330-7014/01 – Art History 1 (DU1)
| Gurantor department | Department of Applied Mechanics | Credits | 2 |
| Subject guarantor | doc. Olga Badalíková, Ph.D. | Subject version guarantor | doc. Olga Badalíková, Ph.D. |
| Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Compulsory |
| Year | 1 | Semester | summer |
| | Study language | Czech |
| Year of introduction | 2019/2020 | Year of cancellation | |
| Intended for the faculties | FS | Intended for study types | Bachelor |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
In addition to the continuous learning of the art of the second half of the 20th century and the beginning of the third millennium, it follows the changes in world art culture with special regard to the specific situation in our countries. It introduces rationally constructive and existential streams of contemporary art, including contemporary artistic trends. Selected chapters from the history of 20th century art and lectures specifically devoted to contemporary world architecture follow the initial teaching of the current artistic movement. At the end of the course, students should be able to: - demonstrate their ability to orient themselves in post-war and contemporary art events - to acquire the prerequisites for independent thinking about changes in artistic expression - be able to reflect critically and convey their knowledge.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Summary
Learning outcomes of the course unit The course is focused on the ability to orientate in a wide area of post-war to contemporary art events in connection with the historical-social context. It directs students towards the open perception and acceptance of the work of art and to the understanding of the underlying creative principles of individual artistic movements.
Compulsory literature:
Recommended literature:
Additional study materials
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
Written and oral form of examination
E-learning
Other requirements
Minimum 80% attendance at seminars.
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
1. The post-war situation in American art, contemporary context, the emergence of abstract expressionism. The situation in European art. Informel, tachism, lyrical abstraction, comparison with overseas development.
2. Post-war art in our country. 1950s and the philosophy of socialist realism - import from the USSR. Official scene. The second wave of surrealism. Ra Group. Circuit around revue Zodiac sign, Solitary personality. Modernism and creative groups in the second half of the 1950s. Discovering the Tradition of Modern Art of the Early 20th Century - Important Exhibitions of MS of modern art.
3. Informel, imaginative art. Similarities and differences in structural abstraction. Painting abstraction, hard-edge painting, color-field painting. Kinetic art and op art. Minimalism, the emergence of the movement and the main representatives. Antiform concept. Arte povera and his leaders.
4.Rationally constructive tendencies in Czech art from the 60s. Group Crossroads, New Sensitivity and Czech Concretism.
5. The figurative art of the first decades after World War II. Vienna School of Fanciful Realism. Neodadaism. Pop art in the UK and USA, new sources of art. New realism, French scene. Czech Parallel. New figuration and its European context.
6. Action art, Fluxus movement, programs, manifests, festivals. Czech variations of action art. Experimental poetry, Body art, Vienna shareism. 7.Conceptual art, philosophical reflection. Land art, the emergence of the movement.
8. Hyperrealism, emergence, main representatives in the USA and Europe.
9. Postmodern turn in art, 70s - 80s, programs and theories of postmodernism. New European Centers. Neoexpressionism, Transavantgarde. American scene of the 80s, comparison with European development.
10. Postmodern art in our country. Art Development from the 90s.
11. Globalized art scene and institutions of world exhibitions, their function and current form, Venice Biennale, Documenta Kassel, Whitney Biennial, Manifesta.
12. Art as a protest
13. Architectural tendencies of the turn of the millennium
14. Outstanding personalities and tendencies of world art for the last 20 years. The position of Czech art on the world stage.
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction