DU2542m Seminar:

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2012
Extent and Intensity
0/2. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. et Mgr. Iva Adámková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Jiří Kroupa, CSc.
Department of Art History – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: prof. PhDr. Jiří Kroupa, CSc.
Supplier department: Department of Art History – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Tue 9:10–10:45 K33
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 15 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/15, only registered: 0/15, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/15
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Under the term ekfrasis (lat. descriptio) there is the literary or rhetorical unit in a broader sense understood, through which you can very clearly describe or portray the matter or fact. In a narrower sense, it is possible to mark an ekfrasis description of such literary works of art, which is trying through literary means to visualize the work and to make the reader to " viewer" , whom it suggests the visual image of the work. We meet the classical prototypes of these descriptions in the description of the Achileus schield from the Illias and of Aeneas shield from Virgils Aeneis. The width of the various options of the ekfrasis use in literary works, diverse intentions of the authors and literary tradition, however, go far beyond the framework, which classical rhetoric has set. The seminar will seek to provide the students with a wide range of different approaches to a substance that will make them an idea of ​​ekfrasis from ancient times through modern times. It will also be monitored continuous confrontation with antique patterns, which is constantly visible in both medieval and modern works, although the authors often try to distance themselves from these greats.
Syllabus
  • 1. Definition - on the border image and speech
  • 2. Basic functions of an ekfrasis - the sens of the descriptions in the text (rhetorical function, interpolation in storytelling, increasing tension, from image to text - it means to describe the image, paragone - rivalry with the other arts)
  • 3. Ekfrasis and its origins in the ancient world
  • 4. The Prototypes of ekfrasis :Homer and Virgil
  • 5. Filostratos "images", Dionysios of Halikarnassos, Lukianos of Samostate
  • 6. C. Claudianus - the link between antiquity and Middle Ages
  • 7. Abbot Suger and artistic monuments, the Bayeux tapestry - an image and his description
  • 8. Ekfrais - ancient descriptions by Titian and Leonardo
  • 9. Ekfrasis by Vasari
  • 10, The narrative tapestries - a Habsburgian propaganda
Literature
  • A. S. Becker, The Shield of Achilles and the Poetics of Ekphrasis, Lanham 1995
  • Michaela J. Marek, Ekphrasis und Herrscherallegorie: Antike Bildbeschreibung im Werk Tizians und Leonardos, Köln 1985
  • E. Panofsky, Essay zum Problem der Beschreibung und Inhaltsdeutung der bildenden Kunst, 1932.
  • G. Boehm – H. Pfotenhauer, (vyd.), Beschreibungskunst- Kunstbeschreibung: Ekphrasis von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart, Würzburg 1993
  • H. Wandhoff, Ekphrasis: Kunstbeschreibungen und virtuelle Räume in der Literatur des Mittelalters, Berlin 2003.
  • Ch. Ratkowitsch (vyd.), Die poetische Ekphrasis von Kunstwerken: eine literarische Tradition der Grossdichtung in Antike, Mittelalter und früher Neuzeit, Wien 2006.
Teaching methods
Seminar, reading of the texts.
Assessment methods
Credit for the written paper.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2013.
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