy by accessing, interpreting and evaluating media messages
Demonstration of media literacy by accessing, interpreting and evaluating media messages
Recognition of the cultural and moral responsibility of the media
Recognition of the cultural and moral responsibility of the media
teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecturing
Lecturing
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
Monologic (Exposition, lecture, briefing)
Monologic (Exposition, lecture, briefing)
Individual work of students
Individual work of students
Text analysis
Text analysis
Analysis of a presentation
Analysis of a presentation
Analysis of a work of art
Analysis of a work of art
Projection (static, dynamic)
Projection (static, dynamic)
Educational trip
Educational trip
Skills
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
Analysis of a work of art
Analysis of a work of art
Experience (self-experience)
Experience (self-experience)
Activating (Simulation, games, dramatization)
Activating (Simulation, games, dramatization)
Activities related to graphics and visual arts
Activities related to graphics and visual arts
Methods for working with texts (Textbook, book)
Methods for working with texts (Textbook, book)
Dealing with situational issues - learning in situations
Dealing with situational issues - learning in situations
assessment methods
Knowledge
Systematic observation of the student
Systematic observation of the student
Analysis of the student's performance
Analysis of the student's performance
Preparation of a presentation
Preparation of a presentation
Preparation of a presentation, giving a presentation
Preparation of a presentation, giving a presentation
Analysis of a presentation given by the student
Analysis of a presentation given by the student
Text analysis
Text analysis
Analysis of a work of art
Analysis of a work of art
Analysis of seminar paper
Analysis of seminar paper
Recommended literature
  • ARNASON, Harvard H.; MANSFIELD, Elizabeth C. History of Modern Art: Painting, Sculpture, Architecture, Photography. 7th ed.. New Jersey: Pearson Education, Inc., 2013. ISBN 978-0205955480.
  • BARKER, Chris; JANE, Emma A. Cultural Studies: Theory and Practice. 5th ed.. London: SAGE Publications Ltd., 2016. ISBN 978-1473919457.
  • BAUDRILLARD, Jean. The Conspiracy of Art. New York: SEMIOTEXT(E),, 2005. ISBN 1584350288.
  • BERGER, John. Ways of Seeing. London: Penguin Books, 2008. ISBN 014103579X.
  • BLANCHÉ, Ulrich. Banksy: Urban Art in a Material World. Marburg: Tectum Verlag, 2016. ISBN 3828835414.
  • CAMPBELL, Richard; MARTIN, Christopher R.; FABOS, Bettina. Media & Culture: An Introduction to Mass Communication. 13th ed.. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin?s, 2021. ISBN 978-1-319-24493-4.
  • ECO, Umberto; DIXON, Richard. Inventing the Enemy and Other Occasional Writings. London: Vintage Books, 2013. ISBN 9780099553946.
  • MITCHELL, W. J. T. What Do Pictures Want?: The Lives and Loves of Images. Chicago: University Of Chicago Press, 2005. ISBN 9780226245904.
  • PELFREY, Robert H. Art and Mass Media. Harper & Row, 1985. ISBN 0060451122.
  • WALKER, John A. Art in the Age of Mass Media. 3rd ed.. London: Pluto Press, 2001. ISBN 978-0745317441.


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