Course: Sources of modern art 1

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Course title Sources of modern art 1
Course code DVU/ZMM1
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Winter Tomáš, doc. PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
1) Modern art and its canon I 2) Modern art and its canon II 3) Relationship to tradition I 4) Relationship to tradition II 5) Inspiration by the medieval art 6) New allegory I 7) New allegory II 8) Primitivism and exoticism I 9) Primitivism and exoticism II 10) Sources of Cubism 11) Inter-war primitivism 12) China and Japan

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified
Learning outcomes
The course focuses on modern and avant-garde art, with special attention to their sources of inspiration. It focuses on inspirations of modern artists by older European art and non-European art. These inspiration will be interpreted critically in a political, social, and cultural context.
Deeper understanding development of modern art and its dynamism
Prerequisites
Be interested in modern art

Assessment methods and criteria
Written exam

Active participation on lessons, deliver a paper
Recommended literature
  • FLAM, Jack ? DEUTCH, Miriam (eds). (2003). Primitivism and Twentieth-Century Art: A Documentary History. University of California Press.
  • RUBIN, William (ed.). (1985). "Primitivism" in 20th Century Art: Affinity of the Tribal and the Modern. New York.
  • VARNEDOE, Kirk ? VARNEDOE, Kirk (ed.). (1990). High and Low: Modern Art and Popular Culture. New York.
  • WINTER, Tomáš ? BYDŽOVSKÁ, Lenka ? MACHALÍKOVÁ, Pavla ? PETRASOVÁ, Taťána (eds.). (2015). Rembrandtova tramvaj. Kubismus, tradice a ?jiné? umění. Plzeň.
  • WINTER Tomáš. (2013). Palmy na Vltavě. Primitivismus, mimoevropské kultury a české výtvarné umění 1850?1950. Řevnice ? Plzeň ? Praha.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): The History of Art and the Theory of Art (2015) Category: Theory and history of arts 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter