Course: The Aesthetics of Landscape

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Course title The Aesthetics of Landscape
Course code UUK/7EK
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Dadejík Ondřej, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Etymology of the concept of landscape 2.-5. Four excursions into the history of the rise and fall of landscape painting. 6.-10. Landscape and power (vision) 11.-13. Romantic geography and topophilia 14. Final test

Learning activities and teaching methods
Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Work with text (with textbook, with book)
Learning outcomes
The seminar's primary goal is to analyze the change which, in terms of philosophical reflection, has undergone, is undergoing and may in the future undergo a human relationship with nature, depending on the growing role of its literary and artistic representations. This role will be explored both in contemporary aesthetics and in terms of current visual studies.
Basic orientation in the field of art and culture sciences.
Prerequisites
The course presupposes the basic ability of argumentation and basic knowledge of cultural area.

Assessment methods and criteria
Student performance assessment, Test

Regular, active participation. Test.
Recommended literature
  • Andrews, Malcolm. The Search for the Picturesque. Stanford: SUP, 1989.
  • Berger, John. O pohledu. Praha: Fra, 2009.
  • Berger, John. Způsoby vidění. Praha: Labyrint, 2016.
  • Hunt, John Dixon. Gardens and the Picturesque. Studies in the History of Landscape Architecture. Cam. Mass.: MIT, 1992.
  • Overton, Tom (ed.). Landscapes. John Berger on Art. London: Verso, 2016.
  • Tuan, Yi-Fu. Romantic Geography. Wisconsin: UWP, 2013.


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