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Lecturer(s)
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Kundračíková Barbora, Mgr.
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Course content
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1. Europe and the world after World War II: re-construction 2. Polarisation: official and unofficial culture, centre and region, individual and collective, etc. 3. American Abstract Expressionism and its context 4. Informel, Tacheism and other forms of abstraction 5. Figuration in the USA and Europe 6. Jean Dubuffet, Art Brut and Arte Povera 7. Fluxus as an international movement 8. Minimal Art, Op Art, kinetic art 9. Conceptual tendencies and dematerialisation 10. Art as technology 11. Performative turn: action, happening, performance 12. Transformation: Heftige Malerei, Neue Wilde, transavantgarde 13. Horizontal Art History and the Reconstruction of (Central) Europe
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Lecture, Group work
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Learning outcomes
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The course deals with the history of art and visual culture of the second half of the 20th century in the parallel of events in the Czech lands and Europe, with natural overlaps into the global framework. The fundamental moments of post-war consolidation and transformation will be studied: the emergence of a bipolar world, globalisation, the revolutionary year 1989 and the related transformations of the concept of art, the emergence of the "art world", or the institutional definition of art, horizontal art history, etc. Attention will be paid to the transformations of artistic practice in the broader context of socio-political events, but also to art-historical methodology itself. The course includes regular visits to exhibitions, museum and gallery collections or studios.
Orientation in art and visual culture of the second half of the 20th century; ability to interpret the chosen strategies and critically evaluate their reflection in contemporary and professional literature.
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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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Written exam, Seminar Work
Continuous completion of assignments; producing a written work and a paper, a written test to check the knowledge of topics discussed. Attending at least 80% of classes.
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Recommended literature
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