History and Theory of Visual Arts and Architecture 1

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Learning outcomes of the course unit:

The course aim is not only to give a basic picture of the given excerpt of the development of European visual culture and provide a basic summary of works and style attributes which are an expression of our collective visual memory, but also to provide and cultivate instruments of a grasp and understanding of historical visual artefacts and their relationships and contexts.

Mode of study:

Lecture + screenings

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

Presumed basic bearing in the history of art and cultural history of Europe and a visual sensitivity required of a FAMU student.

Recommended optional programme components:

None

Course contents:

The Italian Renaissance and Antique Heritage

1. Birth of historical self-aware visual arts.

2. Concept of Renaissance art

3. Time in the fine arts and the time of fine arts (cross-section)

4. Arts and Science

5. Imaging systems, perspective problems, conventionalized visual language

6. Problems of innovation in the arts

7. Antique arts and the Renaissance image of the antique

8. The phenomenon of patronage and collecting.

9. Problem of genius and „teachability“ of art.

10. Arts and technology

11. Canon and aesthetic norms

12. The invention of the printing press and European visual culture

13. The problems of the center and the periphery

14. The contituent role of antique art

Recommended or required reading:

BALEKA, J. Výtvarné umění : Výkladový slovník. Praha : Academia, 1997. ISBN 80-200-0609-5

BOARDMAN, J. Řecké umění.Praha : Odeon, 1975.

BURKE, P. Italská renesance. Kultura a společnost v Itálii. Praha : Mladá fronta, 1996. ISBN 80-204-0589-5

DEBICKI, J., FAVRE, J.-F., GRÜNEWALD, D., PIMENTEL, A. F., Dějiny umění : malířství, sochařství, architektura. Praha : Argo, 2001. ISBN 80-7203-076-0

DVORSKÝ, J. (ed.) Dějiny českého výtvarného umění II : Od počátků renesance do závěru baroka. Praha : Academia, 1989. ISBN 80-200-0069-0

ECO, U. (ed.) Dějiny krásy. Praha : Argo, 2005. ISBN 80-7174-084-X

ECO, U. (ed.) Dějiny ošklivosti. Praha : Argo, 2007. ISBN 978-80-7203-893-0

GARIN, F. (ed.) Renesanční člověk a jeho svět. Praha : Vyšehrad 2003. ISBN 80-7021-653-0

GOMBRICH, E. H. Příběh umění. 2. vyd. Praha : Argo, Mladá fronta, 2003. ISBN 80-7203-143-0, 80-204-0685-9

HENCKMANN, W., LOTTER, K. Estetický slovník. Praha : Svoboda, 1995.

ISBN 80-205-0478-8

KOCH, W. Evropská architektura: encyklopedie evropské architektury od antiky po současnost. Praha : Ikar, 1998. ISBN 80-7202-388-8

LEGRAND, G. Renesance. Praha ? Litomyšl : Paseka, 2000. ISBN 80-7185-292-9

MARTIN, R. a kol. Slovník řecko-římské mytologie a kultury. Praha : EWA, 1993. ISBN 80-85764-02-4

SOURIAU, É. Encyklopedie estetiky. Praha : Victoria Publishing, 1994. ISBN 80-85605-18-X

ŠEVČÍK, O. Architektura ? historie ? umění. Kulturně-civilizační vývoj v Evropě od antiky do počátku 19. století. Praha : Grada, 2002. ISBN 80-247-0345-9; 2. vyd. Praha : Grada, 2007. ISBN 978-80-247-2032-6

VERNANT, J.-P. Řecký člověk a jeho svět. Praha : Vyšehrad, 2005. ISBN 80-7021-731-6

Planned learning activities and teaching methods:

Lecture

Assessment methods and criteria:

Attendance at lectures + completion of assignments.

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Note:

This course is scheduled once every three years. It will be scheduled 2009/10.

Further information:

No schedule has been prepared for this course

The subject is a part of the following study plans:

• Animation - Master (faculty subject, optional subject)
• Documentary Film - Master (faculty subject, optional subject)
• Documentary Film - Bachelor (faculty subject, optional subject)
• Animation - Master (faculty subject, optional subject)
• Scriptwriting and Dramaturgy - Bachelor (faculty subject, optional subject)
• Scriptwriting and Dramaturgy - Master (faculty subject, optional subject)
• Film Directing - Bachelor (faculty subject, optional subject)
• Film Directing - Master (faculty subject, optional subject)
• Cinematography - Bachelor (faculty subject, optional subject)
• Cinematography - Master (faculty subject, optional subject)
• Production - Bachelor (faculty subject, optional subject)
• Production - Master (faculty subject, optional subject)
• Audiovisual Studies - Bachelor (qualification subject, faculty subject, optional subject)
• Editing - Bachelor (faculty subject, optional subject)
• Editing - Master (faculty subject, optional subject)
• Sound Design - Bachelor (faculty subject, optional subject)
• Sound Design - Master (faculty subject, optional subject)
• Photography CZ - Bachelor (faculty subject, optional subject)
• Photography CZ - Master (faculty subject, optional subject)
• Audiovisual Studies - Master (qualification subject, faculty subject, optional subject)
• Restoring of Photogrphy (faculty subject, optional subject)