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Course: Art in the context of visual and audiovisual culture

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Course title Art in the context of visual and audiovisual culture
Course code KVK/UVK
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 3
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)
  • Kovář Ivo, Prof. Dr.
  • Heringová Jitka, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Štich Petr, doc. PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Introduction to the specific subject. Organisational and operational issues. Assignment of the seminar work 2. Subjective and objective factors of interpretation of a work of art, active and passive approach, the relationship between creation, interpretation and communication. 3. Morphology, grammar, space and tectonics and their transformations in modern art in comparison with previous developments. 4. Art and reality. Ways of seeing. 5. Visual literacy as a key basis for specific interpretation with didactic focus. Interdisciplinary literacy as a complex communication with reality. 6. Interpretation of a work of art as a structured process I. Focus on modern and contemporary art - Phase 1: Iconography and sociology of art. 7. Interpretation of an artwork as a structured process II. Focus on Modern and Contemporary Art - Phase II: Psy-chology of Art 8. Interpretation of artwork as a structured process III. Focus on Modern and Contemporary Art - Phase III: Structure-Turalism and Semiotics 9. Non-traditional means and techniques of expression, their causes and methods Methods of use. 10. Forms of working with artwork in and out of school a) Gallery education b) Art in public space 11. Visit and seminar in the lecturing department of the NG in the Trade Fair Palace (6 hours) 12. Problems of interpretation of postmodern and contemporary art (plurality, post-production, appropriation, simulation, etc.)

Learning activities and teaching methods
  • Contact hours - 26 hours per semester
  • Preparation for an examination (30-60) - 40 hours per semester
  • Preparation for comprehensive test (10-40) - 30 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
to clarify some facts in artistic culture at the level of grammar education.
Skills
to apply knowledge (concepts, facts, ideas) about artistic culture in dialogues with experts and lay people.
Competences
N/A
learning outcomes
Knowledge
to express the arguments for defending the importance of art and audiovisual culture in human / society life and in general education;
to characterize basic theories of art, visual and audiovisual culture;
to characterize some tendencies in visual arts in the past and the present.
Skills
to use professional and convincing arguments in discussions on the importance of arts and arts activities in general education;
to reveal the artistic nature of the visual effect of the visual products of the subject world of their consumer;
to interpret contemporary art and other expressions of visual and audiovisual culture;
to plan educational activities for secondary school students focused on the critical interpretation of visual and audiovisual culture.
Competences
N/A
teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecture
Multimedia supported teaching
Self-study of literature
Skills
Interactive lecture
Lecture supplemented with a discussion
Competences
Textual studies
Self-study of literature
assessment methods
Knowledge
Test
Oral exam
Skills
Oral exam
Test
Competences
Oral exam
Test
Recommended literature
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  • Berger, John; Blomberg, Sven; Fox, Chris; Dibb, Michael; Hollis, Richard. Způsoby vidění. 1. vydání. 2016. ISBN 978-80-87260-78-4.
  • 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.
  • BOULEZ, P.; STOCKHAUSEN, K.; LIGETI, G.; SCHAEFFER, P.; XENAKIS, I. et al., FULKA, J.; BLÁHA, J.; PETŘÍČEK, J. a ZVĚŘINA, P. Myšlenky moderních skladatelů. Praha: Herrmann. 2022.
  • Čapek, Jakub. Maurice Merleau-Ponty. 2012. ISBN 978-80-7007-379-7.
  • DANTO, A. C. Po konci umění: současné umění a oblast mimo dějiny. Praha: Academia, 2021. ISBN 978-80-200-3289-8.
  • Dempseyová, Amy; Matas, Jiří; Zvelebilová, Kateřina; Koláč, Miroslav. Umělecké styly, školy a hnutí. [Praha], 2002. ISBN 80-7209-402-5.
  • Foster, Hal. Umění po roce 1900. Praha, 2015.
  • Freeland, Cynthia A. Teorie umění. Praha, 2011.
  • Hicks, Alistair. Průvodce světem současného umění. Zlín, 2017.
  • Jankovičová, Sabina; Karous, Pavel,; Kořínková, Jana,; Pospiszyl, Tomáš. Vetřelci a volavky = Aliens and herons : atlas výtvarného umění ve veřejném prostoru v Československu v období normalizace (1968-1989). 2015. ISBN 978-80-260-9094-6.
  • Manovich, L. Principy nových médií In Teorie vědy/Theory of Science. 2002.
  • Mirzoeff, Nicholas. Úvod do vizuální kultury. Praha, 2012.
  • Mitchell, W. J. T. Teorie obrazu : eseje o verbální a vizuální reprezentaci. 2016. ISBN 978-80-246-3202-5.
  • Mitchell, William John Thomas. Teorie obrazu. Praha, 2016.
  • Panofsky, Erwin. Příspěvek k historii pojmu starší teorie umění. Praha, 2014.
  • Smith, Edward. Artoday [i. e. Art today] = Současné světové umění. Praha : Slovart, 1996. ISBN 80-85871-97-1.
  • Svoboda, Jiří A. Počátky umění. Praha, 2011.
  • Zálešák, Jan. Minulá budoucnost. Brno, 2013.


Study plans that include the course
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University of West Bohemia in Pilsen, date of update: 23.04.2025 23:52. Data created for academic year 2025/2026