AES_301 Prehistoric Art in Europe

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2022

The course is not taught in Spring 2022

Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Taught in person.
Teacher(s)
Mgr. et Mgr. Ludmila Kaňáková Hladíková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. et Mgr. Ludmila Kaňáková Hladíková, Ph.D.
Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jitka Šibíčková
Supplier department: Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Prerequisites
- basic orientation in prehistoric chronology and sources treatment methodology
- interest in subject
- interest in virtual learning
- ability to distinguish between fair/unfair interpretations
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 30 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/30, only registered: 0/30, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/30
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
there are 15 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
Course objectives
The course is focused on modern study of prehistoric "art" representations from the oldest Palaeolithic evidence to the beginning of Protohistory. The course involves both modern research and analytical methodology, and information on technique, application, realisation and motifs/themes. History of research and an up-to-date compendium of researchers are included, too.
Main objectives:
- orientation in methodology
- critical analysis of sources
- interpretations based on analysis, not on impressions and "second-hand" allegations
- ability to make analysis
- up-to-date compendium of research centres, teams and projects
- knowledge of the main characteristics of art in each of the prehistoric periods
Learning outcomes
After completion of the course, student will be able to:
- perceive the prehistoric art as a set of archaeological information
- get rid of aestheticising perception and prejudice
- identify the process of artistic visualisation and its components
- analyse the typical attributes and identify a piece of art with relevant prehistoric period or cultural sphere
- choose the relevant interpretation context based on the analysis of attributes
- distinguish between assumption and hypothesis regarding the content and meaning of a piece of art
Syllabus
  • 1. Prehistoric art - definition, geography, chronology, classification of techniques, means, materials, motifs, themes, symbology. Dating possibilities. Protection (legal protection, material protection) and the importance of documentation and recording.
  • 2. Palaeolithic art I: chronology, the oldest evidence, history of research. Art variations in West, Central and East Europe.
  • 3. Palaeolithic art II: West European region, relative chronology and the system by Leroi-Gourhan, characteristics, techniques, themes. Demonstration of examples and analysis.
  • 4. Palaeolithic art III: East European sphere of portable art, context, characteristics, techniques, themes. Demonstration of examples and analysis. Peripheral regions of Palaeolithic art - Balkans, Italy.
  • 5. Palaeolithic art IV: Central Europe, the oldest art in the world, characteristics, techniques, themes. Demonstration of examples and analysis.
  • 6. Palaeolithic art V: analysis, interpretation (Leroi-Gourhan, Laming-Emperaire, Breuil, Dawson...).
  • 7. Holocene art I: chronology, theory of Great Art Eclipse, Epipalaeolithic art (Azilian, Romanillian, arte lineal geométrico) and Mesolithic art (Scandinavia, Lepenski Vir), introduction to Levantine art.
  • 8. Holocene art II: Levantine art, location, state of preservation, history of research and interpretations, techniques, significance of analogy and style, superpositions with other styles (Baldellou, Beltrán, ...).
  • 9. Holocene art III: Autonomous and applied art of the Neolithic, especially in Central Europe and the Balkans - idols, models of objects, appliqués on pottery, cultural relations, symbology, interpretation.
  • 10. Holocene art IV: chronological and stylistic position of schematic, megalithic and petroglyphic art, their reciprocal relations or delimitation, geography, main centres, problems of dating outside the archaeological context. Analysis of schematic and megalithic art.
  • 11. Holocene art V: Analysis of European steles and petroglyphs.
  • 12. Holocene art VI: Portable art and applied art of post-Neolithic prehistoric periods, especially in Central Europe and the Balkans.
Literature
    recommended literature
  • LEWIS-WILLIAMS, J. David and D. G. PEARCE. Uvnitř neolitické mysli : vědomí, vesmír a říše bohů. Translated by Alena Faltýsková. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 2008, 398 s. ISBN 9788020016447. info
  • LEWIS-WILLIAMS, J. David. Mysl v jeskyni : vědomí a původ umění. Translated by Alena Faltýsková. Vydání 1. Praha: Academia, 2007, 402 stran. ISBN 9788020015181. info
  • KERÉNYI, Karl. Věda o mytologii. Edited by Carl Gustav Jung. Vyd. 3., brožované 1. V Brně: Nakladatelství Tomáše Janečka, 2004, 229 s. ISBN 8085880326. info
    not specified
  • studijní zdroje přímo v kurzu/furher reading directly in course
Teaching methods
The course is held in the form of lectures with discussion.
The course has a full e-learning version, which involves 12 lectures. Every lecture includes self-learning texts with rich visual demonstrations, training modules (analysis and expert knowledge), further reading and test.
Active work with furher reading in foreign language is supposed.
Assessment methods
Evaluation is based on
- immediate evaluation by oral test in every lesson, it serves as a feed-back for understanding the principles of analysis
- quality of obligatory exploration of facts from an article (in foreign language)
- active participation in discussions
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught once in three years.
The course is taught: every week.
Teacher's information
https://elf.phil.muni.cz/elf2/course/category.php?id=99
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