DU1903 Debates and Topics in the Study of Modern and Contemporary Visual Cultures

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2023
Extent and Intensity
2/0/2. 8 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: z (credit). Other types of completion: zk (examination), k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Ladislav Kesner, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Ladislav Kesner, Ph.D.
Department of Art History – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Art History – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Mon 12:00–13:40 K31, except Mon 13. 11.
Prerequisites
Good English language proficiency.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
The course aims at: 1) providing the students with a range of perspectives on some of the key issues and topics in visual arts and visual culture of XX and XXI century 2) providing students with a selection of concepts and theories for thinking on modern and contemporary art and visual culture 3) developing their capacity for critical thinking and analysis of modern and contemporary visual representations
Learning outcomes
Student will possess a good orientation in key topics and issues of modern and contemporary visual art and cultures Student will be able to situate the art and image production within broader social and cultural developments Student wil be able to write an anylatical essay on a givent topic of modern and contemporary visual arts and cultures
Syllabus
  • 1. Modernism/postmodernism; modern and contemporary 2. Art within visual cultures 3. Changing ecology of art exhibition spaces in XX. and XXI.century 4. Art, society and politics in modern era 5. Art, society and politics in contemporary world. 6. Concepts and theories of art and visual studies. 7. Non-art images and science of images 8. Image, self and identity 9. Power of images 10.Controversies and scandals in art and visual culture. 11.Globalization of art and chnage of canon 12. Issues in Czech modern and contemporary art
Literature
    required literature
  • ELKINS, James. Visual studies : a skeptical introduction. New York: Routledge, 2003, ix, 230. ISBN 0415966817. info
  • ELKINS, James. The domain of images. 1st print. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2001, xxi, 282. ISBN 0801487242. info
    not specified
  • Collecting the new :museums and contemporary art. Edited by Bruce Altshuler. 1 online r. ISBN 9781400849352. info
  • GREEN, Charles and Anthony GARDNER. Biennials, triennials, and documenta : the exhibitions that created contemporary art. First published. Chichester: Wiley Blackwell, 2016, viii, 296. ISBN 9781444336658. info
  • HOROWITZ, Noah. Art of the Deal: Contemporary Art in a Global Financial Market. Princeton University Press; Revised ed., 2014. ISBN 978-0-691-15788-7. info
  • MINISSALE, Gregory. The psychology of contemporary art. 1st pub. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2013, xxxv, 372. ISBN 9781107019324. info
  • Art history and visual studies in Europe : transnational discourses and national frameworks. Edited by Matthew Rampley. Leiden: Brill, 2012, xvii, 567. ISBN 9789004231702. info
  • SMITH, Terry. Contemporary art : world currents. London: Laurence King Publishing, 2011, 348 stran. ISBN 9781856697163. info
  • ARAÚJO, Emanoel. The global art world : audiences, markets, and museums. Edited by Hans Belting - Andrea Buddensieg. Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz, 2009, 407 s. ISBN 9783775724074. info
  • ELKINS, James. Six stories from the end of representation : images in painting, photography, astronomy, microscopy, particle physics, and quantum mechanics, 1980-2000. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press, 2008, xvii, 274. ISBN 9780804741484. info
  • BENNETT, Jill. Empathic vision : affect, trauma, and contemporary art. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press, 2005, xiv, 188. ISBN 0804750742. info
  • Art history, aesthetics, visual studies. Edited by Michael Ann Holly - Keith P. F. Moxey. Williamstown, Mass.: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 2002, xvii, 271. ISBN 0931102499. info
Teaching methods
lecture
Assessment methods
written essay on given subject, of at least 2, 000 words with a bibliography
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2024.
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