VV031 Basics of Fine Art I

Faculty of Informatics
Autumn 2008
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 1 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Petra Kačírková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Vítězslav Švalbach (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. Ing. Jiří Sochor, CSc.
Department of Visual Computing – Faculty of Informatics
Contact Person: doc. Mgr. Vítězslav Švalbach
Timetable
Mon 14:00–15:50 D1
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
there are 36 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
Course objectives
The history and the theory of fine art and related visual arts, including design and multimedia.
Syllabus
  • The prehistorical cave paintings, the meaning of visual representantion as immediate „corpus delicti“.
  • Egypt - Old , Middle and New Kingdoms, Mezopotamia
  • Greece - definition of the fundamental visual movements
  • Rome - definition of the fundamental visual movements
  • Christianity - romanesque period and the transformation to gothic period
  • Visiting the exposition of the Anthropos Pavilion
  • Gothic period - introduction into the fundamental areas of ther visual, formal qualities and their significance
  • Renaissance - early period
  • Renaissance - climactic period
  • Renaissance - late period
  • Baroque Art - early and climactic period
  • Baroque Art – late period, rococo
  • Classicism
Literature
  • KROUPA, Jiří. Dějiny umění a vizuální kultury: od antiky k renesanci (History of Art and Visual Cultures: from Antiquity to Renaissance). In Jiří Kroupa, Dějiny umění a vizuální kultury: od antiky k renesanci (sylaby Univerzity třetího věku). První. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2006, p. 2-28. info
  • PIJOÁN, José and Jiří PECHAR. Dějiny umění. Vyd. 4., v Knižním klubu 1. V Praze: Knižní klub, 1998, 334 s. ISBN 8071767646. info
  • PIJOÁN, José. Dějiny umění. Translated by Miloslava Neumannová. Vyd. 3. Praha: Odeon, 1991, 334 s. ISBN 8020700986. info
Assessment methods
Lectures. Credits based on the written essey and the test.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2002, Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024.
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