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Lecturer(s)
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Course content
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1. Introductory lesson 2. The ideals of Greek culture: beauty and arete 3. Beauty and kosmos 4. Measure and harmony 5. Mimesis I 6. Mimesis II 7. The beautiful and the sublime I 8. The beautiful and the sublime II 9. The picturesque 10. Taste I 11. Taste II 12. Grace 13. The aesthetic of ugliness
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming)
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Learning outcomes
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The course will introduce students into the development of western aesthetics from the pre-Socratics to the 20th century, while focusing on the transformations of main aesthetic categories. A special attention will be paid to the philosophical dimension of the most influential aesthetic theories together with their literary-historical and art-historical context.
An introduction into the development of western aesthetic thought.
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Prerequisites
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None
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Written examination
To be specified in the syllabus.
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Recommended literature
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Katharine Gilbertová - Helmut Kuhn. Dějiny estetiky. Praha, 1965.
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Umberto Eco. Umění a krása ve středověké estetice. Praha, 1998.
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Władysław Tatarkiewicz. Dejiny estetiky I-III. Bratislava, 1985.
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