ESAA29 Visual Art

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. Kenneth Gordon Hay (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Rostislav Niederle, Ph.D.
Department of Aesthetics – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: doc. Mgr. Rostislav Niederle, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Aesthetics – Faculty of Arts
Prerequisites
No prerequisites are required.
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
there are 6 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
Course objectives
The aim is to present the philosophical background of fine art through representative examples.
Learning outcomes
Students will gain a comprehensive insight into the elementary issues of the relationship between philosophy and art, using selected examples: - Modernism and its key aspects - Philosophical background of Cubism - Kant and Dadaism - Giotto, Ruskin and the Pre-Raphaelites
Syllabus
  • 4. lectures Modernism and its key aspects Philosophical background of Cubism Kant and Dadaism Giotto, Ruskin and the Pre-Raphaelites
Literature
  • The Routledge companion to aesthetics. Edited by Berys Nigel Gaut - Dominic Lopes. 2nd ed. London: Routledge, 2005, xx, 705. ISBN 9780415327985. info
Teaching methods
Lectures
Assessment methods
Final essay (min. 10000 characters including spaces) on one of the 4 given topics. Assessed on scope of knowledge, originality, clarity and readability.
Language of instruction
English
Teacher's information
https://kghay.com/about/
Kenneth G. Hay is an artist, writer and educator, Emeritus Professor of Contemporary Art at the University of Leeds (a department he founded) and Visiting Professor of Aesthetics at Masaryk University in Brno. CZ.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2016, Autumn 2020, Spring 2023, Spring 2024.
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