Course detail
Cultural Anthropology - winter
FaVU-KUA-ZAcad. 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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Planned learning activities and teaching methods
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Course curriculum
1. the concept of art and discussing what it means
2. antropology and art - context, imput, approaches
3. concepts: primary, "primiteve', "tribal", "other cultures", preliterary societies
4. visual culture, subject, object
5. kinds and tipes of prehistorical art
6. materials and technologies, grades of preservation and duration
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Aims
The discussion should help at least partially answer the question, what IS art?
Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences
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Prerequisites and corequisites
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