FF:DU2538 Abstraction and figuration

DU2538 Seminar: Abstraction and figuration - antithesis and context

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2011

Extent and Intensity

0/2. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).

Teacher(s)

prof. PhDr. Alena Pomajzlová, Ph.D. (lecturer)

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Timetable

Mon 14:10–15:45 K31

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

At the end of this course students should be able to understand and explain the text analysing figuration and abstractin in visual art.

Syllabus

Literature

NIEDERLE, Rostislav. Representation in Art (II) Pictorial Representation. Organon F. Bratislava: Filozofický ústav SAV, 2010, vol. 2010, No 2, p. 242-255, 13 pp. ISSN 1335-0668. info
NICKAS, Robert. Painting abstraction : new elements in abstract painting. 1st pub. London: Phaidon, 2009, 343 s. ISBN 9780714849331. URL info
WHITE, Hayden V. Figural realism : studies in the mimesis effect. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1999, xii, 205. ISBN 0801859972. info
ZUSKA, Vlastimil. K estetice XX. století : Mimesis - Fikce - Distance. Praha: Gryf, 1996, 109 s. info
Art after modernism : rethinking representation. Edited by Brian Wallis, Edited by Marcia Tucker. New York: New museum of contemporary art, 1984, xviii, 461. ISBN 0-87923-632-9. info

Teaching methods

Student presentations, discussion.

Assessment methods

Presentation, essay.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further Comments

Study Materials