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Course: Art in the Context of Culture 2

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Course title Art in the Context of Culture 2
Course code KFI/UK2EN
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 6
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Doubravová Jarmila, Prof. PhDr. CSc.
Course content
Content: 1) The system of arts in the considerations of thinkers of the 18th century; fine arts and elegant arts. 2) Fine arts and considerations on beautiful sciences; final denial of beautiful sciences in Kant. 3) The emergence of the concept of plastic arts. 4) Classification of arts in the 19th century; relations among arts in Hegel and Schopenhauer. 5) Blurring the borderlines of art in the 19th and 20th century: art, handcraft, industry, and media. 6) The emergence of new arts in the 19th century: photography and cinematography. 7) New genres as peripheral cases of art: musical, operetta, comedy, popular music. 8) Definition of art in the 20th century theory: expressivity. 9) Definition of art in the 20th century theory: aesthetic experience. 10) Definition of art in the 20th century theory: symbolization. 11) Definition of art in the 20th century theory: revelation of truth. 12) Contemporary attempts to define art: relations of art to ethics. 13) Contemporary attempts to define art: intercultural imagination.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Discussion, Students' portfolio, Students' self-study, Lecture, Seminar
  • Contact hours - 52 hours per semester
  • Preparation for an examination (30-60) - 50 hours per semester
  • Presentation preparation (report) (1-10) - 10 hours per semester
  • Graduate study programme term essay (40-50) - 44 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
Course requires no special prior knowledge and skills.
learning outcomes
The course will enable students to describe the history of ways of understanding of what art is from 18th to 21st century. Students will understand particular theories of art; they will be able to explain the relations of these theories to the intellectual, social and cultural context of the period. They will be also able to analyse and compare theories of art on the basis of lecture of primary and secondary literature. Owing to the course, students will be also able to formulate presuppositions and consequences of various opinions on art and theories of art, which emerged in the period, and evaluate the meaning of these opinions and theories in the context of the European culture.
teaching methods
Lecture
Seminar
Discussion
assessment methods
Oral exam
Individual presentation at a seminar
Recommended literature
  • Benjamin, Walter; Ritter, Martin. Výbor z díla. I, Literárněvědné studie. Vyd. 1. Praha : OIKOYMENH, 2009. ISBN 978-80-7298-278-3.
  • Benjamin, Walter; Ritter, Martin. Výbor z díla. II, Teoretické pasáže. Vyd. 1. Praha : OIKOYMENH, 2011. ISBN 978-80-7298-456-5.
  • Croce, Benedetto. Aesthetika vědou výrazu a všeobecnou linguistikou. Praha, 1907.
  • Foster, H. Modern Art Culture. A Reader, London: Routledge, 2009. ISBN 0-415-23151-5.
  • Foster, Hal. Umění po roce 1900 : modernismus, antimodernismus, postmodernismus. V Praze : Slovart, 2007. ISBN 978-80-7209-952-8.
  • Gilbertová, K., Kuhn, E. Dějiny estetiky. Praha, 1965.
  • Goddman, Nelson. Jazyky umění. Nástin teorie symbolů. Praha : Karolinum, 2007.
  • Harris, J. Three Treatises: The First Concerning Art, the Second Concerning Music, Painting and Poetry, the Third Concerning Happiness. London: I Novrse & P. Vaillant, 1766.
  • Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich. Estetika. Sv. II.. Vyd. 1. Praha : Odeon, 1966.
  • Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich. Estetika. Sv. I. Vyd. 1. Praha : Odeon, 1966.
  • Kant, Immanuel. Kritika soudnosti. Praha : Odeon, 1975.
  • Kelly, Michael. Encyclopedia of aesthetics. New York : Oxford University Press, 1998. ISBN 0-19-512645-9.
  • Kristeller, P. O. The System of Modern Art. A study in the History of Aesthetics. Journal of the History of Ideas. 1952.
  • Kulka,T., Ciporanov, D.. Co je umění? Texty angloamerické estetiky 20. století. Č. Kostelec, 2010.
  • Lessing, G. E. Láokoón neboli o hranicích malířství a poezie. In: L., G. E., Hamburská dramaturgie, Láokoón, stati. Praha : Odeon, 1980.
  • Merleau-Ponty, M. Oko a duch a jiné eseje. Praha, 1971.
  • Patočka, J. Umění a čas II. Praha: Oikoymenh, 2004.
  • Patočka, J. Umění a čas I. Praha : OIKOYMENH, 2004.
  • Perniola, Mario. Estetika 20. století. Praha : Karolinum, 2000. ISBN 80-246-0213-X.
  • Schopenhauer, Arthur. Svět jako vůle a představa. Sv. 1. [1. vyd.]. Pelhřimov : Nová tiskárna Pelhřimov, 1997. ISBN 80-901916-4-9.
  • Schopenhauer, Arthur. Svět jako vůle a představa. Sv. 2. 1. vyd. Pelhřimov (Nová tiskárna Pelhřimov), 1998. ISBN 80-901916-4-9.
  • Tatarkiewicz, W. "What Is the Art? The Problem of Definition Today". British Journal of Aesthetics. 1971.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): European Cultural Studies (17-4) Category: Philosophy, theology 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): European Cultural Studies (17-4) Category: Philosophy, theology 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter
University of West Bohemia, date of update: 26.07.2024 23:53. Data created for academic year 2024/2025