Course: 20th-Century Painting and Sculpture in the Czech Lands 2

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Course title 20th-Century Painting and Sculpture in the Czech Lands 2
Course code DVU/U20C2
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 2
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional, Optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Kundračíková Barbora, Mgr.
Course content
1/ Transformation I/ Sorel 2/ Tame Modernism, EXPO 58 and the Emergence of Art Groups 3/ Unofficial tendencies of the 50s, materiality, texture 4/ Informel and Confrontation 5/ The Aesthetics of the Strange, the Smiders and the School of the Cross 6/ New figuration, pop art, politics 7/ Concretism, new sensibility, the group Křižovatka 8/ Action 9/ Normalization, opportunism 10/ Transformation II 11/ Postmodernism

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Projection (static, dynamic)
Learning outcomes
This series of lectures provides a clear outline of the history and changes of Czech visual art and visual culture in the second half of the 20th century. The changes of opinion in artistic creation are traced in the context of the history of socio-political and cultural changes in the Czech lands, as well as in the broader context of the historical events of the 20th century and the events on the European and world scene influenced by them. The themes reflected include the relationship between ideology, official and unofficial art, the underground, the material and conceptual turn, feminism and transformation, and the global art world.
Basic knowledge of the tendencies and changes of opinion in painting, sculpture and conceptual art in the Czech lands between 1945 and 2000 with regard to the wider context.
Prerequisites
Attendance of lectures DVU/B20C1, DVU/U20C1.

Assessment methods and criteria
Mark, Written exam

Active participation in lectures. Minimum 80 percent attendance. Credit test verifying the knowledge of the lectures' content and literature. Paper and colloquium.
Recommended literature
  • Anna Habánová (ed.). (2013). Mladí lvi v kleci. Umělecké skupiny německy hovořících výtvarníků z Čech, Moravy a Slezska v meziválečném období. Řevnice.
  • Eva Petrová (ed.). (1998). Skupina 42. Praha.
  • Jiří Hlušička ? Jaroslav Malina ? Jiří Šebek, Vincenc Makovský. (2002). Vincenc Makovský. Brno.
  • Jiří Zemánek (ed.). (1996). Zdeněk Pešánek 1896-1965. Praha.
  • Karel Srp. (2012). František Kupka. Geometrie myšlenek. Řevnice.
  • Lenka Bydžovská ? Vojtěch Lahoda ? Milan Pech. (2011). Konec avantgardy? Od mnichovské dohody ke komunistickému převratu (České umění 1938?1948). Praha.
  • Luděk Novák. (1970). Nová figurace. Praha.
  • Mahulena Nešlehová. (1997). Poselství jiného výrazu. Pojetí ?informelu? v českém umění 50. a 60. let. Praha.
  • Pavlína Morganová. (1999). Akční umění. Olomouc.
  • Petr Wittlich. (1978). České sochařství ve 20. století (1890?1945). Praha.
  • Rostislav Švácha ? Marie Platovská (edd.). (2005). Dějiny českého výtvarného umění (V) 1939/1958. Praha.
  • Rostislav Švácha ? Marie Platovská (edd.). (2007). Dějiny českého výtvarného umění (VI/1, VI/2) 1958/2000. 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): Science of Arts (2019) Category: Theory and history of arts 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Science of Arts (2024) Category: Theory and history of arts 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Science of Arts (2019) Category: Theory and history of arts 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Summer