Czech

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Apart from learning the deeper contexts, students will learn to make structured visual databases and make a paper in a PDF format which should prepare them for writing a theoretical diploma thesis during their MA studies.

Students should be aware of the general context of Czech art and history.

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

A paper in a pDF format (5 - 8 normal pages] including visual documentation; decent layout, no footnotes, essential bibliography.

Students can choose from the following topics:
1. Art of the late 40s, socialist realism - overlaps into architecture and punlic spaces; alternative art activities of the early 50s
2. art of the turn of the 50s and 60s. Era of the art groups, "tame modern," teh Brussels Expo phenomenon in architecture, design and fine art
3. Radical and mainstream tendencies of the early 60s. Informel, concretism, art groups in Prague and other cities
4. The metamorphoses of art of the actually existing socialsm from the 50s - 6os. national artists and artists laureates. Important art magazines.
5. Landscape painting of the 50s and 60s.
6. Imaginative and surrealist tendencies.
7. The impact of Pop Art and New Figuration.
8. Key artists active also in design (fashion, poster design, textile, stage design).

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We will explore the key issues of the 40s - 60s on case studies and trace the changes and impacts of the international art scene in the Czech milieu. Students will be lead to independent reflection of art of the 40s - 60s so that they can do further research corresponding to their art medium and preferences.

Attendance on the first two seminars is essential. Further on, students will meet on one-to-one tutorials and paper presentation sessions.

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Dějiny českého výtvarného umění V. (1939 - 1958) , Academia 2006
Dějiny českého výtvarného umění VI. (1958 - 2000), Academia 2007
Josef Alan a kol., Alternativní kultura, Příběh české společnosti 1945 - 1989, Praha 2001

Nová encylopedie českého výtvarného umění, Praha 1995
Ohniska znovuzrození. České umění 1956-1963 (ed. M. Judlová), GHMP - ÚDU AVČR 1994
Marie Klimešová, Miroslav Petříček, Roky ve dnech, České umění 1945 - 1957, Arbor vitae, Praha 2010

13 hours, compulsory