Bulgarian Art and Culture Studies

obligatory courses

Classroom

The course is an introduction to the history of art. It aims at presenting the characteristics of Bulgarian artistic production, architecture and musical works in the context of respective phenomena characteristic for the area and for Europe, in historical perspective.

The course is intended to provide students with general knowledge of fundamental areas in Bulgarian art and aesthetics. Basic notions in art history are introduced, i.e. those of Bulgarian iconography, painting, architecture, sculpture, artistic craftsmanship, literature and music. Themes of traditional and modern Bulgarian art and aesthetics (from its origins to the present day) will be discussed in historical perspective and in their cultural context. Selected phenomena of aesthetics in Bulgarian culture will be presented in detail. Students are also provided with basic analytical background to interpret various works of art (including iconographic analysis). They gain awareness of the place of Bulgarian artistic canon in the context of cultural phenomena of the area and in Europe.

Andrzej Szczerski, Transformacja. Sztuka w Europie Środkowo-Wschodniej po 1989 roku, Kraków 2018.

Dragan Tenew, Dzieje sztuki w Bułgarii: siedem opowiadań o sztuce bułgarskiej, Warszawa 1989.

Eugeniusz Trubieckoj, Kolorowa kontemplacja, przeł. H. Paprocki, Warszawa 1998.

Fotospołeczeństwo. Antologia tekstów z socjologii wizualnej, pod red. Piotra Sztompki, Małgorzaty Boguni-Borowskiej, Kraków 2012.

Harry Morgan, Relacje tekst-obraz w literaturze rysowanej, „Zeszyty Komiksowe”, nr 23, Poznań 2017.

Irina Genova, Tatyana Dimitrova, Art in Bulgaria during the 1920's. Modernism and National Idea, Sofia 2002.

Leonid Uspienski, Teologia ikony, przeł. M. Żurowska, Poznań 1993.

Lesław Marian Bartelski, Jeździec z Madary: szkice o ziemi bułgarskiej, Warszawa 1963.

Mara Conczewa, Sztuka ziemi trackiej, Warszawa 1979.

Marcin Giżycki, Nie tylko Disney: rzecz o filmie animowanym, Warszawa 2000.

Marta Todorow, Komiks w Bułgarii, „AQQ”, nr 2 (11), Poznań 1996.

Paweł Florenski, Ikonostas i inne szkice, przeł. Z. Podgórzec, Warszawa 1981.

Paweł Szarek, Słodka obietnica filmowej przygody. Co nam mówią plakaty filmowe?, „Ikonosfera”, nr 2, Toruń 2008.

Piotr Piotrowski, Awangarda w cieniu Jałty, Poznań 2005.

Raz Greenberg, The Animated Text: Definition, „Journal of Film and Video”, vol. 63 no. 2 (Summer), Chicago 2011.

Światy z pikseli. Antologia studiów nad grami komputerowymi, pod red. Mirosława Filiciaka, Warszawa 2010.

Vojislav Mole, Sztuka Słowian południowych, Wrocław 1962.

ГРАНИЦА НА НАШИТЕ МЕЧТИ. ХРИСТО И АНАНИ Я (документален филм за Христо и Анани Явашеви), реж. Г. Балабанов, 1996, on-line: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PowxN7pzyE0.

Диана Попова, Когато се наливаха основите. Съвременно българско изкуство през 1990-те, on-line: http://kultura.bg/web/когато-се-наливаха-основите/.

Диляна Филипова, „Неизменно бъдещия” Музей на съвременното изкуство у нас, „Пирон”, бр. 4, София 2013.

Елица Станоева, София. Идеология, градоустройство и живот през социализма, София: Просвета 2016.

Ирина Генова, ИЗКУСТВОТО ОТ ЕПОХАТА НА КОМУНИЗМА В ХУДОЖЕСТВЕНИЯ МУЗЕЙ СЛЕД КОМУНИЗМА, on-line: http://liternet.bg/publish14/i_genova/muzei.htm.

Ирина Генова, СЪВРЕМЕНЕН МУЗЕЙ / МУЗЕЙ ЗА СЪВРЕМЕННО ИЗКУСТВО. СПОРЪТ ЗА СЪВРЕМЕННОСТТА, on-line: http://liternet.bg/publish14/i_genova/syvremenen-muzei.htm.

Светла Казаларска, Музеят на комунизма, София 2013.

Knowledge:

After completing the course, the student is very familiar with the specifics of Bulgarian art. He also knows the basic terminology of the concepts of art history and theory, methods of analyzing Bulgarian cultural texts from various spheres of practice. Understands the interrelationships between art, literature, language, politics and their historical contexts, and identifies the factors determining the formation of the symbolic sphere of Bulgarian culture. The student also understands the relationship between the formation and the current state of Bulgarian culture and the cultural and institutional European context.

Skills:

After completing the course, the student is able to analyze and interpret a work of fine arts, is able to indicate the realizations of an artistic style characteristic for a given era and expand the context of its creation, define inspirations and external influences. He can also analyze the most important artistic phenomena and movements in Bulgaria in the context of the present day, as well as in a diachronic perspective. The student can also use various sources and works of fine arts to analyze social and cultural phenomena in Bulgaria.

Social attitudes and competences:

After completing the course, the student is ready to respect the principles of social communication characteristic of Bulgarian culture. He can also critically evaluate cultural phenomena and refer to various research methods and theses contained in theoretical texts.

Continuous assessment:

- attendance (students are entitled to 2 absences per semester)

- preparation of presentation on a given topic

- active participation in class proving knowledge of reference material

- validating the semester test and the final test