History of Stage Design 3

Subject guarantor:

Vlasta KOUBSKÁ

Name of lecturer(s):

Vlasta KOUBSKÁ

Learning outcomes of the course unit:

To introduce students to the post-war history of Czeh set-design, its most important stages and most important figures. To acquaint students with methods which are used in creation of the post-modern setting space and so called action set-design of the 2nd half of the 20th century.

Mode of study:

Lectures on the work of the most important world and Czech set-designers. Searching for sources of inspiration and highlighting set design methods.

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

DS 1,2 lectures.

Recommended optional programme components:

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

Course contents:

Lectures and classes with the presentations of the most important set design works of the second half of the 20th century.

- Zbyněk Kolář, Vladimír Nývlt, Josef Svoboda, Oldřich Šimaček, Josef Ciller, Květoslav Bubeník, Libor Fára, Alena Hoblová, Karel Vaca, Ladislav Vychodil, Luboš Hrůza, Jan Vančura (Class - What is post-modern set design? What principles are used and where is it heading?)

- Jan Dušek, Jaroslav Malina, Miroslav Melena, Jana Zbořilová, Otakar Schindler, Marta Rozskopfová (Class - What is typical action set design? What are its formal and significant indicators, set designer and director collaboration, and the specifics of use of that type of set design like?)

- The history of the Prague Quadriennale 1967-2007

Recommended or required reading:

Artists' mongraphs, theatre archives documentation, The theatre dept. of the National Museum, etc.

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).

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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)