Course: Painting and Sculpture of the Avantgarde

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Course title Painting and Sculpture of the Avantgarde
Course code DVU/MSEKA
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Kavčáková Alena, doc. PaedDr. Dr.
Course content
Bauhaus and Masters of Bauhaus 1.Henry van de Velde, Großherzogliche-Sächsische Kunstgewerbeschule Weimar and Art Noveau applied art. 2.The Deutscher Werkbund and its importance for the development of modern design. 3.The Staatliches Bauhaus in Weimar - the origin, the concept, workshops, "Bauhaus style" 4.Dessavský Bauhaus - the concept, workshops, the functionalistic design 5.Painting at the Bauhaus and the artistic group Die Blaue Vier (J. Itten, J. Albers, O. Schlemmer, V. Kandinsky, Feininger L., P. Klee, A. Jawlensky) 6.Sculpture and Scene (Die Bühne) at the Bauhaus (G. Marcks, L. Moholy-Nagy, O. Schlemmer) 7."Entartete Kunst" and Bauhaus, closure of Bauhaus, continuation of the Bauhaus in USA (The New Bauhaus, School of Design in Chicago, Institute of Design) 8.The effect of the Bauhaus model in Central Europe and in Czechoslovakia (L. Sutnar, Krásná jizba, J. Vydra, School of Arts and Crafts in Bratislava,...)

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Projection (static, dynamic)
Learning outcomes
One-semester cycle of lectures is concentrated to selected themes from the history of painting, sculpture and applied art of 20th century European avant-garde. Allows in particular a closer look at the theoretical and artistic contributions of personalities active on significant German and Czech avant-garde schools (Grossherzogliche Kunstgewerbeschule Weimar, Bauhaus, Akademie für Kunst und Kunstgewerbe Breslau, School of Artistic Crafts Bratislava) in the broad context of the development of modern painting, sculpture and applied art first half of the 20th century. A series of lectures adds a seminar dedicated to the discussion of selected topics.
Deeper knowledge of development of the european avant-garde painting, sculpture and applied art in the first half of the 20th century.
Prerequisites
It´s necessary to finish folowing lectures before attending this seminar (DVU/D17K1, DVU/D17K2, DVU/A17D1, DVU/A17D2, DVU/D18K1, DVU/D18K2).

Assessment methods and criteria
Dialog, Seminar Work

Attendance at lectures. Participation in seminars. Elaboration of seminar work of 5-10 pages on a selected topic related to the issue, which pays attention to the lecture series. Presentation of seminar work, active participation in the discussion.
Recommended literature
  • (1992). Entartete Kunst: Das Schicksal der Avantgarde im Nazi-Deutschland. München.
  • (2003). Ladislav Sutnar - Praha - New York - Design in Action.. Praha.
  • Von Otto Mueller bis Oskar Schlemmer. Künstler der Breslauer Akademie. Experiment. Erfahrung. Erinnerung. Schwerin 2002..
  • (1987). Zwischen Kunst und Industrie. Der Deutsche Werkbund. Stuttgart.
  • Endicott Barnet V. ? Helfenstein J. (ed.). (1997). Die Blaue Vier. Feininger, Jawlensky, Kandinsky, Klee in der Neuen Welt (kat. výst.). Köln.
  • Föhl, T. - Walter, S. (Hrsg.). (2013). Leidenschaft, Funktion und Schönheit. Henry van de Velde und sein Beitrag zur europäischen Moderne. Weimar.
  • Föhl, T. (2010). H. van de Velde, Architekt und Designer des Jugendstils,. Weimar.
  • Kavčáková, A. (2009). Josef Vinecký (1882 - 1949), osobnost sochaře v kontextu evropské umělecké avantgardy 20. století.. Olomouc.
  • Maur, K. v.. (1982). Oskar Schlemmer, München 1982.. München.
  • Michl, J. (2012). Funkcionalismus, design, škola, trh,. Praha.
  • Sembach, K.-J. - Schulte, B. (ed.). Henry van de Velde. Ein europäischen Künstler seiner Zeit. Köln 1992..
  • Schäfer, S.-Wagner, Ch. (Red.). (2012). Itten - Klee. Kosmos Farbe,. Bern.
  • Tümpel, H. (1992). Deutsche Bildhauer 1900 - 1945 entartet.. Königstein im Taus.
  • Wichmann, H. Design contra Art Déco. 1927-1932. Jahrfünf der Wende. München 1993..
  • Wingler, H. M. Das Bauhaus 1919-1933. Weimar, Dessau, Berlin und die nachfolge in Chicago seit 1937. 4. vyd. Köln 2002..
  • Wingler, H. M.. (1969). The Bauhaus: Weimar, Dessau, Berlin, Chicago. Inst. Tech, Press.


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