Course detail

Representation of the Body and Corporeality as an Antropological and Aesthetic Problem - summer

FaVU-RET-LAcad. year: 2011/2012

Anthropological and philosophical aspects of the human physicality and identity. Anthropomorphic symbolism in visual culture. Anatomical (morphological), cultural-anthropological and aesthetical conventions in the depiction of human body. Human body as a medium and text. Artificial (artistic as well bionic) reconstruction of human body. Human body and new technologies.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

3

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. Mgr. Jozef Cseres, Ph.D.

Department

Department of Art History and Theory (KTDU)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Students will acquire basic knowledge of antropological and aesthetic theories in their relationhip. They will learn about the antropological and aesthetic determinants of artistic representation of the human body.

Prerequisites

Basic orientation in philosophical and antropological problematics.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Teaching methods depend on the type of course unit as specified in the article 7 of BUT Rules for Studies and Examinations..

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes


70% attendace, active preparation for the seminar (homework reading), active participation in seminars (papers, discussion), a 1500-word essay.

Course curriculum

1. nudity.
2. race and multiculturalism
3. sex/genrer, sexuality
4. sensibility
5. pornography
6. natural deficiencies, malformities
7. improving of the human body
8. aesthetization and deformation of the human body
9. a living and a dead body
10. the representation of the human body and social convenstions (ethical, religious, political, aesthetical)
11. human body as the communicative medium (speech, text)

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The course introduces the issues of bio-socio-cultural antropology to enhance critical awareness of studets of art faculty at a technological university. Students will be instructed about aesthetic conventions and representative criteria of the human body in historically changeable forms and cultures.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Lectures are not mandatory.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Beneš, Jan: Člověk. MF Praha, 1994.
Cassirer, Ernst: Esej o človeku. Pravda Bratislava, 1977.
Danto, Arthur C.: The Body/Body Problem. University of California Press Berkeley/Los Angeles, 2001.
Malina, Jaroslav: Kruh prstenu. MU Brno, 2000.

Recommended reading

Doležalová, Iva; Hamar, Eleonora; Bělka, Luboš: Náboženství a tělo. CERES Brno, 2006. Le Goff, Jaques; Nikolaus Truong: Tělo ve středověké kultuře. Vyšehrad Praha, 2003. Morris, Desmond: Nahá opice. MF Praha, 1967. Morris Desmond: Lidský živočich. Bakios Praha, 1997. Morris, Desmond: Nahá žena. Alman Praha, 2006. Tangová, Isabel: Pornografie (Tajné dějiny civilizace). BB-art Praha, 1999. Warr, Tracey: The Artist´s Body. Phaidon Press Londýn/New York, 2006. Yalomová, Marilyn: Dějiny ňadra. Rybka Publishers Praha, 1999.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme Master's

    branch AS2 , 1 year of study, summer semester, elective
    branch AVI , 1 year of study, summer semester, elective
    branch APE , 1 year of study, summer semester, elective
    branch AGD2 , 1 year of study, summer semester, elective
    branch AEN , 1 year of study, summer semester, elective
    branch AM2 , 1 year of study, summer semester, elective
    branch AM3 , 1 year of study, summer semester, elective
    branch ATD , 1 year of study, summer semester, elective
    branch AMU , 1 year of study, summer semester, elective
    branch AS1 , 1 year of study, summer semester, elective
    branch AGD1 , 1 year of study, summer semester, elective
    branch AIN , 1 year of study, summer semester, elective
    branch APD , 1 year of study, summer semester, elective
    branch AM1 , 1 year of study, summer semester, elective
    branch AKG , 1 year of study, summer semester, elective

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Mgr. Jozef Cseres, Ph.D.