ART AND CULTURE (40h)
Responsible lecturer: dr Anna Małecka
The objective of the course is to present the major trends of European culture and art in the historic perspective, from the ancient Greek and Roman periods, through the Middle Ages, Renaissance, and modernism, till the most recent postmodern times. The aim is also to develop the students’ skills of creative and analytic thinking, alongside their artistic sensitivity.
The course will consist of lectures, presentations, seminars, accompanied by practical workshops, including visits to Cracow museums, art galleries, opera, ballet, as well as meeting Polish artists.
The following basic issues are included in the course curriculum:
1. Introduction to Cultural Studies (2 hours)
Various concepts of culture.
Philosophical bases of culture.
2. Foundations of Aesthetics (2 hours)
Various concepts of art and aesthetic values.
Methodology of art studies.
Classification of arts.
3. History of Poland in the Context of World History (16 hours)
4. History of European Culture and Art (20 hours)
Ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome, Middle Ages, Renaissance, Baroque, Romanticism, Modernism, Postmodernism.
Outline history of Polish art.
4. Culture, Art and History as Envisaged in Museums (10 hours)
Main concepts, classification and history of museums. Presentation of major European museums.
Visits to Kraków museums.
5. The 20th Century Trends in Philosophy of Culture (10 hours)
Western views.
Polish outlooks.
6. Multifarious and Ethnic Aspects of Culture (4 hours)
8. Poland: People and Folklore (2 hours)
9. Presentation of Major Fields of Art (14 hours)
Painting and Sculpture (4 hours)
Architecture (2 hours)
European and Polish Music (4 hours)
Opera (2 hours)
Dance and Ballet (2 hours)
10 Polish Literature and Its European Roots (5 hours)
11. Contemporary Drama and Theatre (5 hours)
12. European and Polish Art Cinema (6 hours)
The Head of the Summer School: Professor Anna Siwik, Ph.D., Vice Rector for Students Affairs, AGH University of Science and Technology in Kraków, Poland, Member of PAU Commission of Research on the Polish Diaspora by the Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences; member of World Research Council on Poles Abroad; Chairman of the Board of Audit of the International Association for Geotourism.
Professional interests: the Political, Societal and Cultural Transformation of Polish Society after World War II, the Polish Political Diaspora after World War II, the Social Democratic Movement.
Major books (in Polish): Polish Socialist Party in Émigré Conditions, 1945-1956, Krakow 1998; Democracy: Theory-Ideas-Institutions, (ed.) Torun 2000 (third edition 2003); Polish Political Exiles, 1956-1990, Krakow 2002; From the Industrial Society to the Information Society, (ed.) Krakow 2007; From the Factory Hand to the Internet Sufferer, (ed.) Krakow 2008.
* The programme of the School developed by: Anna Małecka, Ph.D., Vice Dean for Cooperation, Faculty of Humanities, AGH University of Science and Technology in Kraków, Poland, teaching the following courses: History of Philosophy, The World of Art, Rhetoric and Media Genres, Introduction to Rhetoric, Museums of the World, Aesthetics of Traditional and New Media. Major research areas: British Philosophy, Aesthetics, Philosophy of Art, Museology Media Studies. Over 30 publications, including 2 books. Numerous translations of Anglo-Saxon literature and philosophy. Head of the Audit Committee of the Kraków Branch of the Polish Philosophical Association, member of The Carlyle Society, Edinburgh, Chairman of the “Solidarity” Movement Branch at the Faculty of Humanities, Sworn Translator at the Regional Court in Kraków (English-Polish).
Literature:
1. E. H. Gombrich, The Story of Art, London 1996.
2. Umberto Eco, History of Beauty, Rizzoli International Publications, 2004.
3. Władysław Tatarkiewicz, A History of Six Ideas: An Essay in Aesthetics, Kluwer Academic Pub., 1980.
4. Roman Ingarden, Selected Papers in Aesthetics, Műnchen, Wien 1985.
5. Michael Ryan, Cultural Studies: A Practical Introduction, New York 2010.
6. Bettina Carbonell, Museum Studies in Context: An Anthology, Blackwell Publishing, 2004.
7. S. Krzysztofowicz-Kozakowska, P. Krasny…, Art of Poland, Kraków 2006.
8. Jan. K. Ostrowski, Cracow, Kraków – Warszawa 1992.
9. Grzegorz Michalski…, Jerzy Waldorff, An Outline History of Polish Music. Edited by Tadeusz Ochlewski. Warsaw 1979.
10. Czesław Miłosz, The History of Polish Literature, Berkeley, University of California Press, 1983.
11. Chrypinski, Anna, editor, Polish Customs, Detroit 1977.
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