ESAA31 Arts – Aesthetics – Politics

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2017
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
PhD Kenneth Hay (lecturer), doc. Mgr. Rostislav Niederle, Ph.D. (deputy)
prof. Kenneth Gordon Hay (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Rostislav Niederle, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. PhDr. Petr Osolsobě, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Petr Osolsobě, Ph.D.
Department of Aesthetics – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Ing. Ivana Vašinová
Supplier department: Department of Aesthetics – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Mon 2. 10. 17:30–19:05 B2.34, Tue 3. 10. 17:30–19:05 B2.34, Wed 4. 10. 17:30–19:05 U36, Thu 5. 10. 17:30–19:05 B2.13, Mon 9. 10. 17:30–19:05 B2.34, Tue 10. 10. 17:30–19:05 B2.34, Wed 11. 10. 17:30–19:05 U36, Thu 12. 10. 17:30–19:05 B2.13
Prerequisites
No preliminary requisities are required. The course is lectured in English without translation.
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 35 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 1/35, only registered: 0/35, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/35
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
there are 6 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
Course objectives
The goal of the course is to introduce into ideas of contemporary fine art. Eight lectures consists of themes of contemporary art and aesthetics: an overview, Italian aesthetic motives in European heritage, a derridian concept of meaning, ideas of contemporary artworks in general, art and aesthetics as well as art education in Great Britain.
Syllabus
  • 2. 10. Marxist Aesthetics: Tolstoy-Della Volpe (room B2.34) 3. 10. Ambrogio Lorenzetti (Allegories of Good and Bad Government) (room B2.34) 4. 10. Rowlandson's satirical cartoons (room U36) 5. 10. Goya (room B2.13) 9. 10. Courbet (room B2.34) 10.10. Russian Revolutionary art 1917-30 (room B2.34) 11.10. Picasso’s “Guernica" (room U36) 12.10. Diego Rivera’s Mexican Murals (room B2.13)
Literature
  • Estetika na přelomu milénia : vybrané problémy současné estetiky. Translated by Pavel Zahrádka. Vyd. 1. Brno: Barrister & Principal, 2010, 486 s. ISBN 9788087474112. info
Teaching methods
Lectures in English.
Assessment methods
Written essay in Czech or English on given theme of 10000 signs.
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
Information on completion of the course: ústní kolokvium nebo krátký esej (vždy v angličtině)
The course is taught only once.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: bloková výuka během března 2015.
Information on course enrolment limitations: znalost angličtiny nutná
Teacher's information
http://www.jstor.org/stable/427326
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2021.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2017, recent)
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