Modelling - Relief Design (FSI-YML-A)

Academic year 2018/2019
Supervisor: doc. akad. soch. Ladislav Křenek, ArtD.  
Supervising institute: ÚK all courses guaranted by this institute
Teaching language: English
Aims of the course unit:
The aim is to get students acquainted with modelling of relief. Practical workshops focus on modelling head according to plaster bust, emphasizing the building of volume and proportions.
Learning outcomes and competences:
The subject supports development of ability to put down student´s visual ideas and fantasies, it leads deepening the sense for mass in space, guessing measures, volumes and distances and develops the basic craft of clay modelling.
Prerequisites:
Good knowledge of perspective in drawing and experience of modelling skull and head by plaster bust are prerequisite.
Course contents:
The subject follows course “Modelling – 3D work”, it focuses on modelling a relief of head by plaster bust. It allows students developing knowledge in modelling techniques and gaining experience for building 3D volume and character of objects in space.
Teaching methods and criteria:
Creative work in ateliers.
Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes:
Graded course-unit credit requirements: Attendance at exercises, meeting assigned projects deadlines.
Resulting evaluation consists of evaluations on tasks. In total it will be possible to aquire 100 points. Resulting classification will be defined by the ECTS scale.
If some of the projects are awarded less than half of the maximum pts., final evaluation of the course is "failed".
According to the article No. 13 of Study and Examination Rules of Brno University of Technology ECTS evaluation degree scale is used. . If some of the projects are awarded less than 50 pts., final evaluation of the course is "failed". The course is evaluated with the following grades: ECTS EVALUATION DEGREES / PTS. RATING / NUMERIC RATING: A / 100 - 90 / 1 / Excellent; B /89 - 80 / 1,5 / Very good; C / 79 - 70 / 2 / Good; D / 69 - 60 / Satisfactory; E / 59 - 50 / Sufficient; F / 49 - 0 / 4 / Failed.
Controlled participation in lessons:
Compulsory attendance at seminars. Education runs according to the week schedule. The way of compensation of missed seminars is specified by the tutor.
Type of course unit:
    Labs and studios  13 × 3 hrs. compulsory                  
Course curriculum:
    Labs and studios 1st assignment, modelling head relief by plaster bust, basics of its construction;
Modelling head relief by plaster bust;
Modelling head relief by plaster bust;
Modelling head relief by plaster bust; evaluation of 1st assignment / analysis of strengths and weaknesses of individual works/;
2nd assignment modelling head relief by plaster bust;
Modelling head relief by plaster bust;
Modelling head relief by plaster bust;
Modelling head relief by plaster bust;
Modelling head relief by plaster bust; evaluation of 2nd assignment / analysis of strengths and weaknesses of individual works/;
3rd assignment modelling head relief by plaster bust;
Modelling head relief by plaster bust;
Modelling head relief by plaster bust;
Modelling head relief by plaster bust; evaluation of 3rd assignment / analysis of strengths and weaknesses of individual works/; evaluation of whole semester.
Literature - fundamental:
1. Larousse: Umění a lidstvo, Praha, 1974
2. Jiří Ševčík, Pavlína Morganová, Dagmar Dušková: České umění 1938-1989 /programy/kritické trexty/dokumenty/, Academia, Praha, 2001
3. Edward Lucie - Smith: Art today, Slovart, Praha 1996
Literature - recommended:
1. José Pijoan: Dějiny umění 1-12, Odeon/Euromedia - Knižní klub a Balios, Praha 1986/2000, 2003
2. Josef Zrzavý: Anatomie pro výtvarníky, Avicenum, Praha 1977
3. Česká periodika: Umělec, Art&Antiques, Atelier, Detail /1995-2000/, Výtvarné umění /1990-1996/, Prostor Zlín, Bulletin Moravské galerie v Brně
The study programmes with the given course:
Programme Study form Branch Spec. Final classification   Course-unit credits     Obligation     Level     Year     Semester  
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