Modelling (FSI-YM1)

Academic year 2024/2025
Supervisor: doc. akad. soch. Ladislav Křenek, ArtD.  
Supervising institute: ÚK all courses guaranted by this institute
Teaching language: Czech
Aims of the course unit:

The graduates will be able to model an object according to a model in scale 1:1 with an emphasis on volume construction, proportions and character of model. The subject develops the ability to observe and analyse visual elements and cultivates art predisposition for individual creative activity in the area of industrial design. To acquiring the sense of space, plastic shape, estimation and measurement of dimensions. Knowledge of the necessary technical basics of working with modelling clay and modelling equipment. The development of artistic sense of construction of 3D objects and practical knowledge of anatomy of head.
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Course contents:

The subject is focused on the basic topic of teaching modeling, that is the head, which is a classic object for practicing the sense of building mass in space. The semester is divided into three tasks, the first is a modeled skull according to the model, which is a necessary starting point for the subsequent two modeled heads according to plaster busts with an emphasis on proportions, capturing the character, movement, details and modeling technique.
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Type of course unit:
    Studio work   13 × 3 hrs. compulsory                  
Course curriculum:
    Studio work

Modelled skull by model
Symmetry, proportions, mass construction, work with spatulas and other sculpting tools
Modelling of the head according to the plaster bust
Principles for its construction, basic mass, movement
Characteristic features, working with details
Evaluation, analysis of strengths and weaknesses of individual works
Literature - fundamental:
1. BAMMES, Gottfried. Der nackte Mensch: Hand und Lehrbuch der Anatomie für Künstler. Dresden: VEB Verlag der Kunst, 1982. ISBN 3-364-00016-6.
2. GOLDFINGER, Eliot. Human Anatomy for Artists: The Elements of Form. New York: Oxford University Press, 1991. ISBN 978-0195052060.
3. KOS, Jaroslav a ŽILÁK, Pavel. Anatomie člověka pro výtvarníky. Praha: Aventinum, 1996. ISBN 80-85277-98-0.
Literature - recommended:
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KOS, Jaroslav a ŽILÁK, Pavel. Anatomie člověka pro výtvarníky. Praha: Aventinum, 1996. ISBN 80-85277-98-0.
2. MALIVA, Josef. Doteky s uměním a časem I. díl: Přehled evropských dějin umění od pravěku po renesanci. Brno: Vysoké učení technické v Brně, 1996. ISBN 80-214-0822-7.
3. MALIVA, Josef. Doteky s uměním a časem II. díl: Přehled dějin umění od baroka do poloviny 20. století. Brno: Vysoké učení technické v Brně, 1997. ISBN 80-214-1088-4.
The study programmes with the given course:
Programme Study form Branch Spec. Final classification   Course-unit credits     Obligation     Level     Year     Semester  
B-PDS-P full-time study --- no specialisation -- GCr 3 Compulsory 1 2 W