Fine Arts Of 20th Century 1

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Subject guarantor:

Tomáš POSPISZYL

Name of lecturer(s):

Tomáš POSPISZYL

Learning outcomes of the course unit:

The lecture aims, divided into two semester blocks, are to acquaint students with the development of the broadly defined fine arts from the beginning of the 20th century to the present. The presentation will not be limited to merely a description or comparison of individual artists or artistics currents but will focus on a wider social-historical context in the development of modern art including relations to related artistic disciplines. Individual topics, covered chronologically, present the social changes of the audience and artists, marking the relationships between technological development and artistic media and focuses on the contemporary arts scene in the globalized world. Attention will paid to modernism theor and possible methodological approaches to the culture of the 20th century. Independent blocks will be dedicated to important figures in art of the last 100 years but also topics in world mass culture of which the cultural production dynamics of our civilization will be explained.

Mode of study:

Lecture and presentation of image material, moderated discussion.

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

None

Course contents:

3, Oct.. What is modern art?

Urban capitalism, availability of depiction, Paris, museum, exhibitions, commodification of art, art reproduction.

Who is the modern artist?

Charles Baudelaire, Painter of Modern Life. In: Charles Baudelaire: Reflection on some Contemporaries, Odeon, Praha 1968, pps. 594 -600.

10. Oct. No lecture.

17. Oct.

Depiction, „reality,“ human vision and science, photography, impressionism, Cezanne, Kupka.

Splitting the atom and works of art. Cubism and exempt letters. Practical use of the avant garde art in war.

24. Oct.

Art and revolution: Futurism. From Dada to Collage. From Malevič and Tatlina to photomontage

31. Oct.

10. Marcel Duchamp

Recommended reading: Jindřich Chalupecký, Úděl umělce, Duchampovské meditace, Torst, Praha 1998

7. Nov.

Institutionally established modern art: Bauhaus, MoMA, Expansion of forms of modern art: Kinetism, Zdeněk Pešánek

Recommended readings: Paul Klee, Pedagogický náčrtník, Triáda, Praha 1999

Jiří Zemánek, Zdeněk Pe" Gánek 1896-1965, Národní galerie, Praha 1997

14. Nov. No lecture

21. Nov.

Reaction against modern art: High and low. art and kitsch. Art and ideology. Primitivism. Art Brute.

Recommended readings: Clement Greenberg, Avantgarda a kýč. In: Revue Labyrint, číslo 7 - 8, Praha 2000, str. 69 - 74.

Jean Dubuffet, Dusivá kultura, Herrmann a synové, Praha 1998

28 Nov. No lecture

5. Dec.

American Post-war art: Abstract Expressionism and Jackson Pollock: from painting to event art.

Required reading: Clement Greenberg, Modernistická malba. IN: Před Obrazem, OSVU, Praha 1998, str. 35-42.

12. Dec.

Post-war art in Europe: New Realism, Yves Klein

Recommended reading: Akce, slovo, pohyb, prostor, Galerie hlavního měta Prahz, 1999

19. Dec.

Situationism

Recommended reading: Guy Debord, Zpráva o konstrukci situací a o podmínkách organizace a působení mezinárodní situacionistické tendence. In: Sešit pro umění, teorii a příbuzné zóny, 4-5/2008, str. 7- 30.

Greil Marcus, Stopy rtěnky, tajná historie dvacátého století, Votobia, Olomouc 1998.

Recommended or required reading:

Required:

Charles Baudelaire, Malíř moderního života. In: Charles Baudelaire: Úvahy o některých současnících, Odeon, Praha 1968, str. 594 - 600.

Clement Greenberg, Modernistická malba. IN: Před obrazem, OSVU, Praha 1998, str. 35-42.

Generally recommended:

Amy Dempseyová, Umělecké styly, školy a hnutí, nakladatelství Slovart, Praha 2002.

hal foster, Rosalind Kraussová, Yve-Alain Bois, Benjamin Buchloh, Umění po roce 1900, Slovart 2007

Richard Osborne, Dan Strugis, Natalie Turner, Teorie umění, Portál, Praha 2008

Assessment methods and criteria:

Lecture attendance and required text readings.

Completion of the oral exam: the student randomly picks a question related to one of the lecture topics.

Grading:

Attendance and participation in lectures: 20%

Oral exam: 80%

Course web page:

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Note:

none

Further information:

This course is an elective for all AMU students

Schedule for winter semester 2016/2017:

	06:00–08:0008:00–10:0010:00–12:0012:00–14:0014:00–16:0016:00–18:0018:00–20:0020:00–22:0022:00–24:00
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu	místnost 207 Učebna 2 (Lažanský palác) POSPISZYL T. 12:20–13:55 (přednášková par. 1)
Fri

Date	Day	Time	Tutor	Location	Notes	No. of paralel
	Thu	12:20–13:55	Tomáš POSPISZYL	Učebna 2 Lažanský palác		přednášková par. 1

Schedule for summer semester 2016/2017:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

The subject is a part of the following study plans:

• Photography CZ - Bachelor (qualification subject, faculty subject, optional subject)
• Audiovisual Studies - Bachelor (qualification subject, faculty subject, optional subject)