History of Stage Design 1

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 European continent, its most important stages and the influence on set-design in the Czech Republic. To acquaint students with methods used in the creation of a setting space and clarify their principles.

Mode of study:

Lectures on samples of work by the most important world theatre and film set-designers. Classes on searching for sources of inspiration and relations to European visual arts. Class work related to film set-design.

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

Bachelor's education at an arts oriented college. General history of fine arts.

Recommended optional programme components:

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

Course contents:

Lecture and classes with a presentation of the most important set-design works from the Baroque set-design to the beginning s of modern set-design. A course paper on a selected topic from the history of set-design. Searching for sources of inspiration for film and TV set-design and relations in film and theatre set-design.

- Baroque costuming nad set-design

- Standard costuming and set-design of the 19th century.

- Types of Baroque theatre (common schools, religious congregations - Jesuit, court theatre, peasant or neighbourhood theatre, noble theatre) and its stage forms

- Other Baroque theatres in Bohemia (survey, characteristics, Valtice, Kačina, Mnichovo Hradiště, Náchod)

- Palace theatre in Litomyšl (J. Platzer)

- Giuseppe Galli-Bibiena and company, principles of illusion perspective scenery

- A brief history of the castle in Český Krumov

- A brief history of the Krumlov palace theatre

- Artists who created stages for palace theatre (Johann Wetschel, Leo Merkel)

- Standard stages of the 19th century / Quaglio, Brioschi-Burghardt-Kautský. Moessner/Karel Štapfer - realistic stage illusionism. František Kolár, Josef Macourek, Robert Holyer

- the turn of the 1920s, entrance of modern artistic directions in costuming and set design.

- modern theatre and set-design - Bauhaus, the Russian Avant-garde, German expressionism, Italian futurism, Appia, Craig, Diagilev's ballets.

Recommended or required reading:

Oskar Schlemmer, Böblingen 1988

El Teatro de los Pintores, Madrid 2000

Die Russische Avantgarde und die Bühne 1890-1930, Schleswig 1991

Le Danza delle Avanguardie, Milano 2005

Ribi H., E.G.Craig, Figur und Abstraktion, Basel 2000

Thompsonová K., Bordwel D., Dějiny filmu, 2007

Plazewski J.: Dějiny filmu: 1895 - 2005 Academia 2009

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).

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 (Mgr.) (compulsory subject)