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Lecturer(s)
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Sekyrka Tomáš, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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Thematic blocks: 1. Images and their functions in Christianity, Judaism and Islam. Evolution of the understanding of the function of the religious image in the European environment. 2. Images of saints and national patrons in Bohemia and Europe from the Middle Ages to the modern era. 3. National myths and legends in Czech art from the Middle Ages to the modern era. 4. Czech Baroque Gothic and political ideas of the Czech Baroque - ideological assumptions and social context. 5. National myths and legends in the art of European nations of the 19th century. 6. Work motifs and the history of everyday life in European art from the Middle Ages to the end of the 19th century. 7. Social conditions of the emergence and development of portraiture from the Middle Ages to the 20th century. 8. Social conditions of the emergence and development of landscape, still life and genre painting. 9. The image of man and the world in the graphic production of the Renaissance, Baroque and 19th century. 10. Historical painting in Bohemia and Europe in the 19th century. 11. Organisation of artistic creation, the position of the artist in society and the relationship between artists and commissioners from the Middle Ages to modern society. 12. Emergence and development of art exhibitions in European art as a new platform for communication between artists and mass audiences. 13. Social conditions of the emergence and development of modern art. 14. Art in totalitarian political systems of the 20th century.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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unspecified, unspecified, unspecified
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Learning outcomes
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The aim of this course is to acquaint students with the use (and abuse) of the visual arts and visual culture in general in the life of society from the Middle Ages to the middle of the 20th century. The role of works of art in promoting the various interests of individuals as well as broader groups and layers of society, national groups or - in the modern period - political parties or totalitarian state systems is examined. The relationship between the artists and specific commissioners, patrons of the arts and the wider public is also addressed.
Course graduates gain knowledge of the environment of analysis and interpretation of works of art. They acquire a basic idea of the changes in the way we view works of art in the period from the Middle Ages to the 20th century. Overall, they deepen their understanding of visual culture.
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Prerequisites
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none
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Assessment methods and criteria
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unspecified
Elaboration of a seminar paper, meeting credit conditions.
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Recommended literature
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