Course detail

Master's State Examination seminar 2

FaVU-CPZZ-IIAcad. year: 2019/2020

The second of the three seminars serving students as a support in preparing for the theoretical part of the Master's State Final Exam. The content of this seminar is based on the recommended study literature on the thematic areas of the final state examination no. 11 to no. 20. At the beginning of the semester, the topics are divided among the students who did not present in the previous semester. There will be two student presentations in each seminar – each will introduce one selected text.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

2

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Students will get acquainted with the selected study literature in more detail, and they will gain the basis for individual preparation for the final state examination. Those presenting a seminar will strengthen their competences in the field of research and the subsequent structuring of information into a time-limited presentation and gain more confidence in the presentation.

Prerequisites

None.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

This course is based on an active learning method in which students depart from the passive role of content recipients. Teachers' role is coordinating (assignment tasks), but of course also tuition – s/he corrects potential deficiencies in presentations, and in short, controlled discussions at the end of the presentations, students are directed to other appropriate sources of information.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

The credit is awarded on the basis of attendance. Another requirement for the credit is either a presentation at a seminar or a written summary of one selected text from the state exam circuits discussed in the given semester.

Course curriculum

11. Text on the verge of fine arts and literature.
12. A relationship between art and architecture.
13. The art of action – performative approaches in art of the 2nd half of the 20th century.
14. Avant-garde and neo-avant-garde.
15. Conceptual art / conceptualism.
16. Participatory art
17. Photography as art.
18. Traditional media in contemporary art.
19. Contemporary art in the post-socialist countries of the former Eastern Bloc.
20. Technical image – art and theory of the new media.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The aim of the course is to make students acquainted with selected texts of recommended literature, which serve as study support in the preparation for state final examination.

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

Compulsory attendance (3 absences accepted).

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Claire BISHOP, Artificial Hells, Londýn – New York: Verso, 2012. (EN)
Eva KRÁTKÁ (ed.), Česká vizuální poezie, Brno: Host, 2013. (CS)
Eva KRÁTKÁ, Vizuální poezie. Pojmy, kategorie a typologie ve světovém kontextu, Brno: Host, 2016. (CS)
Karel CÍSAŘ, Co je to fotografie? Praha, Herrmann & synové, 2004. (CS)
Ondřej BUDDEUS – Markéta MAGIDOVÁ (eds.), Třídit slova: Literatura a konceptuální tendence 1945 – 2015, Praha: tranzit, 2016. (CS)
Pavlína MORGANOVÁ – Terezie NEKVINDOVÁ – Dagmar SVATOŠOVÁ – Jiří ŠEVČÍK (eds), České umění 1980–2010. Praha: VVP AVU, 2011. (CS)
Peter BÜRGER, Teorie avantgardy. Stárnutí moderny, Praha: AVU, 2015. (CS)
Peter OSBORNE, Anywhere or Not at All. Philosophy of Contemporary Art, Londýn – New York: Verso, 2013. (EN)
Roland BARTHES, Světlá komora, Praha: Fra, 2005. (CS)
Tomáš POSPISZYL, Asociativní dějepis umění, Praha: tranzit, 2014. (CS)
Tomáš POSPISZYL (ed.), Před obrazem. Antologie americké výtvarné teorie a kritiky, Praha: OSVU, 1998. (CS)
Yve-Alain BOIS – Benjamin Buchloh – Hal FOSTER – Rosalind KRAUSSOVÁ, Umění po roce 1900, Praha: Slovart, 2007. (CS)
Zbyněk BALADRÁN – Vít HAVRÁNEK (eds.), Atlas transformace, Praha: tranzit.cz, 2009. (CS)

Recommended reading

Alexander ALBERRO – Blake STIMSON (eds.), Conceptual Art. A Critical Anthology, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1999. (EN)
Allan KAPROW, Essays on Blurring of Art and Life, Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1996. (EN)
Boris GROYS, Gesamtkunstwerk Stalin; Postkomunistické postskriptum, Praha: AVU, 2010. (CS)
Hal FOSTER, „Co je nového na neoavantgardě?“, Sešit pro umění, teorii a příbuzné zóny, 2010, č. 8, s. 58–85. (CS)
Hal FOSTER, The Art-architecture complex, London – New York: Verso, 2011. (EN)
Hans BELTING – Andrea BUDDENSIEG (eds), Global Art World, Hatje Cantz, 2009. (EN)
Hans-Georg GADAMER, Aktualita krásného. Umění jako hra, symbol a slavnost, Praha: Triáda 2003. (CS)
Jan ZÁLEŠÁK, Umění spolupráce, Praha: VVP AVU, 2011. (CS)
Jeff WALL, „ ‚Známky lhostejnosti‘. Aspekty fotografie (jako) konceptuálního umění“, Sešit pro umění, teorii a příbuzné zóny, 2012, č. 12, s. 58–86. (CS)
Ladislav KESNER (ed.), Vizuální teorie: současné angloamerické myšlení o výtvarných dílech, Jinočany: H&H, 2005. (CS)
Martin HEIDEGGER, „Zrození uměleckého díla“, Orientace, 1968, č. 3, s. 53–62; č. 4, s. 75–83; č. 5, s. 84–94. (CS)
Marvin CARLSON, Performance. A critical introduction, London: Routledge, 2006. (EN)
Petr REZEK, „Setkání s akčními umělci“, Výtvarné umění, 1991, č. 3, s.78–80. (CS)
Sešit pro umění, teorii a příbuzné zóny, Praha: VVP AVU, 2007, č. 1–2. (celé číslo) (CS)
Tomáš DVOŘÁK (ed.), Kapitoly z dějin a teorie médií, Praha: VVP AVU, 2011. (CS)
Wolfgang Ullrich, „Nevinná ruka“, Labyrint revue, 2010, č. 27/28, s. 101–103. (CS)

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme VUM Master's

    branch VU-IDT , 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory
    branch VU-D , 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory
    branch VU-VT , 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory
    branch VU-VT , 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory
    branch VU-VT , 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory
    branch VU-IDT , 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory
    branch VU-IDT , 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory
    branch VU-D , 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory
    branch VU-IDT , 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory
    branch VU-IDT , 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory
    branch VU-VT , 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory
    branch VU-IDT , 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory
    branch VU-VT , 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory
    branch VU-VT , 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory
    branch VU-D , 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory
    branch VU-IDT , 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Seminar

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer