History of Stage Design 3

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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

203DS1,2 lectures.

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.

Assessment methods and criteria

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

Schedule for winter semester 2018/2019:

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Schedule for summer semester 2018/2019:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

The subject is a part of the following study plans

• Stage Design (B.A.) (required subject)