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Course: Art Monuments and their Interpretation

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Course title Art Monuments and their Interpretation
Course code UHV/UPAI
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
Level of course Master
Year of study 2
Semester Winter and summer
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)
  • Panoch Pavel, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
Interpretation and over-interpretation: an introduction to the issue. Celestial bodies (comets) and their historical portrayal. Historical portrayals of natural catastrophes (earthquakes, floods). Pamphlets and leaflets in Early Modern Europe and their message. Emblematics, its forms and meanings. Legal (juridical) iconographies and their symbolism in the history of Early Modern Europe. Human gestures, their types, historical portrayals, and their meanings. The ideology and rhetoric of a photograph (W. Benjamin, R. Barthes, S. Sontagová). Vilém Flusser and his consideration of the nature of a photograph. Czech history of the 20th century through the mirror of caricature (excursus).

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified, Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Work with text (with textbook, with book), Projection
Learning outcomes
The aim of this course is to introduce students to the possibilities of an interpretative approach to various types of visual sources from the field of European culture from the Early Modern and the Modern Period. The basis of the seminar work is analysis of the relation of concrete historical events, texts from the time that deal with these events (chronicles, books printed during this period, and others), and their synchronic presentation through visual media.
Students will gain an understanding of the strategies in modern visual culture and will master the skills necessary for a theoretical and critical consideration of cultural-historical phenomena.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination, Home assignment evaluation, Oral performance analysis, Presentation

Credit is determined by writing and orally presenting a semester paper on one of the assigned topics and passing a final oral examination interview where the student must demonstrate an understanding of recommended the literature and subject matter discussed.
Recommended literature
  • BARTHES, R. Světlá komora. Poznámka k fotografii. Praha, 2005.
  • Benjamin, W. Umělecké dílo ve věku své technické reprodukovatelnosti. In: Dílo a jeho zdroj.. Praha: Odeon., 1979.
  • COLLINI, S. (ed.). Interpretácia a nadinterpretácia. Bratislava: Archa, 1995.
  • DVORSKÝ, J.; CHADRABA, R. Votivní obraz Viléma Slavaty v Telči, in: Umění 38, 1990, č. 2, s. 128-140.
  • FLUSSER, V. Za filosofii fotografie. Praha: Hynek, 1994.
  • GOMBRICH, E. H. Vizuální obraz a jeho místo v komunikaci, in: Iluminae VII, 1995, č. 3 (19), s. 49-71. 1995.
  • KONEČNÝ, L. Mezi textem a obrazem. Miscellanea z historie emblematiky. Praha: Národní knihovna, 2002.
  • KONEČNÝ, L. Petr Pavel Rubens, Galileo Galilei a bitva na Bílé hoře, in: Ars baculum vitae. Sborník studií z dějin umění a kultury. K 70. narozeninám Prof. PhDr. Pavla Preisse, DrSc. Praha 1996, s. 139-142. Praha: Národní galerie, 1996.
  • KOZÁK, J.; KÁRNÍK, V. Rytiny vypovídající o katastrofických středoevropských zemětřeseních, in: Vesmír 68, 1989, č. 11, s. 637-638. 1989.
  • KOZÁK, J.; THOMPSON, M.-C. Historical Earthquakes in Europe. Zurich, 1981.
  • PANOFSKY, E. Význam ve výtvarném umění. Praha, 1981.
  • SLAVICKÁ, M.; FIALA, J. (eds.). Vilém Flusser. Moc obrazu. Výtvarné umění č. 3-4, 1996. 1996.
  • ŠRONĚK, M. (ed.). Vincenc Kramář, Zpustošení chrámu svatého Víta v roce 1619. (Fontes historiae artium, VI). Praha: Artefactum, 1998.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Study plan (Version): Cultural History (2013) Category: History courses 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter
University of Pardubice, date of update: 02.07.2024 23:50. Data created for academic year 2016/2017