FF:DU2316 Image Theory - Course Information
DU2316 Key Concepts of Image Theory in a New Perspective
Faculty of ArtsSpring 2020
- Extent and Intensity
- 2/0/0. 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
Supplier department: Department of Art History – Faculty of Arts - Timetable
- Mon 14:00–15:40 K31
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is offered to students of any study field.
- Course objectives
- The lectures presents some of the key concepts of history and theory of art and image and the ways they are used in contemporary discourse of art and image. Through these concepts, important theoretical and methodological positions and their authors will thus be introduced. The aim of the elcture is to strengthen students´orinetation in contemporary discourse of art and image and to enhance their competence for their own particpation on such discourses.
- Learning outcomes
- Student will be able to:
- Identify and summarize key concepts of history and theory of art and image;
- identify and characterize the ways in which they are used in contemporary discourse;
- to focus on the current discourse of theory of art and image;
- have a better ability to participate in debates on the subject. - Syllabus
- key concepts of history and theory of art and image
- examples of using them in contemporary theoretical discourse
- significant theoretical and methodological positions
- major authors
- Literature
- SACHS-HOMBACH, Klaus. Das Bild als kommunikatives Medium : Elemente einer allgemeinen Bildwissenschaft. 2., leicht veb. Aufl. Köln: Herbert von Halem, 2006, 365 s. ISBN 3931606708. info
- SUMMERS, David. Real spaces : world art history and the rise of western modernism. 1st pub. London: Phaidon, 2003, 687 s. ISBN 0714842443. info
- ELKINS, James. The domain of images. 1st print. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2001, xxi, 282. ISBN 0801487242. info
- Vizuální teorie : současné anglo-americké myšlení o výtvarných dílech. Edited by Ladislav Kesner, Translated by Lucie Vidmarová - Ladislav Kesner. Vyd. tohoto souboru 1. Jinočany: H & H, 1997, 265 s. : i. ISBN 80-86022-17-X. info
- Teaching methods
- Lecture with a discussion
- Assessment methods
- Final essay
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further Comments
- Study Materials
The course is taught only once.
- Enrolment Statistics (recent)
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