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Lecturer(s)
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Polanecký Jaroslav, PhDr. Ph.D.
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Hejný Kryštof, Mgr.
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Course content
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1. Development of Czech visual arts in the 1980's, onset of postmodernism, neoexpresionism and site-specific works; exhibitions Konfrontace and Malostranské dvorky 81, Group 12/15 Late, but still good. 2. Groups Tvrdohlaví, Pondělí and Bezhlavý jezdec. 3. Czech art after 1989. Denationalization, transformation, rise of foundations and endowment funds, government support of grant programmes and control of copyright after 1989. Activities of Czech galleries in the 1990's MXM, Window Gallery and Galerie Behémót in Prague, Art collectors Richard Adam and Mrs. and Mr. Jelínek - Jana & Milan Jelínek Foundation, Soros Center - today Foundation for Contemporary Arts. Jindřich Chalupecký Award and the Bell Young Art Biennial. 4. The 1990's in Czech visual art - a generation of distinctive personalities in art - body, object, space, animation - Veronika Bromová, Jiří Černický, Kateřina Vincourová, Milena Dopitová, Jiří Příhoda, Federico Díaz, and others. 5. Woman in transformations of art - women and feminist art in the 20th century and at the beginning of the 21st century. 6. Photography of the 1980's in Czech milieu. Social document in Czech photography of the 1980's. Exhibitions in Činoherní klub Prague, Anna Fárová, Galerie F in Banská Bystrica, Tomáš Fassati, show room of Fotochema in Prague, periodical Česká fotografie, bulletin Dioptrie. Exile photography. 7. Development of contemporary Czech art in the 1990's: MXM, Window Gallery and Galerie Behémót in Prague, Art collectors Richard Adam and Mrs. and Mr. Jelínek - Jana & Milan Jelínek Foundation, Soros Center - today Foundation for Contemporary Arts. Jindřich Chalupecký Award and the Bell Young Art Biennial. Development of regional artistic centres: Ústí nad Labem, Ostrava, and Brno. Newly emerging institutions focusing on contemporary arts - Display Gallery Prague, Jelení Gallery, Gallery 761 Ostrava, and others, euphoria of the 1990's, exhibition Vzdálené podobnosti (Něco lepšího než kosmetika) / Remote similarities (Something better than cosmetics) - group exhibition of East-European artists, Trade Fair Palace, 1999, curators: Mrs. and Mr. Ševčík. 8. Formation of regional art colleges focused on photography: The Institute of Creative Photography at the Silesian University in Opava, the Faculty of Multimedia Communications at Tomas Bata University in Zlín, the Faculty of Art and Design at Jan Evangelista Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem. 9. Decadence of the 1990's in Czech art and photography - David Černý, Jiří Černický, Jiří Surůvka, Veronika Bromová, Krištof Kintera and others. 10. Post-production - Markéta Baňková, Michael Bielický, Petr Svárovský, Jakub Nepraš, Sylva Francová, Steina and Woody Vasulka, Tomáš Vaňek, Štěpánka Šimlová and others. 11. Czech independent gallery scene in the past decade. 12. Videoart - Michal Pěchouček, Zbyněk Baladrán, Milan Salák, Mark Thér, Ondřej Brody and others. Culture of new media - Michal Bielický, Magdaléna Jetelová, Štěpánka Šimlová, the Vasulkas Tamara Moyzes and others. 13. Excursions.
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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 course is intended fro student who have completed the courses of history of art, and history of applied art, and therefore, it focuses especially on issues of industrial and graphic design. The aim of the course is to provide a historical overview of the origin and development of design as a phenomenon linked with industrial mass production and information technologies, and to define clearly its position in the sphere of artistic and material culture. Great attention is as well paid to general development of modern civilization, technologies, and the importance of visual influence on material culture in broader context. Necessary part of the course is clarification of terminology, the term 'design' itself compared to applied art and art handicraft. The course has a form of lectures and seminars, being scheduled as necessary according to thematic areas, as well as current topics as integral part of the academic debate on the contents of a continuously developing subject. The course includes lectures by outcollege experts and guests, excursions and work in the field. Main thematic areas for winter semester: 1/Introduction to the issues, defining terms, 2/Origin of industrial design, 3/Design of 18th and 19th centuries, 4/Design of early 20th century.
The student is able to show they have a notion of basic concepts and characterize design as a discipline of visual culture. They can define and explain sources of contemporary design and graphic design: the historical origin of the discipline, modern design, and postmodern design. The student is able to develop and present a semestral work as an output of the subject called Contemporary design. They are able to work up their own presentation of examples of modern and postmodern design. The student has mastered basic terminology in design.
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Prerequisites
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Successful completion of the previous study
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Assessment methods and criteria
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unspecified
Essay
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Recommended literature
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Bosák, P.; Bosák, P.; Císař, K. (eds.). PROTO Grafický design a současné umění. VŠUP Praha, 2013.
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Bourriaud, N. PostProduction. Tranzit Praha, 2004. ISBN 80-903452-0-4.
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Byars, M. The Design Encyclopedia. MOMA, New York, 2004.
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Filipová, M.; Rampley M. Možnosti vizuálních studií. Obrazy, texty, interpretace. Barrister and Principal, Brno, 2008.
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Jiří Pelcl. Český design 1995-2000. Prostor, 2001.
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Kolesár, Z. Kapitoly z dějin designu. AAAD, Praha, 2004.
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Kramerová, D.; Skálová, V. (eds.). Bruselský sen, československá účast na světové výstavě EXPO 58 v Bruselu a životní styl 1. poloviny 60. let. Arbor Vitae, Praha, 2008.
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Margetts, M. (ed.). International Crafts. Thames and Hudson, Londýn, 1991.
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Meggs, P. A History of Graphic Design. John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1998.
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Morant, H. de. Dějiny užitého umění. Odeon, 1983.
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Müller, J.; Spitz, R. (eds.). UfG Ulm.. Lars Müller Publishers, 2013.
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Noël Rileyová. Dějiny užitého umění: vývoj užitého umění a stylistických prvků od renesance do postmoderní doby. Slovart, 2004.
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PACHMANOVÁ, M. Design: aktualita nebo věčnost. Vysoká škola umělecko-průmyslová, Praha, 2005. ISBN 8086863050.
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Pachmanová, M. Věrnost v pohybu. OWP, Praha, 2001.
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Riley, N.; Beazley, M. The Elements of Design. Londýn, 2003.
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Woodham, J. M. Dictionary of Modern Design I. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2006.
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