Creative Photography 2
| Code | Completion | Credits | Range | Language Instruction | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 307ECP2 | Z | 1 | 13/S | English | winter |
- Subject guarantor:
- Štěpán GRYGAR
- Name of lecturer(s):
- Štěpán GRYGAR
- Learning outcomes of the course unit:
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The assignments were selected in such a way, that they would provide for maximum level of independence within the students? creative work with the objective to channel their future interest mainly on the area of creative work
- Mode of study:
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Assignments: (assignment 2P4)
WS: I. Create one photograph, composition of which will be derived from some classical still-life painting (for example Dutch still-life from the 17th century), but you do not have to use the same objects.
II. Create photographs of different kind of modern still-lives:
a.apparently stylized (at least two photographs)
b.unaestheticized
Technical requirements: photographs of the WS have to be at least 30x40cm in size, the first photograph (one inspired by an old painting) has to be done traditionally through the negative/positive technique without digital manipulation. Others, according to student?s own choice, can be either classical or digital prints.
Deadlines: written explanation by the end of October, photographs by the end of the summer semester
SS: Create a series of still-lives (at least six photographs), style of which and approach to will be specified in a written explanation which has to be handed in prior to starting to work on this part of the assignment. This work is to be of a free and creative nature.
Technical requirements: Format and technology depend on explanation and will be approved by teacher, traditional or digital prints
Deadlines: written explanation by the end of February, all photographs by the end of the summer semester.
- Prerequisites and co-requisites:
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Completion of „Creative Photography 1.“
- Recommended optional programme components:
- Course contents:
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Course Description:
The ability to ?construct? an image, including the corresponding tonal and light solutions, is the prime condition for fulfilling these assignments. The assignments were selected in such a way, that they would provide for maximum level of independence within the students? creative work with the objective to channel their future interest mainly on the area of creative work
Assignments: (assignment 2P4)
WS: I. Create one photograph, composition of which will be derived from some classical still-life painting (for example Dutch still-life from the 17th century), but you do not have to use the same objects.
II. Create photographs of different kind of modern still-lives:
a.apparently stylized (at least two photographs)
b.unaestheticized
Technical requirements: photographs of the WS have to be at least 30x40cm in size, the first photograph (one inspired by an old painting) has to be done traditionally through the negative/positive technique without digital manipulation. Others, according to student?s own choice, can be either classical or digital prints.
Deadlines: written explanation by the end of October, photographs by the end of the summer semester
SS: Create a series of still-lives (at least six photographs), style of which and approach to will be specified in a written explanation which has to be handed in prior to starting to work on this part of the assignment. This work is to be of a free and creative nature.
Technical requirements: Format and technology depend on explanation and will be approved by teacher, traditional or digital prints
Deadlines: written explanation by the end of February, all photographs by the end of the summer semester.
- Recommended or required reading:
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Arnheim Rudolf. Art and Visual Perception, University of California Press, London 1997
Baxandall Michael, Shadows and enlightenment, New Haven; Yale University Press, London 1995
Berger John. Ways of Seeing. Penguin Books 1972
Francastel Pierre, Peinture et société, Denoel/Gonthier, Paris 1977
Gombrich E. H., Art and Illusion, Princeton University Press 2000 Princetown and Oxford
Hoy Anne H. Fabrications: Staged, Altered and appropriated Photographs, Abeville Press, New York 1987
- Planned learning activities and teaching methods:
- Assessment methods and criteria:
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Assignments: (assignment 2P4)
WS: I. Create one photograph, composition of which will be derived from some classical still-life painting (for example Dutch still-life from the 17th century), but you do not have to use the same objects.
II. Create photographs of different kind of modern still-lives:
a.apparently stylized (at least two photographs)
b.unaestheticized
Technical requirements: photographs of the WS have to be at least 30x40cm in size, the first photograph (one inspired by an old painting) has to be done traditionally through the negative/positive technique without digital manipulation. Others, according to student?s own choice, can be either classical or digital prints.
Deadlines: written explanation by the end of October, photographs by the end of the summer semester
SS: Create a series of still-lives (at least six photographs), style of which and approach to will be specified in a written explanation which has to be handed in prior to starting to work on this part of the assignment. This work is to be of a free and creative nature.
Technical requirements: Format and technology depend on explanation and will be approved by teacher, traditional or digital prints
Deadlines: written explanation by the end of February, all photographs by the end of the summer semester.
- Course web page:
- Note:
- Schedule for winter semester 2012/2013:
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06:00–08:0008:00–10:0010:00–12:0012:00–14:0014:00–16:0016:00–18:0018:00–20:0020:00–22:0022:00–24:00
Mon Tue Fri Thu Fri Date Day Time Tutor Location Notes No. of paralel Tue 09:00–10:35 GRYGAR Š. Učebna KF
Tržiště 20, Praha 1přednášková par. 1 - Schedule for summer semester 2012/2013:
- The schedule has not yet been prepared
- The subject is a part of the following study plans:
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- Fotografie EN - bakalář (qualification subject)