Course: Painting, Photography and Film as a Historical Source

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Course title Painting, Photography and Film as a Historical Source
Course code KHI/KV128
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Hes Milan, Mgr. Bc. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Visuality, visual studies and history 2. Analysis of a painting 3. Analysis of a cartoon 4. Photo analysis 5. Analysis of a film

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified, unspecified, unspecified, unspecified, unspecified
Learning outcomes
The subject is devoted to the analysis of image sources. The subject introduces the theory of visuality, visual studies, the theory of painting, photography and film. Work with visual sources is focused on the needs of professional historical work and history education.
The student analyzes visual sources and critically approaches visual information. They apply the methods of the historian?s work to visual sources of historical information and interpret the wider social and historical context of contemporary media products.
Prerequisites
No conditions

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
The student analyzes selected visual sources and prepares a seminar paper on this topic.
Recommended literature
  • BERGER, J. O pohledu. Praha. 2009.
  • BERGER, J. Způsoby vidění. Praha. 2016.
  • FOSTER, T. C. Jak číst film: cinefilův průvodce po světě pohyblivých obrázků. Brno. 2017.
  • GOMBRICH, E. H. Umění a iluze: studie o psychologii obrazového znázorňování. Praha. 2019.
  • McLUHAN, M. Jak rozumět médiím: extenze člověka. Praha. 2011.
  • MIRZOEFF, N. Jak vidět svět. Praha. 2018.
  • MIRZOEFF, N. Úvod do vizuální kultury. Praha. 2012.
  • MITCHELL, W. J. T. Picture Theory Essays on Verbal and Visual Representation. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1995.
  • PANOFSKY, E. Význam ve výtvarném umění. Praha. 2021.
  • RITCHIN, F. Snímání rámu: fotožurnalismus, občan, dokument. Praha. 2019.
  • SONTAG, S. O fotografii. Praha. 2002.


Study plans that include the course
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