Courses

Course title:Painting Studio I. 4
Faculty:Faculty of Fine Arts and Music
Department:Department of Painting
Course code:KMB / 1AMA4
Credits:8
Semester:Summer
Level of study:Bc.
Format of study:Lecture 2 [Hours/Week], Practical classes 6 [Hours/Week]
Name of the lecturer:dr hab. MgA. Václav Rodek, ArtD. (G); prof. Daniel Balabán, akad. malíř
Language:Czech, English
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Annotation:The course focuses on painting gesture and movement in painting, myth and ritual and issue of genius loci. The student acquires theoretical knowledge of basic works of art throughout art history. The theoretical part of teaching with a focus on gesture and movement, myth and ritual and genius loci in painting across art history is complemented by a theoretical introduction to the issues of mythology and interpretation of archetypes. He/she learns to understand the ways of building an image going through examples and analysis of paintings in antiquity, the Middle Ages and of those in modern times. In the studio, he/she paints according to the model and learns about the human body anatomy, learns understanding and seeing different possibilities and potential of the human figure. Presentation of free creations of students is an integral part of the lectures. There are discussions over the works with an emphasis on their own presentations and portfolio creations. Students can freely use while painting all technical equipment of the Digital Image Studio.