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The Antropology of Art
FaVU-2AU-LAcad. year: 2022/2023
The course will analyze Western conceptions and understanding of "primal" art and art of other cultures. We will focus on the various interpretation approaches of these kinds of art, which leads to the crucial question: what IS art? The course also deals with visual theory, symbolic representations, the relationship of ritual to psychoalanylsis. Particular examples are taken from prehistorical and tribal art.
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2. Anthropology and art – context, approaches
3. Notions „primal“, pre-historic and „primitive“ art, tribal art, pre-literary societies art, art of „other cultures“, further as PA
4. Visual culture, notion of object
5. Types of PA, materials and technologies used for its production, levels of preservation
6. Methods of analysing PA – theory
7. Methods of analysing PA – praxis
8. History of interpreting PA
9. PA as a source of inspiration throughout the history of art
10. Origins of visual culture, related to discussion the topic „what is art?“
11. Symbolic systems, visual communication
12. PA and ritual, PA and psychoanalysis
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Basic literature
Lévi-Strauss C. (1996): Myšlení přírodních národů. Praha. Dauphin. (CS)
Recommended literature
Coote J. and Shelton A. (ed) (1994): Anthropology, Art and Aesthetics. Cambridge. (EN)
Conkey Margaret W., Soffer Olga, Stratmann D., Jablonski N. G. (éd.): Beyont Art: Pleistocene Image and Symbol. University of California Press. (EN)
Fraser D. (1962): Primitive Art. New York. (EN)
Layton R. (1991): The Anthropology of Art. Cambridge. (EN)
Lorblanchet M. (1999): La naissance de l’art. Editions Errance. (FR)
Marshack (1972): The Roots of Civilisation. McGraw-Hill Book Company. (EN)
Ucko P. J. and Rosenfeld A. (1967): Paleolithic Cave Art. London. (EN)