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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
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.
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- 26 hrs lectures
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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.
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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..
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Lestures are optional.
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