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Lecturer(s)
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Kundračíková Barbora, Mgr. PhD.
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Course content
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1. Art Nouveau: between tradition and revolution 2. The Kubišta case 3. New media, photography and film 4. Returns of figuration: new factuality 5. Typography and modern forms of communication 6. Bohemia in Central Europe: overlaps and relations of the interwar avant-garde 7. Post-war rediscovery of the principles of modernism 8. The Kmentová case 9. The Valoch Circle and the Czech Concept 10. Action, happening, performance 11. Transformation: postmodernism 12. The end of painting, the end of picture 13. Horizontal art history: the canon and its re-formation
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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unspecified
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Learning outcomes
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The course is dedicated to modern and contemporary art in the Czech lands in the 20th and 21st centuries. The focus is on selected themes, personalities, or circumstances that have had a significant influence on the development and establishment of the local art world. The course aims to create a plastic picture of the relationships and connections between them or to provide tools for the possible embedding of local issues in the framework of global circumstances and contemporary trends. Attention is also paid to methodology and iconic literary production. The course includes micro-lectures by guests, and the teaching also takes place in the field (galleries, studios).
Orientation in the issues of modern and contemporary art in the Czech lands in the 20th and 21st centuries; knowledge of major themes, personalities and circumstances that have had a significant impact on the development and establishment of the local art world; developing skills of reception and interpretation of works of art.
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Prerequisites
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Interest in the specific topics; basic orientation in general European history
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Assessment methods and criteria
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unspecified
Continuous completion of assignments, producing a paper, taking an oral colloquium in English. Attending at least 80% of classes.
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Recommended literature
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