DU2669mc Images of the mind

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2011
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: 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
Contact Person: prof. PhDr. Ladislav Kesner, Ph.D.
Timetable
Mon 15:50–17:25 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
The lecture on various asúpects of the relationship of visual image - in science and art - and mind. Its focus is especially on twofold problem of encoding/decoding mental states in/from visual medium. Students should acquire a comprehensive insight on current conceptualization of the phenomenon of mind and its relations to images.
Syllabus
  • What is mind? Representation of mind: outer and inner images; localisation of mind, iconography of brain; psychoanalytical and biological model of mind; mind and SElf: expresion and identity; gaze and meeting of midns in art work; representation of mental states; reading of mind in art and medicine; emotional and pathological mind; emotional expresion of mind - pathos formula; unconscious mind; art as symptom of colelctive mentality.
Literature
  • Ladislav Kesner-Colleen Schmitz, eds., Bildwelten des Geistes/Obrazy mysli 2011.
  • Gerald Edelman, Širší než obloha. Fenomenální dar vědomí, Praha 2004
  • Petr Wittlich, Horizonty umění, Praha 2010.
  • Sigmund Freud, The Uncanny, London 2003.
  • Griselda Pollock, Psychoanalysis and the Image, Oxford 2006.
  • INGRAM, Jay. Divadlo mysli : pohled za oponu vědomí. Vyd. 1. Praha: Dybbuk, 2010, 285 s. ISBN 9788074380280. info
  • DAMASIO, Antonio R. Hledání Spinozy : radost, strast a citový mozek. Translated by František Koukolík. 1. vyd. Praha: Dybbuk, 2004, 350 s. ISBN 8090300197. info
  • DAMASIO, Antonio R. Descartesův omyl : emoce, rozum a lidský mozek. Translated by Lucie Bankovská Motlová - Alžběta Hesová. Vydání první. Praha: Mladá fronta, 2000, 259 stran. ISBN 8020408444. info
  • WOLLHEIM, Richard. Painting as an art. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1987, 384 s. ISBN 0691099642. info
Teaching methods
lecture
Assessment methods
written test
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
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