DU2730m Image, mind and brain

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2014
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 4 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types 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
Supplier department: Department of Art History – Faculty of Arts
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 aspects 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
  • KANDEL, Eric R. The age of insight : the quest to understand the unconscious in art, mind, and brain, from Vienna 1900 to the present. 1st ed. New York: Random House, 2012, xviii, 636. ISBN 9781588369307. info
  • KESNER, Ladislav and Colleen, eds. SCHMITZ. Obrazy mysli/Mysl v obrazech (Images of MInd/Mind in Images). Brno: Barrister a Principal, 2011, 443 pp. ISBN 978-80-7027-239-8. 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
  • SEARLE, John R. Mind : a brief introduction. New York: Oxford University, 2004, 326 p. ISBN 0195157346. 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
  • DAMASIO, Antonio R. The feeling of what happens : body and emotion in the making of consciousness. 1st ed. San Diego: Harvest book, 1999, xiv, 386. ISBN 9780156010757. info
  • SEARLE, John R. Mysl, mozek a věda. Edited by Marek Nekula. Vyd. 1. Praha: Mladá fronta, 1994, 129 s. ISBN 8020405097. info
  • WOLLHEIM, Richard. Painting as an art. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1987, 384 s. ISBN 0691099642. info
Teaching methods
lecture, discussion
Assessment methods
essay of at least 2, 000 words and footnotes/endonotes
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
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