US_56 An Introduction to Aesthetics and General Theory of Art

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2015
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Jozef Cseres, PhD. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Dagmar Koudelková
Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Alena Taranzová
Supplier department: Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Wed 14:10–15:45 N51
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 240 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/240, only registered: 0/240, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/240
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
there are 10 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
Course objectives
The aim of this is course is to acquaint students with basic issues of aesthetics and categories as well as provide orientation in the labyrinth of different approaches to art as they were generated by the philosophical and aesthetic reflection of art. The course offers also actual forms of solution of the basic issues of philosophy, aesthetics and theory of art after their intentional separation from the beauty as well as after resignation of artists to the craftsmanship and production of sensually attractive pieces of art. Based on explication of concepts of the semantic form, new sensibility, anaesthetic, aesthetic thinking and world of art, the course provides the students with methodology for a meaningful contextual interpretation of the contemporary pieces of art.
Syllabus
  • 1. Development of philosophical and aesthetic reflection of performing and fine art from antiquity to 18th century
  • 2. Baumgarten´s concept of aesthetics as a theory of sensual perception
  • 3. Art in Kant´s Critique of Judgment and formalism in aesthetics
  • 4. Susanne Langer and semantic art form
  • 5. Structuralism and work of art
  • 6. Arthur Danto and the artworld
  • 7. Institutional theory of art
  • 8. Beauty and sublime in art
  • 9. Separation of modern art from beauty
  • 10. Art and the new sensibility
  • 11. Aesthetics and anaesthetics
  • 12. Wolfgang Welsch and aesthetic thinking
Literature
  • KULKA, Tomáš. Umění a falzum : monismus a dualismus v estetice. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 2004, 182 s. ISBN 802000954X. info
  • PTÁČKOVÁ, Brigita and Karel STIBRAL. Estetika na dlani. 1. vyd. Olomouc: Rubico, 2002, 150 s. ISBN 80-85839-79-2. info
  • ZUSKA, Vlastimil. Estetika : úvod do současnosti tradiční disciplíny. Vyd. 1. V Praze: Triton, 2001, 132 s. ISBN 8072541943. info
  • MATHAUSER, Zdeněk. Estetika racionálního zření. Vyd. 1. Praha: Karolinum, 1999, 161 s. ISBN 8071847925. info
  • ZUSKA, Vlastimil. Estetika na křižovatce humanitních disciplín. Vyd. 1. Praha: Karolinum, 1997, 198 s. ISBN 8071843792. info
  • KULKA, Tomáš. Umění a kýč. Praha: Torst, 1994, 183 s. ISBN 80-85639-17-3. info
  • TATARKIEWICZ, Władysław. Dejiny estetiky. Translated by Jozef Marušiak. Vyd. 1. V Bratislave: Tatran, 1991, 422 s. ISBN 8022201863. info
  • MARKALOUS, Bohumil. Estetika praktického života. Edited by Rudolf Chadraba - Marie Krulichová - Milena Vinařová. Vyd. 1. Praha: Odeon, 1989, 630 s. URL info
  • TATARKIEWICZ, Władysław. Dejiny estetiky. Translated by Jozef Marušiak. Vyd. 1. Bratislava: Tatran, 1988, 456 s. info
  • TATARKIEWICZ, Władysław. Dejiny estetiky. Translated by Jozef Marušiak. Bratislava: Tatran, 1985, 518 s. info
  • UTITZ, Emil. Dějiny estetiky. Vyd. 1. Praha: Nakladatelství československých výtvarných umělců, 1968, 119 s. URL info
  • GILBERTOVÁ, Katharine Everett and Helmut KUHN. Dějiny estetiky [Gilbertová, 1965]. Vyd. 1. Praha: Státní nakladatelství krásné literatury a umění, 1965, 502 s. info
Teaching methods
lectures, readings
Assessment methods
essay , examination - written test
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Teacher's information
http://www.phil.muni.cz/elf
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021.
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