Course detail
Cultural Anthropology - summer
FaVU-KUA-LAcad. year: 2019/2020
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.
Bibliography:
Jelínek J. (1977): Velký obrazový atlas pravěkého člověka. Praha, Artia.
Conkey Margaret W., Soffer Olga, Stratmann D., Jablonski N. G. (éd.) (1997): Beyont Art: Pleistocene Image and Symbol. University of California Press.
Lorblanchet M. (1999): La naissance de l'art. Editions Errance.
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Course curriculum
1. ways of analyzing prehistorical art.
2. the history of prehistorical art interpretation
3. prehistorical art as the source of inspiration in art history
4. the beginnings of visual culture, discussing "what is art"
5. symbolic systems, visual communication
6. prehistoric art and ritual, psychoanalysis
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The discussion should help at least partially answer the question, what IS art?
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- compulsory co-requisite
Basic literature
J.E.Pfeifer: Creative explosion,an inquiry into the origins of art and religion, 1982
Otten: Antropology and art, , 0
Recommended reading
Ashley Montagu : The Human Connection, , 0
J.Jelínek: Umění v zrcadle věků, počátky umělecké tvorby, 1990