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Technical Aesthetics

Summary

The course provides basic introduction to the technical and industrial
aesthetics, landscape aesthetics, basic principles of aesthetics and fine
arts. The examples of aesthetical solutions are illustrated by short
historical review of fine arts. The course is focused on industrial design,
technical aesthetics, and application of aesthetical rules in field – colour,
design of tools, machines and instruments, aesthetics of working environment.
In the field of landscape aesthetics is attention paid to the cultural
landscape formed by human activity.

Literature

Grombrich, E. H. (1995): The story of art. Phaidon Press, London. 16 th. Ed.
688 pp.
Osborn, H., Ed. /1970): The oxford companion to art. Clarendon Press, London.
1278 pp.
Rasmussen, S.E. (1959): Experiencing architecture. Chapman and Hall, London.
252 pp.

Advised literature

Droste M.: Bauhaus 1919-1933, TASCHEN, Koln, 2006, 256 pp.

Fiell Ch., Fiell P.: Design of the 20th Century, TASCHEN, Koln, 2001, 192 pp.


Language of instruction čeština, čeština
Code 546-0454
Abbreviation EST
Course title Technical Aesthetics
Coordinating department Department of Environmental Engineering
Course coordinator prof. Ing. Konstantin Raclavský, CSc.