Course: Technology for Sculpting 2

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Course title Technology for Sculpting 2
Course code KVU/SOT2
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Tutorial
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Míšek Luděk, Doc. MgA.
Course content
Weeks 1 - 13 Technological processes of work - traditional materials (stone, wood, metal ...). Technological processes of work - new materials (composite materials ...). Procedures for working with stone. Procedures for working with wood. Procedures for working with metal. Procedures for working with composite materials. Relevance to current studio projects, art&craft training.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture supplemented with a discussion, Lecture with practical applications, Collaborative instruction, Discussion, One-to-One tutorial, Skills demonstration, Task-based study method, Individual study, Lecture with visual aids, Practicum
  • Contact hours - 52 hours per semester
  • Individual project (40) - 40 hours per semester
  • Attendance on a field trip (number of real hours - maximum 8h/day) - 40 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
to choose the appropriate creative procedures for implementing the proposed variants of the work, consider the possibilities of forming basic materials, to critically evaluate the mutual compositional and material relations in relation to the given topic of creation, to describe and describe the basics of the technological processes of working with traditional and new materials, to be confessed in historical and contemporary style canons, to describe on specific works the possibilities to apply the basics of art-craft training
Skills
suggests variants of object, object, sculpture, land art or site specific installation, revitalizes and templates the stylistic affinity of his own work and other artists, choose the appropriate model manufacturing technology and the process of manufacturing the final work, realizes the final form of artifacts with respect to the technical and technological rules of the field, Applies basic techniques to working with traditional and new materials (working stone, wood, working with metal, composite materials, etc.) presenting his project with an emphasis on his technical and technological aspects and their influence on his overall aesthetic effect
Competences
N/A
learning outcomes
Knowledge
to describe and describe the basics of the technological processes of working with traditional and new materials, to describe the possibilities of application of the basics of craftsmanship on specific works, to enumerate and describe options for highlighting the desired appearance of the work (adequate materials and technologies); describe possibilities of collaboration with applied science, to describe and indicate the possibilities of using the previous artwork
Skills
to apply the technological methods of working with traditional and new materials at the basic level (working stone, wood, working with metal, composite materials, etc.) to use the appropriate technological procedures of sculpture with traditional and new materials (casting, measuring, construction, carrying, etc.) to choose the most suitable materials and to apply adequate technologies to emphasize the desired result of the sculptural work, assess and, if necessary, co-operate with applied science
Competences
N/A
teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecture with visual aids
Interactive lecture
Collaborative instruction
Field trip
Skills
Task-based study method
Individual study
Students' portfolio
Skills demonstration
Collaborative instruction
Practicum
Competences
Task-based study method
Discussion
Collaborative instruction
Students' portfolio
assessment methods
Knowledge
Combined exam
Seminar work
Individual presentation at a seminar
Skills
Skills demonstration during practicum
Practical exam
Seminar work
Continuous assessment
Self-evaluation
Competences
Combined exam
Continuous assessment
Self-evaluation
Recommended literature
  • Bendix, Friedrich. Učíme se pracovat s kovem : Základní znalosti práce a vědění. Praha : SNTL, 1968.
  • Gilles A. Tiberghien. Land art. Paris, 1993. ISBN 2-908393-18-2.
  • Hégr, Miloslav. Technika sochařského umění. Praha: Orbis, 1959.
  • Jundrovský, R. Sochařství pro praktickou potřebu sochařů, stavitelů a škol odborných..
  • Jundrovský, R.; Tichý, Erik. Kamenictví : tradice z pohledu dneška. 2., upr. a dopl. vyd. Praha : Grada, 2001. ISBN 80-247-9055-6.
  • Patřičný, Martin. Pracujeme se dřevem. 3., přeprac. vyd. Praha : Grada Publishing, 2004. ISBN 80-247-1090-0.
  • Preclík, Vladimír. Paměť sochařského portrétu. Praha: Academie. ISBN 80-200-1184-6.
  • Slouka, Jiří. Kámen : od horniny k soše. 1. vyd. Praha : Grada, 2007. ISBN 978-80-247-1258-1.
  • Volavka, Vojtěch. Jak vzniká socha. 1956.


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