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 the work of the most important world and Czech set-designers. Searching for sources of inspiration.

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

Maturita exam, general pre-college knowledge of the history of the fine arts.

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 works from Baroque set design and costuming to the start of modern set design, class paper on a selected topic in the history of set design, searching for source of inspiration and relation of set design to directing.

- Baroque set design, Types of set design of the 19th century

- Rise of modern set design, inspiration in modern arts directions

- Avant garde set design - Bauhaus, Russian Constructivism, German expressionism, Italian Futurism, Appia, Craig, Dagilev's ballets.

Recommended or required reading:

Originální scénické a kostýmní návrhy ze sbírky divadelního oddělení Národního muzea

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

The World of Baroque Theatre, Český Krumlov 2010

O.G.Brockett et al.,Making the Scene, San Antonio, Texas, 2010

Planned learning activities and teaching methods:

Excursion to the National Museum, Theatre dept. depository.

Excursion to the Česky Krumlov Castle Theatre

Excursion to Terezin - The Jewish Theatre in the Ghetto, permanent exhibit of the Theatre in Terezin.

Assessment methods and criteria:

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

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Schedule for winter semester 2013/2014:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

Schedule for summer semester 2013/2014:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

The subject is a part of the following study plans:

• Stage Design in English (M.A.) (compulsory subject)