FF:DU0207 Painting - Drawing - Course Information

DU0207 The ABC of the Art History III.: "Gemäldekunde" and Drawing

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2018

Extent and Intensity

2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

Guaranteed by

Timetable

Wed 15:50–17:25 K31

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

there are 7 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display

Course objectives

The aim of the course is to make students acquainted with the material conditions of painting and drawing.

Syllabus

Main themes of the course:
a) Painter’s books of recipes, ancient theoretical literature.
b) Kind of support (types of wood panels /panel makers, dendrochronology/, canvas, metal (copper, tin, iron), stone, paper etc.).
c) Drawing and its history and techniques, preparatory works (drawings and oil sketches), underdrawing.
d) Gilding, punched decoration.
e) Pigments and techniques of painting (oil painting, tempera, encaustic, gouache).
f) Techniques of wall painting (fresco, fresco secco, sgraffito).
g) Condition and preservation of paintings and its technological research.
h) Methods of conservation and restoration, survey of the history of restoration.

Literature

Frimmel, Theodor von. Handbuch der Gemaeldekunde. Leipzig 1894.
SLÁNSKÝ, Bohuslav. Technika malby. Vyd. 2. Praha: Paseka, 2003, 299 s. ISBN 807185624X. info
NICOLAUS, Knut. DuMonts Handbuch der Gemäldekunde : Gemälde erkennen und bestimmen. Originalausg. Köln: DuMont, 2003, 336 s. ISBN 3832172882. info
LOSOS, Ludvík. Techniky malby. Vyd. 1. Praha: Aventinum, 1994, 192 s. ISBN 80-85277-03-4. info
VOLAVKA, Vojtěch. Painting and brush-work :introduction to the studium of the brush-work. Edited by René Huyghe. V Praze: Státní grafická škola, 1939, 175 s. URL info
FRINTA, Mojmír Svatopluk. Punched decoration on late Medieval panel and miniature painting. Prague: Maxdorf, 1998, 556 s. ISBN 8085800942. info
KOSCHATZKY, Walter. Die Kunst der Zeichnung : Technik, Geschichte, Meisterwerke. 10. Aufl. Munchen: Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag, 2003, 346 s. ISBN 3423307412. info

Teaching methods

Lectures, class discussion, home works, reading.

Assessment methods

An essay on a selected artwork (painting or drawing) in the range of at least 5 pages.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.