DU2782 Central European Avant-Gardes of the 1920s and 1930s

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2015
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Alena Pomajzlová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Alena Pomajzlová, Ph.D.
Department of Art History – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: prof. PhDr. Alena Pomajzlová, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Art History – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Mon 17:30–19:05 K31
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
In the end of this course students will be able to interpret Czech avant-garde mouvement in the context of Central European art.
Syllabus
  • 1. Definition of the topic: concept of Avant-garde art, local boundaries. 2. International character of the Avant-garde art. 3. Devětsil and Karel Teige. 4. Expansion of constructivism and abstraction: Bauhaus.5. Art in Poland, Hungary etc. 6. Art magazines. 7. Surrealism. 8. End of the 30s.
Literature
  • Devětsil : Czech avant-garde art, architecture and design of the 1920s and 30s (Variant.) : Devětsil : the Czech avant-garde of the 1920s and 30s. info
  • Brněnský Devětsil a multimediální přesahy umělecké avantgardy. Edited by Petr Ingerle - Lucie Česálková. Vydání první. V Brně: Moravská galerie v Brně, 2014, 135 stran. ISBN 9788070272763. info
  • Central European avant-gardes : exchange and transformation, 1910-1930. Edited by Péter Nádas - Timothy O. Benson - Monika Krol. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 2003, 447 s. ISBN 0262025221. info
  • Between worlds : a sourcebook of Central European avant-gardes, 1910-1930. Edited by Éva Forgács - Timothy O. Benson. 1st MIT Press ed. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 2002, 735 s. ISBN 0262025302. info
  • SRP, Karel. Karel Teige. 1. vyd. Praha: Torst, 2001, 164 s. ISBN 80-7215-152-5. info
  • MANSBACH, Steven A. Modern art in Eastern Europe : from the Baltic to the Balkans, ca. 1890-1939. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999, xvi, 384 s. ISBN 0-521-45085-3. info
  • Český surrealismus :1929-1953. Edited by Lenka Bydžovská - Karel Srp. 1. vyd. Praha: Galerie hlavního města Prahy, 1996, 485 s. ISBN 80-7010-047-8. info
  • ANDĚL, Jaroslav and Alena ADLEROVÁ. Umění pro všechny smysly : meziválečná avantgarda v Československu. Vyd. 1. Praha: Národní galerie v Praze, 1993, 239 s. ISBN 8070350563. info
  • Czech modernism, 1900-1945. Edited by Jaroslav Anděl - Anne Tucker - Alison de Lima Greene - Ralph McKay -. First edition. Houston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1989, 263 stran. ISBN 0821217631. info
Teaching methods
Lectures.
Assessment methods
Essay and written test.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2019.
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