Course: The Hermeneutics of Arts Discussion

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Course title The Hermeneutics of Arts Discussion
Course code KVK/HERVP
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
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)
  • Nová Holoubková Olga, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Kovář Ivo, Prof. Dr.
Course content
1. Hermeneutics as science and art of interpretation. Hermeneutical identity of the work. Art as a subject of interpretation. 2. Hermeneutic circle. Better and worse understanding. 3. Content, concept and meaning. Formation of meaning, "meaning making". 4. Formation of meaning in content transformation. E. Panofsky: the primary meaning of factual, expressive, secondary importance - conventional, internal meaning 5. Forming context and quote. Content, meaning and meaning. Inner word and strange sense. The components of art experience in the context of Goodman's symbolization theory 6. From the obvious to the incomprehension of understanding. Rules Needed. Critical method. Chladeni and Meier's hermeneutics 7. From faith to perceived regularity to the relativity of subjective interpretation. Romantic hermeneutics. Dilthey's hermeneutic method 8. Hermeneutical canons of subject and object. Schleiermachero's hermeneutics. The problem of misunderstanding and misunderstanding 9. Aesthetic or artistic experience is the gateway to the interpretation of the work. Hermeneutic experience of art 10. The beauty of understanding "beauty" from the ancient approach to Good and Truth. The concept of beauty in tradition and the critique of its problematic in the current context 11. Reference as the basic unit of interpretation. Excursion on symbolization: Semiotics, Semiology, Semantics 12. Objectivizing and subjective aspects of hermeneutic interpretation. Historical and regional cultural context in relation to the co-text and its implications for the interpretation of the artistic expression 13. Visual studies in the context of reference theory. Unlimited semeosis and hermetic drift

Learning activities and teaching methods
  • Preparation for an examination (30-60) - 40 hours per semester
  • Contact hours - 26 hours per semester
  • Undergraduate study programme term essay (20-40) - 30 hours per semester
  • Presentation preparation (report) (1-10) - 10 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
to demonstrate basic knowledge of the history of fine arts and art culture.
Skills
to demonstrate the basic skills of reception, analytical interpretation and evaluation of the artefact;
to conduct a dialogue on the artefact, and to justify their judgments with arguments.
Competences
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learning outcomes
Knowledge
to explain the content of terms logically in the cognitive context of the field and in the desired broader interdisciplinary or philosophical context;
to use expert concepts in the analysis, respectively. criteria, interpretation, interpretation, judging and evaluation of artistic expressions, not only artistic;
to justify their interpretations, judgments and judgments on artistic expression with support in terms of hermeneutics, the hermeneutical concept of experience and the communication (dialogical) concept of the hermeneutic circle;
to apply theoretical knowledge to the hermeneutical interpretation of concrete artistic expressions;
to present, to justify and defend their interpretations and to discuss their alternatives in order to find better interpretations (in the reflective dialogue in the group);
to describe and explain the links between the creative aspect of his art activity, his conception of visual expressions or visuality and his interpretations of art expressions;
to clarify some facts from the historical development of hermeneutics and to explain their contribution to the contemporary concept of the interpretation of visual expression and visual culture;
to describe and explain the differences and connections between hermeneutic interpretation and other influential approaches to interpretation (art criticism, art history);
to know key hermeneutical concepts and principles;
to interpret the basic theories and terminology of hermeneutics used to describe the form and content of the expression.
Skills
to apply theoretical knowledge to the hermeneutical interpretation of concrete artistic expressions;
to apply professional terms, respectively. criteria used to analyze, interpret, interpret, conjecture and evaluate artistic expressions, not only artistic;
to present, justify and defend their interpretations in the reflective dialogue in the group and discuss their alternatives in order to find better interpretations;
to describe and justify the links between the creative aspect of his art activity, his concept of art expressions and his interpretations of art expressions;
to describe and justify the differences and connections between hermeneutic interpretation and other influential approaches to interpretation (art criticism, art history);
to apply the basic theories and terminology of hermeneutics to the description of the form and content of the expression.
Competences
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teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecture
Lecture supplemented with a discussion
Discussion
Lecture with visual aids
Multimedia supported teaching
Seminar
Self-study of literature
Textual studies
Skills
Interactive lecture
Collaborative instruction
Cooperative instruction
Students' portfolio
Skills demonstration
Task-based study method
Individual study
Seminar
Practicum
Competences
Lecture
Seminar
Practicum
assessment methods
Knowledge
Continuous assessment
Seminar work
Written exam
Oral exam
Skills
Seminar work
Portfolio
Individual presentation at a seminar
Combined exam
Skills demonstration during practicum
Practical exam
Self-evaluation
Competences
Oral exam
Skills demonstration during practicum
Recommended literature
  • Bláha, J. Výtvarné umění a hudba. I/2, Tvar, prostor a čas.. Praha: Togga, 2013. ISBN 978-80-7476-019-8.
  • Bláha, Jaroslav. Výtvarné umění a hudba. I, Tvar, prostor a čas. 2012. ISBN 978-80-87258-69-9.
  • Dytrtová, Kateřina; Raudenský, Martin. Ko-text : tvar, zvuk a gesto, tvůrce, učitel a žák. Vydání první. 2015. ISBN 978-80-7414-920-7.
  • Eco, Umberto. Meze interpretace. Praha : Karolinum, 2004. ISBN 80-246-0740-9.
  • FRIEDRICH, T. Bildsemiotik. Grundlagen und exemplarische Analysen visueller Kommunikation. Basel : Birkhäuser Verlag GmbH, 2017. ISBN 978-3-0356-1220-2.
  • Grondin, Jean. Úvod do hermeneutiky. 1. vyd. Praha : Oikoymenh, 1997. ISBN 80-86005-43-7.
  • Holden KELM - Dorothea MEIER (eds.). Der Mensch und die Kunst bei Friedrich Schleiermacher : Beiträge zur Anthropologie und Ästhetik. Berlin : De Gruyter, 2023. ISBN 978-3-11-100732-8.
  • Jennifer HAM - Ulrich KINZEL- David TSE-CHIEN PAN (eds.). The origins of German self-cultivation : "Bildung" and the future of the humanities. New York ; Oxford : Berghahn Books, 2023. ISBN 978-1-80073-860-7.
  • JUREČKOVÁ MALIŠOVÁ, V. Výuka dějin umění a rozvoj percepčních, verbálních a hodnotících dovedností studentů. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, 2015. ISBN 978-80-244-4637-0.
  • NIELSEN, C. R. Gadamer's hermeneutical aesthetics : art as a performative, dynamic, communal event.,. New York ; London: Routledge, 2023. ISBN 978-1-003-18156-9.


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