Course: Introduction to the methodology of art history

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Course title Introduction to the methodology of art history
Course code KDT/FU076
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Master
Year of study 1
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Sýkorová Lenka, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Stolárová Lenka, Mgr.
Course content
1. Art history terminology. 2. Vienna School of Art History. 3. Hegel's philosophy of art. 4. Expertise - style, manner, etc. (Morelli, Berenson). 5. Formalism: Wölfflin, Riegel. 6. Iconography and iconology ? Erwin Panofsky. 7. Methods of art history, theory vs. methodology, basic art-historical terms, New Art History. 8. Artistic contexts. History and ideals. Marxism and materialism. Why is Marxism not in Czech art history? 9. Analysis of form, sign and symbol. Semiotics: Saussure, Peirce, Barthes. 10. Feminism. Queer theory. Gender in art. A visual delight and a narrative film. Why there are none in the history of art artist? Laura Malvey, Linda Nochlin, Martina Pachman. 11. Psychoanalysis and art history. The Gaze. Visual perception. Sigmund Freud and art. Jacques Lacan - Study mirrors as that which shapes the function of the Self as it is revealed to us in psychoanalytic experience. 12. Post-structuralism: Michel Foucault. Deconstruction: Jacques Derrida. Postmodern. Visual Theory in Anglo-American Thought.

Learning activities and teaching methods
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Learning outcomes
The subject Introduction to the Methodology of Art History is an introduction to the field of art history from the position of historical review of this scientific discipline. Students are introduced to the basic terminology, the boundaries of the research area of the art historian and the framework of methods and approaches. At the same time, it reflects New Art History and current changes in this scientific discipline. The subject is also aimed at the issue of the development of methods and theories of the history of fine art and curation in the world also in the Czech context. Teaching takes place in the form of lectures and seminars based on active cooperation with students. The course block is divided into two parts. The first part concerns the history of the field of art history, and the second part is devoted to the interpretation of the methods of art history from Hegelianism to Marxism to postmodernism.
The gained capabilities constitute an encompassment and an aquirement of knowledge and experience in the subject and are aimed at a profile´s fulfilment of the graduate of the given field of study.
Prerequisites
The gained capabilities constitute an encompassment and an aquirement of knowledge and experience in the subject and are aimed at a profile´s fulfilment of the graduate of the given field of study.

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
1. Fulfililing partial tasks and assignments throughtout the semestr 2. Active participation in the Studio tutoring
Recommended literature
  • D'ALLEVA, A.; COTHREN, M. Fundamentals of Art History. Laurence King Publishing, London, 2021.
  • D'ALLEVA, Anne. Methods & Theories Of Art History. Laurence King Publishing, London, 2021.
  • Emerling, J. Theory for Art History. Adapted from Theory for Religious Studies by William E. Deal and Timothy K. Beal. Taylor & Francis Ltd, London, 2019.
  • Hatt, M. a CH. KLONK. Art history: a critical introduction to its methods.. Manchester University Press, Manchester, 2006.
  • Kroupa J. Metody dějin umění: Metodologie dějin umění 2. Masarykova univerzita, 2010.
  • Kroupa J. Školy dějin umění: metodologie dějin umění. I.. Filosofická fakulta Masarykovy univerzity, Brno, 1998.
  • Pospiszyl, T. (ed.). Před obrazem, Antologie americké výtvarné teorie a kritiky. OSVU, Praha, 1998.
  • ŠEVČÍK, Jiří, MORGANOVÁ, Pavlína, NEKVINDOVÁ, Terezie, SVATOŠOVÁ, Dagmar (eds.). České umění 1980-2010: Texty a dokumenty. Praha, AVU, 2011.


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