History of Stage Design 2

Subject guarantor:

Vlasta KOUBSKÁ

Name of lecturer(s):

Vlasta KOUBSKÁ

Learning outcomes of the course unit:

To introduce students to the history of set-design on the Czech lands, their most important stages and relations to European set-design. To acquaint students to the methods used in the creation of setting space and clarify their principles.

Mode of study:

Lectures on the work of the most important world and Czech set-designers. Sources of inspiration and relationships to European set-design.

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

DS 1 lectures.

Recommended optional programme components:

Visits to contemporary productions and subsequent analysis from a scenic design viewpoint.

Course contents:

Lectures and classes with presentations of the most important set design work of the Czech theatre avant garde of the 1920s and 30s. A course paper on a chosen topic in the history of avant garde set design. Searching for sources of inspiration and contexts of set design

- Vlastislav Hofman and the beginnings of Czech theatre expressionism

- Josef Čapek

- František Troester

- Theatregraf, D 34, E.F. Burian, Laterna Magika - stage and film

- Alexandr Vladimír Hrska and Antonín Heythum

- František Zelenka - prewar activity and Terezín

- Bedřich Feuerstein - pursim or surrealism

- František Muzika - poetic surrealism

- Karel Svolinský, Jiří Trnka, František Tichý as set designers

- Josef Svoboda and new stage technology

Recommended or required reading:

-Ptáčková V.: Česká scénografie XX.století,, Praha 1982

-Černý J. a kolektiv : Dějiny českého divadla, díl III, díl IV., Praha 1983

-Obst M., Scherl A. : K dějinám české divadelní avantgardy, Praha 1962

-Píša A.M. Divadelní avantgarda, Praha 1978

-Monografie jednotlivých scénografů

Planned learning activities and teaching methods:

Analysis of contemporary productions from the viewpoint of knowledge of traditional scenic design methods. Practical application of trade terminology. Visits to exhibitions and subsequent classes on methods applied in fine arts exhibitions (exhibition content, scientific contributions, exhibition critique, architectural treatment, graphics, lighting, etc.)

Assessment methods and criteria:

75% attendance at lectures and classes, independent creation of the course paper and its presentation (approx. 10 pages of text), final test or oral exam.

Course web page:

Note:

Schedule for winter semester 2012/2013:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

Schedule for summer semester 2012/2013:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

The subject is a part of the following study plans:

• Scénografie (Bc.) (compulsory subject)