Course detail

A Survey of International History of Art of the 20th Century - First Half of the 20th Century

FaVU-1SDU-LAcad. year: 2016/2017

The lecture provides with the overview of art movements, tendencies and personalities mainly in the areas of painting and sculpture in the second and third decades of the 20th century in Europe and the USA. Expressive, dadaistic and surrealistic tendencies. The phenomenon of "Parisian School". Art deco, art of dictatorships.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

PhDr. Pavel Ondračka

Department

Department of Art History and Theory (KTDU)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

The images presented at the lectures do not replace "kunst-historical" autopsy, but enables students to reflect pre-war art in various, often controversial, contexts.

Prerequisites

Students have to have basic knowledge of history and cultural history at the level of a high-school leaving exam.

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

exam - test

Course curriculum

1. Dadaism, Schwitters and his impact on neodada and pop art. Merz, the column, the building, the relief. Ernst, Picabia, Ray.
2. Duchamp in chronological presentation
3. Art deco, design, painting, photography. de Lempicka, Cassandre, Erté and 1960s psychedelia, color photography - Madame Yevonde.
4. Surrealism. France, Belgium. Magritte, Delvaux, Bathus.
5. Dalí, Buňuel, Hitchcock. Overlaps of surrealism into objects (Duchamp), photography, social life (Warhol)
6. International surrealism. Matta, Lam, Parisian School.
7. German art of the 20s and 30s.
8. Mexican and US art from the 20s to the 40s.
9. Sculpture from Rodin to Bourdell. Expressionism. Minne, Lehmbruck, Barlach, Metzner, architecture.
10. Constructivism and sculpture. Pevsner, Gabo, Hepworth, Calder.
11. Sculpture after surrealism. Moore, Giacometti, Noguchi.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

Students will be able to classify and characterize important artists, schools, and tendencies within the historical context.

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

Attendance at lecures is optional.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

compulsory prerequisite
A Survey of International Art History - First Half of the 20th Century

Basic literature

Fiedler, J.; Ackermann, U., Bauhaus, Kolín n. Rýnem 2006 (CS)
Foster, H.; Krauss R.; Bois, Y.-A.; Buchloh B. H. D., Umění po roce 1900, Praha 2007 (CS)
Gombrich, E., Příběh umění, Praha, 1992. (CS)
Haas, F., Architektura 20. století. Praha 1978 (CS)
Krauss,R., The Originality of the Avant-Garde and Other Modernist Myths. Cambridge, Mass. 1985 (CS)
Lamač, M., Myšlenky moderních malířů. Praha 1989 (CS)
Schapiro, M., Modern Art. 19th&20th Centuries. New York 1968 (CS)

Type of course unit

Lecture

52 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

PhDr. Pavel Ondračka

Syllabus

1. Konstruktivní tendence, fenomén Bauhaus, kinetismus, ruská avantgarda,
2. Dadaismus, surrealismus a jejich rozšíření a vliv.
3. "Pařížská škola".
4. Expresívní tendence mezi válkami, "neue Sachlichkeit".
5. Neoklasicismus, art deco, umění diktatur - Itálie, Německo, SSSR.