226-0401 – Foundations of Composition (ZK)

Gurantor departmentDepartment of Architecture
Subject guarantordoc. Mgr. Marek Sibinský, Ph.D.
Study levelundergraduate or graduate
Subject version
Version codeYear of introductionYear of cancellationCredits
226-0401/01 2019/2020 4
226-0401/02 2019/2020 4

Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences

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

Teaching methods

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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.

Compulsory literature:

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 literature:

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

Prerequisities

Subject has no prerequisities.

Co-requisities

Subject has no co-requisities.