Course: Graphic Techniques - Lithography

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Course title Graphic Techniques - Lithography
Course code KVU/GTLK
Organizational form of instruction Seminar
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Kocman Jan, MgA. Mgr.
  • Axmann Mikoláš, Prof. akad. mal.
Course content
Subject content 1.-13. Introduction about material, relations to previous disciplines, basic instructions. Examples of historical print, watching a document about limestone. Basic procedures of making the matrix and preparation for print. Excursion to a stone print workshop in Prague. Large size print from stone and metal sheet. Variety of printing materials. Relation of digital image, photography and stone print. Reviving and conservation of old drawings on stone. Individual work on stone without machine equipment. Combination of intaglio, relief printing and chemical print. Watching two documents about workshops in France and the U.S.A. Preparation and realisation of semester task.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture with practical applications, Collaborative instruction, Project-based instruction, One-to-One tutorial, Individual study, Seminar
  • Contact hours - 39 hours per semester
  • Attendance on a field trip (number of real hours - maximum 8h/day) - 8 hours per semester
  • Undergraduate study programme term essay (20-40) - 20 hours per semester
  • Individual project (40) - 40 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
Ability to cooperate in group tasks.
learning outcomes
Student will be competent in using a specific graphic technique - litography.
teaching methods
Seminar
Project-based instruction
Collaborative instruction
Individual study
One-to-One tutorial
Interactive lecture
assessment methods
Skills demonstration during practicum
Seminar work
Individual presentation at a seminar
Continuous assessment
Project
Recommended literature
  • Grapheion : Evropská revue o moderní grafice, umění knihy, tisku a papíru. Praha : Středoevropská galérie a nakladatelství, 1997.
  • Katalogy výstav souč. výtvarných umělců, česká kresba, 20. st.
  • Monografie výtvarných umělců 19.a 20. st., katalogy výstav souč. výtvarných umělců, česká kresba, 20. st.
  • Jůna L. Lept a příbuzné techniky.
  • Krejča, Aleš. Techniky grafického umění : Průvodce pracovními postupy a dějinami originální tiskové grafiky. Praha : Artia, 1981.
  • Marco, Jindřich. O grafice. Praha : Mladá fronta, 1981.
  • Rambousek, Jan. Slovník a receptář malíře-grafika. 1. vyd. Praha : Státní nakladatelství krásné literatury, hudby a umění, 1954.
  • Tetiva, Vlastimil. České umění 20. stol. 20.


Study plans that include the course
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