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Lecturer(s)
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Nábělek Kamil, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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1. Aesthetics - characteristics, themes, issues 2. Rules and order in art, objective beauty 3. Modern analogies of the "aesthetics of reason" - non-psychological concepts of art, focus on the object, formal relationships, information aesthetics, code 4. Empiricism - from normative classicism to the question of taste and subjectivism 5. Contemporary approaches based on empirical research into aesthetic and artistic issues - experimental methods, cognitive science, neuroaesthetics 6. English aesthetics - aesthetic intuition and the problem of genius 7. Art and artificial intelligence - the question of machine creativity: can machines create art? "Perfection" and "genius" in a new form, or mediocrity and convention?
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Observation, Demonstration
- Preparation for credit
- 28 hours per semester
- Class attendance
- 28 hours per semester
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Learning outcomes
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a) Philosophy: definition of philosophy, wisdom about the world, a form of life, professional study. Natural attitude and theoretical attitude: ontological, transcendental and empirical. Overview of topics: ontological difference, existence, world, corporeality, language. Overview of approaches: phenomenology, existentialism, hermeneutics, structuralism, poststructuralism and postmodernism, analytical philosophy, philosophy and theory of science. b) Aesthetics: subject and methods of aesthetics, aesthetic object and aesthetic experience, aesthetic categories, aesthetic judgment. c) Art history: exact science x interpretation, problem of historicity, autonomy, and heteronomy of art
To be aware of relations between art history and visual culture.
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Prerequisites
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- Interest in the theoretical and methodological foundations of artistic creation, particularly within aesthetics. - Ability to think critically about general principles and questions of the artistic process. - Willingness to analyze the relationship between historical ideas, concepts, and contemporary artistic practice. - Ability to reflect on the issues of the laws governing artworks, theories of creation, and empirical approaches. - Interest in exploring intuitive, imaginative, and creative aspects of artistic production. - Readiness to discuss and formulate personal perspectives on the nature of artworks and their perception.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Presentation of artistic and creative activities
Written essay, discussion of the essay
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Recommended literature
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BARTÁK, Roman. Co je nového v umělé inteligenci.. Praha: Nová beseda, 2017. ISBN 978-80-906751-2-4.
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BENSE, Max. Teorie textů. Odeon. 1967.
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BIRKHOFF, George. Aesthetic Measure, kap. 1, s. 3-15, kap. 2, s. 16-78, kap. 8, s. 160-190. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. 1933.
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BOILEAU, Nicolas., SGALLOVÁ, Květa a Jiří K. KROUPA (ed.). O umění básnickém a dramatickém. Praha: Koniasch Latin Press. 1997.
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CASSIRER, Ernst. The Philosophy of the Enlightenment.. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1968. ISBN 9780691019635.
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CORNELIE, Pierre. Třetí rozprava o třech jednotách děje, místa, času. In: SGALLOVÁ, Květa a Jiří K. KROUPA (ed.). O umění básnickém a dramatickém. s. 170-182. Praha: Koniasch Latin Press. 1997.
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HADRAVOVÁ, Tereza. Co je nového v estetice.. Praha: Nová beseda, 2016. ISBN 978-80-906089-7.
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HIRŠAL, Josef a Bohumila GRÖGEROVÁ (ed.). lovo, písmo, akce, hlas. K estetice kultury technického věku. Výběr z esejů, manifestů a uměleckých programů druhé poloviny XX. století. Praha: Československý spisovatel. 1967.
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HUME, David. O měřítku vkusu. In: NIEDERLE, Rostislav. Pojmy estetiky: analytický přístup, s. 137-153. Brno: Masarykova univerzita. 2010.
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KESNER, Ladislav. Dějiny umění a teorie mysli. Umění, roč. 56 (2008), č. 1, s. 16?28. ISSN 0049-5123.
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KESNER, Ladislav. Umění, mysl, neuroscientismus a humanitní vědy. Kontexty, roč. 3 (2011), č. 6, s. 42?55. ISSN 1803-6988.
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KESNER, Ladislav. Umění, mysl, neuroscientismus a humanitní vědy. Brno: Centrum pro studium demokracie a kultury. 2011.
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PIORECKÝ, Karel. Česká počítačově generovaná literatura a otázka autorství literárního textu. World Literature Studies, roč. 9, č. 3 (2017), s. 66-78. ISSN 1337-9275.
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STOCKWELL, Peter. Cognitive Poetics. An Introduction. London and New York: Routledge. 2002.
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ZEKI, Semir. Art and the Brain. Daedalus, vol. 127 (1998), no. 2, p. 71-103.
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ZUSKA, Vlastimil. Estetika ? úvod do současnosti tradiční disciplíny.. Praha: Triton, 2001. ISBN 80-7254-194-3.
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