Course: Aesthetics and Theory of Art I

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Course title Aesthetics and Theory of Art I
Course code KDU/EOT1
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 2
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory, Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Ptáček Luboš, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Černík Jan, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Sýkora Michal, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. The art in Homer's poetry. 2. Techne vs musike. 3. Beauty in prephilosophic Greek poetry. 4. Poetry, painting, sculpture and music in presocratic philosophy 5. Socrates and Gorgias on beauty and art. 6. Plato's dialogues on art. 7. Plato's dialogues on beauty. 8. Aristotle on poetry, music, painting and sculpture. 9. Painting and sculpture in hellenistic and Roman aesthetics. 10. Poetry in hellenistic and Roman aesthetics. 11. Music in hellenistic aesthetics. 12. Beauty and art in Plotinus' Enneads.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training)
Learning outcomes
The lectures depict the beginnings of thinking on art and beauty in the ancient Greece and Rome. They concentrate on the most important aesthetic categories that predetermined the way the western aesthetic tradition conceptualizes issues of art up to now.
The students will get basic knowledge of the history of European aesthetics including main categories.
Prerequisites
No prerequisites.

Assessment methods and criteria
Mark, Written exam

Attendance of lectures, reading of compulsory literature and test.
Recommended literature
  • Gilbertová, Katharine E. H., Kuhn, Helmut. (1969). Dějiny estetiky. Praha.
  • Henckmann, Wolfhart - Lotter, Konrad. (1995). Estetický slovník. Praha.
  • Tatarkiewicz, Wladyslaw. (1991). Dejiny estetiky I, II,III. Bratislava.
  • Volek, Jaroslav. (1969). Kapitoly z dějin estetiky. Praha.
  • Zuska, Vlastimil. (2001). Estetika, úvod do současnosti tradiční disciplíny. 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 (2017) Category: Theory and history of arts 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Film, Theatre, TV and Radio Studies (2017) Category: Theory and history of arts 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: -