Syllabus
1) Art (painting, sculpture, arts and crafts, design, graphics, drawing, architecture) 1945-1959 in Europe and Czechoslovakia.
2) Art (painting, sculpture, object, arts and crafts: ceramics, glass, textile creation, design, graphics, drawing, graphic design, architecture, exhibition creation) 1960-1973 in Europe and Czechoslovakia.
3) Art (painting, sculpture, object, artistic craft, design, graphics, drawing, graphic design, architecture, exhibition creation) 1974-1989 in Czechoslovakia and the world.
4) Art and visual culture 1990-2000 in Czechoslovakia, in the Czech Republic and in the world.
5) Art and visual culture (action, installation, conceptual and neo-conceptual creation to new media) 2000-2020 in the Czech Republic and in the world.
Annotation
The course acquaints students with the fundamental artistic directions, approaches and realizations in the art of the second half of the 20th and the beginning of the 21st century. It is conceived as an approach to the fundamental art-historical moments of this period on selected examples of key works and creators. At the same time, however, it also includes the development of the ability to interpret the visual language of works of art and aims to develop an understanding of contemporary art and visual culture. The subject is timed from the period after 1945 to current art.
Students will be introduced to the basic ideas and artistic strategies associated with the period. The series of lectures and seminars will be based on a specific selection of topics discussed, starting with abstract and existential tendencies of post-war art, through action, installation and conceptual creation or creation of new figuration and postmodernism, to the wave of new media. It will end with a newer creation of neo-conceptual and social orientation as well as an approach to a wide range of contemporary art.
The aim of the course is to teach students to orient themselves in the basic directions and key realizations of fine arts of the period. Theoretical understanding of individual creative approaches will enable students to learn more about a number of applications in art education at various levels and types of schools. Students will gain basic skills for orientation in the field of contemporary art culture and its possible mediation in their pedagogical activities. The introductory meeting, assignment of semester work and introduction of the syllabus; individual thematic areas always presented by an introductory lecture; seminars connected with visits to galleries and exhibitions (National Gallery - Trade Fair Palace and selected thematic exhibitions); individual consultations on the subject matter; oral exam. The more extensive content of the course will enable students of the full study plan a deeper dive into the issue and will be fulfilled through the modification of requirements for students.