Course details

Czech Art of the First Half of the 20th Century in Context

1CU20st-Z FaVU 1CU20st-Z Acad. year 2017/2018 Winter semester 3 credits

Current academic year

Overview of art styles, personalities and tendencies in painting and sculpture in the Czech lands in the 20th century. The attention is paid to the phenomena which incorporate or follow expressionism, cubism, surrealism, abstraction, as well as to the transformations in the landscape painting and to period decorativeness or retrograde tendencies.

Guarantor

Language of instruction

Czech

Completion

Examination

Time span

  • 26 hrs lectures

Department

Lecturer

Subject specific learning outcomes and competences

Basic phenomenons and personalities of the Czech XXth Century Art.

Learning objectives

Ability to orientate in basic phenomenons and personalities of fine arts in the Czech lands and in Europe.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

Basic knowledge of the history of the Czech lands and their culture.

Syllabus of lectures

1. Czech art after the beginning of the 20th century, generation after impressionism and before expressionism.
2. Expressive, cubist-expressive, cubist, symbolist tendencies, artist grous - Osma, Skupina výtvarných umělců, Sursum, Umělecká Beseda.
3. Reconstitution of the art scene after WWI. Tvrdošíjní Group.
4. Styles and movements in the 1920s Neo-classicism, poetism, Devětsil, artificialism, landscape painting, official scene.
5. Styles and movements of the 1930s. Abstraction, surrealism.
6. Czech sculpture of the first half of the 20th century.

Progress assessment

Test

Teaching methods and criteria

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

Controlled instruction

Lestures are optional.

Course inclusion in study plans

  • Programme IT-BC-3, field BIT, 1st year of study, Elective
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