Course: Art in the Time of Normalization

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Course title Art in the Time of Normalization
Course code KHI/KV129
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
Level of course Bachelor
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)
  • Chrastilová Dana, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Characteristics of individual phases of normalization (political context and starting points) 2. The artistic environment of the socialist state at the end of the 1960s 3. Consolidation of art in the 1970s (Soviet model, five year plans in art) 4. Work outside Czechoslovakia in the 1980s (East and West) 5. Art schools and their graduates 6. Family background of freelancers Combined form: study of literature, personal interview with an eyewitness, analysis of a work of art

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified, unspecified, unspecified, unspecified, unspecified
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to acquaint students with the period of NORMALIZATION in Czechoslovakia from the point of view of socialist art and the social status of "frelance" artists. The focus will be on painters, sculptors and restorers who worked under the Czech Fund of Fine Artists and had/did not have the opportunity to exhibit, work and sell their works abroad. The aim is to point out a completely different social environment from the point of view of the witnesses, with the possibility of organizing a meeting of students and witnesses.
Students orientate themselves in the historical context and can identify the main artistic trends of normalization. They orient themselves in the social issues of people in the gray zone of socialism. They know the basic specialist literature on the observed period. They demonstrate the ability to critically follow an interview with and eyewitness and develop their knowledge in the form of text and discussion.
Prerequisites
None

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Active participation in classes, essay and interview (colloquium).
Recommended literature
  • HOLÝ Ladislav. Malý český člověk a skvělý český národ: Národní identita a postkomunistická transformace společnosti, Praha 2010. Praha. 2010.
  • KALINOVÁ Lenka. Sociální vývoj Československa 1969?1989. Praha, 2013.
  • MERVART Jan. Kultura v karanténě: Umělecké svazy a jejich konsolidace za rané normalizace. praha. 2015.
  • Milan Otáhal. Podíl tvůrčí inteligence na pádu komunismu. Brno. 1999.
  • PREČAN Vilém (ed.). Charta 77: 1977?1989: od morální k demokratické revoluci: dokumentace. Bratislava. 1990.
  • ŠVÁCHA Rostislav ? Marie PLATOVSKÁ a kol.. Dějiny českého výtvarného umění VI/2. Praha. 2007.
  • Václav Havel. Z mého života, Moc bezmocných, Dopis Gustávu Husákovi. Praha. 1976.
  • VODRÁŽKA Mirek. Výtvarné umění a jeho subverzní role v období normalizace. Praha. 2019.


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