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Foundations of Composition

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Course Unit Code226-0401/01
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated4 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Compulsory
Level of Course Unit *First Cycle
Year of Study *First Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredWinter Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionCzech
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites There are no prerequisites or co-requisites for this course unit
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
RIE0008Ing. arch. Kateřina Riedlová, Ph.D.
SIB0018doc. Mgr. Marek Sibinský, Ph.D.
Summary
Understanding of basic compositional terms based on analyzes of surface, spatial and color composition. Useful function and aesthetics of two-dimensional, spatial and architectural work within the harmonic composition of all its components and in the context of the creation of artificial space. Influence of layout elements (architectural shape, architectural space, scale), structural elements, material and aesthetic elements on the quality of architectural work and environment. Architecture, asymmetry, gradation, harmonization, category, contrast, scale, nuance, proportion, rhythm, composition elements, symmetry, perception, expression.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
Expertise:
- orientation in the basic concepts of composition
- knowledge of historical and contemporary approaches in the creation of surface and spatial composition
- orientation in basic and expanding literature concerning the composition and history of composition
- own knowledge of key works focused on the creation of surface, spatial and color composition
- Understanding the contemporary and timeless artistic value of selected works
Professional skills:
- Ability to work with recommended and expanding literature
- the ability to create a strategy and a schedule for processing a given topic - a task
- ability to create a planar or spatial composition on a specified topic
- the ability to use creatively the knowledge and stimuli presented in the lectures
- the ability to compare the aesthetics of individual works that arose in the period - in parallel
- ability to process historical context to given artistic task
- communication, interaction and creative competence
Course Contents
Warp:
1. Introduction to the problems of architectural composition
2. Man, dimension, module
3. Conception and composition of architectural creation
4. Symmetry, its types
5. Asymmetry, chaos
6. Contrast and its patterns, nuances
7. Rhythm
8. Proportions, proportional relations
9. Proportions, proportional analysis
10. Scale and dimension
11. Gradation and scale
12. Light and shadow, optical sensations
13. Color and space
14. Final summary and discussion
Exercises:
1. Introduction to the fundamentals of architectural composition
2. Examples of planar, spatial and color composition in historical architecture
3. Examples of planar, spatial and color composition in contemporary architecture
4-7. Searching and naming compositional principles in practice
8-13. Semestral work + consultation
14. Credit
Odeslat zpětnou vazbu
Historie
Uloženo
Komunita
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
TICHÁ, J. (ed.) 2009. Architektura: tělo nebo obraz? Texty o moderní a současné architektuře III, Zlatý řez, Praha. ISBN: 978-80-902810-0-4.
CADWELL, M. 2012. Zvláštní detaily, Archa. ISBN: 978-80-87545-05-8.
Dudák, V., Pošva, R., Neškudla, B.: Encyklopedie světové architektury, Díl 1, Baset, Praha, 2000
Kolektiv: Všeobecná encyklopedie, Diderot, Praha, 1999
Hannah Kentová, Kompozice - umění zblízka, ISBN: 80-8046-164-3
HORÁČEK, Radek / FIŠER, Zbyněk / HAVLÍK, Vladimír, Slovem, akcí, obrazem - příspěvek k interdisciplinaritě tvůrčího procesu, ISBN: 978-80-210-5389-2
TICHÁ, J. (ed.) 2009. Architektura: tělo nebo obraz? Texty o moderní a současné architektuře III, Zlatý řez, Praha. ISBN: 978-80-902810-0-4.
CADWELL, M. 2012. Zvláštní detaily, Archa. ISBN: 978-80-87545-05-8.
Dudák, V., Pošva, R., Neškudla, B.: Encyklopedie světové architektury, Díl 1, Baset, Praha, 2000
Kolektiv: Všeobecná encyklopedie, Diderot, Praha, 1999
Hannah Kentová, Kompozice - umění zblízka, ISBN: 80-8046-164-3
HORÁČEK, Radek / FIŠER, Zbyněk / HAVLÍK, Vladimír, Slovem, akcí, obrazem - příspěvek k interdisciplinaritě tvůrčího procesu, ISBN: 978-80-210-5389-2
Recommended Reading:
STEHLÍKOVÁ-BABYRÁDOVÁ, Hana / HAVLÍČEK, Jiří / HRUŠKOVÁ, Kateřina / CHARVÁT, Jan / KUNČÍK, Petr / LANGER, Jiří / MATĚJKOVÁ, Michaela / NOVOTNÁ, Hana / SLIVKOVÁ, Michaela / SOBOTA, Jan / ŠIMURDOVÁ, Romana / RODRIGUEZ TOČÍKOVÁ, Irena / VENCLÍKOVÁ, Petra / ZORKOVSKÁ, Júlia, Vize v umění a ve výchově uměním, ISBN: 978-80-210-8451-3
HORÁČEK, Radek, Umění bez revolucí? Proměny soudobého výtvarného umění, ISBN: 978-80-210-8102-4
STEHLÍKOVÁ-BABYRÁDOVÁ, Hana / HAVLÍČEK, Jiří / HRUŠKOVÁ, Kateřina / CHARVÁT, Jan / KUNČÍK, Petr / LANGER, Jiří / MATĚJKOVÁ, Michaela / NOVOTNÁ, Hana / SLIVKOVÁ, Michaela / SOBOTA, Jan / ŠIMURDOVÁ, Romana / RODRIGUEZ TOČÍKOVÁ, Irena / VENCLÍKOVÁ, Petra / ZORKOVSKÁ, Júlia, Vize v umění a ve výchově uměním, ISBN: 978-80-210-8451-3
HORÁČEK, Radek, Umění bez revolucí? Proměny soudobého výtvarného umění, ISBN: 978-80-210-8102-4
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Tutorials
Assesment methods and criteria
Task TitleTask TypeMaximum Number of Points
(Act. for Subtasks)
Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing
Credit and ExaminationCredit and Examination100 (100)51
        CreditCredit35 18
        ExaminationExamination65 16