Drawing 1
| Code | Completion | Credits | Range | Language Instruction | Semester |
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| 307KR1 | credit | 3 | 24 workshop hours (45 min) of instruction per semester, 57 to 72 hours of self-study | English, Czech | winter |
Subject guarantor
Name of lecturer(s)
Department
Předmět zajišťuje Department of Photography
Contents
The course is designed to master and improve the basic means of expression of visual artists. Drawing is conceptualised in the field of photography as the basic psychomotor skill of transcribing 3D reality without the use of a camera, which the student uses in a wide range of applications from quick notes, to composition conception, to retouching skills, to adding authorial input to a technical image, to creating unique artefacts.
Schedule
01 - Practical class - studio still life drawing - gauging students' experience and skills - feedback, consultation
02 - principles of studio drawing - line vs light - comparison with photography
03-06 - developing studio still life drawing with different basic techniques - pencil, charcoal, pen and ink - comparing experiences, benefits and suitability for different purposes
07, 08- completing skills through various short exercises - motion drawing, note drawing, drawing from memory, automatic drawing
09 - basics of technical drawing - use in composition and conception of exhibition projects
10 - basics of technical drawing - axonometry vs perspective
11 - study still life drawing using acquired knowledge - free drawing technique
12 - joint presentation of all works - evaluation
Learning outcomes
The student knows the basics of drawing.
Prerequisites and other requirements
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Literature
Teissig, Karel. Drawing. Prague: Aventinum, 2010.
Kubiček, Jánus, and Jiri Hlusicka. Jánus Kubiček: Drawing and Graphics. Brno: Fotep, 2012.
Kazlepka, Zdeněk, and Martin Zlatohlávek. Diversities of Drawing: Italian Drawing of the High and Late Baroque in Czech and Moravian Public Collections. Brno : [Prague]: Moravian Gallery in Brno ; Catholic Theological Faculty of Charles University, 2016.
Antonovič, Vladan, Roman Prahl, and Akademie Výtvarných Umění (Prag). Obsession with drawing: the beginnings of the Academy of Arts in Prague, 1800-1835 . Prague: Divus, 1998.
Gombrich, Ernst Hans. Art and illusion: a study in the psychology of pictorial representation. Prague, Argo 2019.
Parramón, José María. How to draw: historical background, materials and tools, techniques and procedures, theory and practice of the art of drawing. Translation by Magdalena Pechová. Czech edition. 2. Prague: Jan Vašut, 1998.
Civardi, Giovanni. Perspective: how to depict volumes and shapes. First Czech edition. Staněk, Milan and Linc, Rudolf. Technique of figural drawing. 2nd ed., In Idea servis 1st ed. Prague: Idea servis, 2002.
Evaluation methods and criteria
The course requires active participation in class and continuous completion of homework. The course ends with an exam, which takes the form of a joint presentation of all the work produced in the course.
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Schedule for winter semester 2024/2025:
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| Thu | 12:20–13:55 | Štěpánka ŠIMLOVÁ | Tržiště -st.postconcept Tržiště 20, Praha 1 (vchod z Rektorátu AMU, Malostranské nám. 12) |
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Schedule for summer semester 2024/2025:
The schedule has not yet been prepared
The subject is a part of the following study plans
- Photography CZ - bachelor_2022 (Required elective subjects)
- Photography CZ - Master_2021 (Required elective subjects)
- Photography EN - Bachelor - 2022 (Required elective subjects)
- Photography EN - Master - 2022 (Required elective subjects)
- Conservation and restoration of photography – bachelor 2023 (Required subjects)