Course detail

Chapters from 20th Century Art - International Surrealism

FaVU-2VKUS-ZAcad. year: 2012/2013

The aim of these lectures is widening the theoretical basis of one of the most important artistic phenomena of the 20th century: international dimension of surrealism.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

3

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. PhDr. Petr Spielmann, dr. h. c.

Department

Department of Art History and Theory (KTDU)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Students will acquire deeper knowledge of surrealism.

Prerequisites

Basic knowledge of modern Czech and international art.

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

Oral exam.

Course curriculum

Conceptual resources of the surrealist movement in literature (Breton), the impact of Dada on Surrealism, definition and characteristics of surrealism
chief personalities and their art (Magritte, Miró, erns, Dalí, Giacometti, Oppenheimová, Raz, Tanguy), interdisciplinary overlapings, periodization, artistic generations, main centres (Paris, Belgium, Germany, Spain, England, the USA)
the influence of surrealism on the following artistic production

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

Student will acquire wider knowledge about the changes of surrealism's international context and its connection to the historica developments of art.

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

Attendance of lectures is optional.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Surrealism: desire unbound (kat., Tate Modern, London). Lodon 2001
Nadeau, M., Dějiny surrealismu a surrealistické dokumenty. Olomouc 1994
Alexandrian, Sarane, Surrealist Art, New York 1970
Melly, George, Paris and the Surrealists, New York 1991.
Ruth Brandon, Neskutečné životy. Surrealisté 1917 - 1945, 2005

Recommended literature

Not applicable.

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

13 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. PhDr. Petr Spielmann, dr. h. c.