Artistic Photography 1

Subject guarantor:

Štěpán GRYGAR

Name of lecturer(s):

Štěpán GRYGAR

Learning outcomes of the course unit:

The aim of this course is to manage composition priniciples and their creative use in practice. The ability to use artistic processes is a necessary basis for further artistic work in later study years.

Mode of study:

Analysis of exercises. Screening work, in relation to the topic. Independent artistic work.

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

Grading:

Graded credit: awarded based on the submitted exercise. Graded is how well the assignment was fulfilled, originality and development quality.

Attendance: a requirement for grading the student is at least 60% class attendance and participation in required group consultations established at the beginning of instruction.

Recommended optional programme components:

No elective requirements.

Course contents:

This course expands theory and practice knowledge in the composition of the photographic image.

Emphasis placed on the ability to work independently is to arise in this course. Individual tasks provide sufficient space for creativity and require technical quality.

Tasks: (exercise 1P6)

Completed 8 photographs of a spatial object where the following will be gradually emphasized:

1/ surface and linear composition

2/ rhythm

3/ composition balance

4/ composition dynamism

A greater measure of artistic stylization is recommended. The compositio nof each photo must be inventive. Task # 2-4 creates an united whole.

Technical requirements:

Exercise #1 must be photographed on classic B/W negative without subsequent digital manipulation, positive 30x40cm format; other exercises are created with B/W or color photography or digital printing, format according to agreement with the instructor.

Recommended or required reading:

Arnheim Rudolf. Art and Visual Perception, University of

California Press, London 1997

Arnheim Rudolf. Visual Thinking, University of

California Press, London 1997

Arnheim Rudolf. The power of the centre, University of

California Press, London 1997

Baxandall Michael, Shadows and enlightenment, New Haven: Yale University Press, 1997

Berger John, Ways of Seeing, London, Penguin Books 1979

Francastel Pierre, Peinture et societé, Denoel/Gonthier, Paris, 1997

Kent Sarah, Eyewitness Art-Composition, Dorling Kinsley Limited, London 1995

Gombrich E. H. Art and Illusion, Princeton University Press 2000, Princetown and Oxford

Kandinsky, Wassily, Complete writings on art, Farber, London, 1982

Planned learning activities and teaching methods:

classes, exercises lectures

Assessment methods and criteria:

Grading:

Graded credit: awarded based on the submitted exercise. Graded is to what extent the assignment was fulfilled, originality and quality.

Attendance: 60% attendance in classes and participation in required group consultations established at the beginning of instruction are required.

Course web page:

Note:

Schedule for winter semester 2013/2014:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

Schedule for summer semester 2013/2014:

	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
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Tue
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Thu	místnost TR 304 Učebna KF (Tržiště 20, Praha 1 (vchod z Rektorátu AMU, Malostranské nám. 12)) GRYGAR Š. 10:40–12:15 ODD WEEK (přednášková par. 1)
Fri

Date	Day	Time	Tutor	Location	Notes	No. of paralel
	Thu	10:40–12:15	GRYGAR Š.	Učebna KF Tržiště 20, Praha 1 (vchod z Rektorátu AMU, Malostranské nám. 12)		přednášková par. 1

The subject is a part of the following study plans:

• Photography CZ - Bachelor (qualification subject)