Costume and Character 4

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Code	Completion	Credits	Range	Language Instruction	Semester
203KOA4	exam	4	2 hours (45 min) of instruction per week, 79 to 99 hours of self-study	English	summer

Subject guarantor

Jan ŠTĚPÁNEK

Name of lecturer(s)

Hana FISCHEROVÁ, Jan ŠTĚPÁNEK

Department

The subject provides Department of Stage Design

The atelier classes are devoted to the development of thinking in the area of shaping the dramatic character and introduce students to the background and conditions of costume design. The course explores the shape, color, and materials of costumes with an emphasis on the dramatic and psychological underpinnings of costume design. The assignment is related to the main semester assignment.

Teaching during the 4th semester includes the dramaturgy and interpretation of the dramatic character in a broader context and its psychology about the dramaturgical/interpretive assumptions of scenic design and is based on each student's personal master's project. The topic of the MA project is chosen by the student during the 3rd semester and is now being developed purposefully with the guidance of the teachers. The Master's project defines the quality of the experience gained during the course of the course. The fundamental criteria are the level of analysis, interpretation, the ability of conceptual perception, and the high quality of art, visual expression. In addition, the student demonstrates acquired technical skills and creates a costume project in the sense that it can eventually be realized. The project may be either of a classical theatrical/scenic/costume nature or may be directed towards the interpretation of a character/group within a socio-cultural space/environment. During the preparation of the project, the student individually and with the help of the teacher defines where the realization will be directed. Collaboration on the creation of student productions at DISK Theatre is welcome this semester. In the last semester, the teaching is already completely focused on the thesis, hence the semester assignments.

Preparatory tasks: according to the assignment of the diploma project, studying and searching for sources of inspiration

Thesis assignment: elaboration of the final diploma project and its explication

Learning outcomes

The course contributes to the complex scenographic solution and interpretation of the text/preface/assignment. It deals with the understanding of the meaning of a character not only in a theatrical production, develops conceptual thinking based on the socio-cultural personal resources of the student in the context of the text or choose assignment and the subsequent analysis of possible dramatic situations.

Prerequisites and other requirements

Ability to communicate visually and think dramatically. Orientation in the fields of: visual arts, material culture and literature. Creativity and ability to relate.

Literature

ARNOLD, Janet. Patterns Of Fashion. Dravla Publishers, 2005.

BLAHNÍK, Vojtěch Kristián. World History of Theatre. Prague: Máj, 1938.

JINDRA, Vladimír. The Specificity of Scenography. Prague: Theatre Institute, 1984.

JINDRA, Vladimír. Study materials 1, 2. Scripts.

KRATOCHVÍL, Karel. From the world of commedia dell'arte. Prague: Panorama, 1987.

KYBALOVÁ, Ludmila. The History of Clothing (all parts). Prague, Lidové noviny, 1983-2009.

KYBALOVÁ, Ludmila. LAMAROVÁ, Milena. HERBENOVÁ, Olga. Pictorial encyclopedia of fashion. Prague: Artia, 1973.

MÁCHALOVÁ, Jana. History of clothing fashion in the 20th century. Prague: Lidové noviny, 2003.

MOUSSINAC, Léon. Theatre from the beginning to our days. Bratislava: Slovak Publishing House of Fine Literature, 1965.

PRAŽÁK, Albert. Scenography 1 and 2.

PTÁČKOVÁ, Věra. Czech scenography of the 20th century. Prague: Odeon, 1982.

THIEL, Erika. Gesichte Des Kostums. Berlin: Henschel, 1960.

TROJAN, Jan. The History of Opera. Prague: Paseka, 2001.

UCHALOVÁ, Eva. Czech Fashion 1870-1914: Olympia, 1997.

UCHALOVÁ, Eva. Czech Fashion 1918-1939. Prague: Olympia, 1996.

VACKOVÁ, Růžena. Visual Expression in Dramatic Art. Prague: Tomsa, 1948.

ZICH, Otakar. Aesthetics of Dramatic Art. Prague: Melantrich, 1931.

Fashion, history of clothing of the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries, from the collections of the Institute of Clothing in Kyoto

Arnold Janet. Patterns of Fashion. [3] the Cut and Construction of Clothes for Men and Women C 1560-1620. Reprinted ed. Macmillan 1993.

Bolton Andrew et al. Alexander Mcqueen : Savage Beauty. Metropolitan Museum of Art 2011.

Baumgarten Linda et al. Costume Close-Up : Clothing Construction and Pattern 1750-1790. Colonial Williamsburg Foundation in Association with Quite Specific Media Group New York 1999.

Ingham Rosemary and Liz Covey. The Costume Technician's Handbook : A Complete Guide for Amateur and Professional Costume Technicians. [Rev. ed.] ed. Heinemann 1992.

Bradfield Nancy. Costume in Detail : Women's Dress 1730-1930. Second edition 1981 reprint 2009 ed. Eric Dobby Publishing Limited 2009.

Johnston Lucy et al. 19th-Century Fashion in Detail. Revised and expanded ed. Thames & Hudson Inc. ; V&A Publishing 2016.

Arnold Janet. Patterns of Fashion 1 [22nd print.] ed. MacMillan Publishers 2014.

Arnold Janet. Patterns of Fashion.2 [21st print.] ed. MacMillan Publishers 2014.

Hart Avril et al. Historical Fashion in Detail : The 17th and 18th Centuries. V & A Publications 1998,2006.

Kyoto Kyoto Costume Institute and Aikiko Fukai. Fashion the Collection of the Kyoto Costume Institute. Taschen 2006.

Boucher François and Yvonne Deslandres. 20 000 Years of Fashion : The History of Costume and Personal Adornment. Expanded ed. Harry N. Abrams 1987.

Evaluation methods and criteria

Preparation and defense of the semester project and the accompanying report, the course ends with a final exam.

Schedule for winter semester 2024/2025:

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