DU1719 Seminar: The Art of the Contemporary World from Courbet to Bill Viola I

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2019
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Ing. Marcela Rusinko, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Ing. Marcela Rusinko, Ph.D.
Department of Art History – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Ing. Marcela Rusinko, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Art History – Faculty of Arts
Prerequisites
Good English language skills.
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
Course objectives
To develop in students specific competences for working in the filed of history of modern and contemporary art.
Learning outcomes
Student will be able to articulate main differences between art (in the broadest context) of pre-modern and modern/contemporary periods. (S)he will be able to relate key artistic programs/movements and artistic personalities into relevant social and cultural context. (S)he will be able to independently define, research and write an essay (seminar work) on some aspect of modern/contemporary art.
Syllabus
  • To be submitted at the beginning of the semester.
Literature
  • Modern art movements (Orig.) : Moderní umění. info
  • modern art
  • FOSTER, Hal. Art since 1900 : modernism, antimodernism, postmodernism. 1st pub. London: Thames & Hudson, 2004, 704 s. ISBN 0500238189. info
  • HOPKINS, David. After modern art, 1945-2000. 1st pub. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000, v, 282. ISBN 0192842811. info
Teaching methods
lecture, discussion, independent research
Assessment methods
written essay or project
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2019, recent)
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