FF:DU0101 Introduction - History of Art

DU0101 The ABC of the Art History I

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2008

Extent and Intensity

2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Michaela Šeferisová Loudová, Ph.D. (lecturer)

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Timetable

Wed 10:00–11:35 B11

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

Course objectives

Propaedeutic of discipline History of Art.

Syllabus

1. Object of History of Art - his material, time and geographical definition. & 2. Arthistorical Categories (architecture, sculpture, painting, applied arts, photography). & 3. Arthistorical institutions. & 4. Chronology in History of Art - Style and epoch. & 5. "Seeing" a "knowledge" as a precondition of work of the art historian. & 6. Description of work of art and his purpose. & 7. Problems of authorship, date and place of origin of artistic works. & 8. Original, copy, forgery - "aura" of work of art. & 9. History of Art and other humanistic disciplines. & 10. Main arthistorical methods and techniques. &

Literature

Bauer, H. Kunsthistorik. München 1990.
Hans Belting - Heinrich Dilly (ed.). Kunstgeschichte. Eine Einführung. Berlin 1988 (3. vydání); Berlin 1991 (4. vydání).

Assessment methods

Examination - written test.

Language of instruction

Czech

Follow-Up Courses

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course is taught annually.
General note: Předmět je nutné zapsat v prvním, propedeutickém roce studia.

Listed among pre-requisites of other courses