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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. Ancient culture, ancient conception of art 2. Contemporary reflections and treatises on art 3. Ancient tragedy: between art and myth 4. The relationship between beauty and art 5. The search for general rules of art 6. Aristotle's poetics and theory of drama. Catharsis, art as experience and "purification" 7. The Acropolis - unity of architecture and sculpture 8. The Pantheon - a building as a "representation of the image of the world" 9. Laocoön - a sculptural exemplum and reflections on the relationship between image and language 10. The sublime category - a disruption or addition to the category of beauty? 11. Hellenistic art - transcultural exchange: Gandhara as an example of "Asian Hellenism" 12. Roman art and its visual rhetoric. Art in public and private spaces 13. Early Christian art - parallels with late antique tradition, change in the role of art and the task of the artist. From external beauty to spiritual beauty 14. Byzantine art - transformation and continuity in artistic creation
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Monological explanation (lecture, presentation,briefing)
- Class attendance
- 28 hours per semester
- Preparation for credit
- 5 hours per semester
- Semestral paper
- 28 hours per semester
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Learning outcomes
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Emphasis is placed on explaining the principles and intellectual background, which enabled the specific practice of artistic creative activity as well as its specific period reflection. In addition to clarifying the nature of styles, forms and iconography of the period, the course also deals with the approach and interpretation of key concepts, thought patterns and categories that stood in the background of artistic creation and which determined the form, perceived meaning and understanding of works of art. The reflection and impact of forms of older art and art theory on modern art practice are also mentioned. Topics: 1. Thinking over the concept of art and its transformation 2. The relationship between tradition and originality 3. Reflections on the objectivity of beauty 4. Reflections on the affective nature of art 5. Considerations about types and limits of depiction (in connection with e.g. religious requirements) 6. The cult image - art in the time before the concept of art in modern sense 7. Examples of model (ideal) works of art and buildings I 8. Examples of model (ideal) works of art and buildings II 9. Examples of model (ideal) works of art and buildings III 10. The relationship between the old and the new, i.e. inspiration, quotations, borrowings, interpretations and interpretations of interpretations, etc. 11. The influence of theory (philosophy) on art and vice versa 12. The relation of old art to the new and their interpretive connection (i.e. the influence of the new art on understanding and interpretation of the old)
To develop the ability of reflection and contextual thinking. To grasp knowledge of relations of visual art and architecture of that period of time.
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Prerequisites
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Unspecified
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Presentation of acquired knowledge via paper
Written test, written essay, discussion of the essay
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Recommended literature
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Eco, U. Dějiny krásy. Praha: Agro, 2005.
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GILBERTOVÁ, K.E., KUHN, H. Dějiny estetiky, Praha: SNKLU, 1965..
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GOMBICH, Ernst Hans. Příběh umění. Praha. 1992.
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Huyghe, R. Umění pravěku a starověku. Odeon, 1969.
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Strong, D. Antické umění. Praha, 1970.
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