Course: History of Visual Culture 4

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Course title History of Visual Culture 4
Course code KKTS/MD4DK
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
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)
  • Stanická Silvie, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
The course introduces key themes of modernism, its extreme positions in art (avant-garde) and visual communication (propaganda) and topics (industrialization, modern city, social consciousness, body and gaze, subject, nation, institutionalization of art, consumption) using examples from the visual culture of the first and second half of the 20th century.

Learning activities and teaching methods
  • Participation in classes - 26 hours per semester
  • Preparation for examination - 30 hours per semester
  • Home preparation for classes - 19 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
Základní znalost dějiny kultury.
Základní znalost dějiny kultury.
Skills
The student can work with professional literature.
The student can work with professional literature.
learning outcomes
Knowledge
Define the basic concepts of visual culture of the first and second half of the 20th century (e.g. modernism, avant-garde, etc.)
Define the basic concepts of visual culture of the first and second half of the 20th century (e.g. modernism, avant-garde, etc.)
Define 20th century movements and trends
Define 20th century movements and trends
Define key themes of the 20th century - e.g. industrialisation, modern city, social consciousness, body and gaze, subject, nation, institutionalisation of art, consumption
Define key themes of the 20th century - e.g. industrialisation, modern city, social consciousness, body and gaze, subject, nation, institutionalisation of art, consumption
Name the most important art shows, major domestic and international galleries
Name the most important art shows, major domestic and international galleries
Define and contextualize selected works of art
Define and contextualize selected works of art
Skills
Ability to place works of visual culture in the historical context of the second half of the 20th century in the Czech Republic and the world
Ability to place works of visual culture in the historical context of the second half of the 20th century in the Czech Republic and the world
Ability to interpret visual culture in a given period
Ability to interpret visual culture in a given period
Name the most important works of art and their authors
Name the most important works of art and their authors
Ability to interpret a work of art in relation to a given period
Ability to interpret a work of art in relation to a given period
Ability to work with the aesthetic category of applied art and the differences between design and craft.
Ability to work with the aesthetic category of applied art and the differences between design and craft.
teaching methods
Knowledge
Monologic (Exposition, lecture, briefing)
Monologic (Exposition, lecture, briefing)
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
Analysis of a work of art
Analysis of a work of art
Skills
Monologic (Exposition, lecture, briefing)
Monologic (Exposition, lecture, briefing)
Projection (static, dynamic)
Projection (static, dynamic)
Educational trip
Educational trip
assessment methods
Knowledge
Written examination
Written examination
Recommended literature
  • Barthes, Roland. Mytologie. 1. vyd. v českém jazyce. Praha : Dokořán, 2004. ISBN 808656973X.
  • BERGER, John, Sven BLOMBERG, Christyan FOX, Michael DIBB a Richard HOLLIS. Způsoby vidění. Praha: Labyrint, 2016. ISBN 9788087260784.
  • BOIS, Yve-Alain a BUCHLOH, Benjamin a FOSTER, Hal a KRAUSSOVÁ, Rosalind. Umění po roce 1900: Modernismus, antimodernismus, postmodernismus.. Slovart, 2015. ISBN 9788073919757.
  • HÁJEK, Václav. Jak rozpoznat odpadkový koš: eseje o stereotypech ve vizuální kultuře. Praha: Labyrint, 2011. ISBN 978-80-87260-31-9.
  • Mirzoeff, Nicholas (ed.) . The Visual Culture Reader (2nd ed. ed.). . London: Routledge, 2002. ISBN 0-415-25222-9.
  • MIRZOEFF, Nicholas. Úvod do vizuální kultury. Praha : Academia, 2012. ISBN 9788020019844.
  • MITCHELL, W. J. T. Teorie obrazu: eseje o verbální a vizuální reprezentaci.. Praha: Karolinum, 2016. ISBN 978-80-246-3202-5.
  • SVATOŇOVÁ, Kateřina. Odpoutané obrazy: archeologie českého virtuálního prostoru. Praha: Karolinum, 2013. ISBN 978-80-200-2273-8.


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