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Modeling II

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Course Unit Code618-2039/02
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated4 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Compulsory
Level of Course Unit *First Cycle
Year of Study *Second Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredWinter Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionCzech
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
MIK73Mgr. Šárka Mikesková
Summary
- The student will be able to model the specified object, due to more advanced level;
- The student will be able to apply the gained skills - the designed drawings into making plastic objects. Advanced ability of work according to own drawing design ( statue - the figure or animal). Spatial perception.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
Acquired knowledges:
- The student will be able to define the sculptural quality in the field
- The student will be able to use knowledge as shape and proportions - in connection with the transmission of information from 2D to 3D realization of an organic shape.
Acquired skills:
- The student will be able to create an organic shape with all aspects according to drawing.
student will be able to apply the gained skills in the field of design drawings into making plastic works.
Course Contents
1. The organic shape. Demonstration of the theme - use of reproductions of existing works of high quality. Since antiquity, through Michelangelo, Rodin, Marino Marini, Manzu, Maillol to Myslbeka, Štursa etc. 2. Visualization of organic material. Working with the basal anatomy. 3. Plasticity, stylization, the whole X the detail, modeling- a posteriori according to real model. 4. Sculptures in Ostrava. Implementation of excursion -Ostrava sculptures and their comments (memorial art sculpture in conjunction with architecture, fountains, plaques, statues)


Exercises 1. Raelization of models (bozzetto)- for possibility of the metal processing - of stylized figure or animal. Possibility of incorporation of simple object, wavy fabric and other space-enriching elements to the whole composition.
2. In individual cases will be consulted the construction of supporting structure (skeleton).
3. Compactness, structure. 4. Modeling - accent on the whole. Stylization. Proportions - need of feedback to model correction. 5. Surface. The use of different modeling methods - such as exact geometric shaping X "playful" wavy fabric ( exact modeling X expression). 6. Mold making. Making of a waste mold. 7. A plaster cast. Casting plaster model to full / to hollow. 8. Finishing of the cast - wet and dry.
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
[1] Team of authors. Renaissance / The Art of the Italian, Könemann, ISBN: 0131935100
[2] EDWARD L.S. Art today, Phaidon, ISBN-13: 9780714838885

[1] WITTLICH, P. České sochařství ve XX. století 1890-1945, Praha,SPN, 1978
[2] BAUCH, J. Otto Gutfreund, Praha, Národní galerie 1995,.351 s., ISBN 8O-7035-098-9
[3] STEHLÍK, M. Barok v soše, Brno, Národní památkový ústav 2006, ISBN 80-86752-44-5
[4] EDWARD L.S. Art today, Phaidon, ISBN-13: 9780714838885

Recommended Reading:
[1] THOMPSON, J. Richard Deacon, London: Phaidon Press 2000, 212 s.,ISBN 0714839493.
[2] HUTCHINSON, J. Antony Gormley, London: Phaidon Press 2000, ISBN 0714839523
[1] ZOLLNER, F. Michelangelo, Dílo, Slovart 2008, ISBN 978-80-7391-086-0RUHRBERG,.
[2] HUTCHINSON, J. Antony Gormley, London: Phaidon Press 2000, ISBN 0714839523
[3] DUBY, G. Sculpture, From Antiquity to the Present Day, Köln, Taschen, 2002, ISBN 3-8228-1662-0
[4] FOSTER, H. Umění po roce 1900, Praha, Slovart. 704 s., ISBN 80-7209-952-3
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Individual consultations, Tutorials
Assesment methods and criteria
Task TitleTask TypeMaximum Number of Points
(Act. for Subtasks)
Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing
CreditCredit100 51