Course: History illustration II

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Course title History illustration II
Course code KVK/FU048
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Lesson
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 3
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Müllerová Barbora, MgA.
Course content
1.-2. Politically subversive and anti-war illustrations from the 1960s to the present day. 3.-4. The beginnings of modern comics. DC and Marvel empires versus independent comics. Post-war Japanese manga. Magazines Zap Comix (Robert Crumb), Twen (Heinz Edelmann), Surfer (Rick Griffin), RAW (Art Spiegelman), Modern Papier (Joost Swarte). 5. Picture series in the eastern block. Autobiographical comics. Contemporary comics. 6.-7. Illustrations in social and lifestyle periodicals: Walter Beach Humprey, George Luks, Norman Rockwell, Edward Hopper, Chloe Cheese, Philip Castle, Roger Hane, Tom Curry, Guy Billout, Steven Guarnaccia, Rob Ryan. Fashion illustrations: Paul Iribe, Max Hoff, Bernard Blossac, René Gruau, Stina Persson, the Vogue phenomenon. 8.-9. Music illustration 60s-80s. flight. Subcultures, counterculture. Modern tattoo. Fanzines, self-publishing. 10. Digitization and new visual languages ??from the 1990s: John Hersey, Kam Tang, Christoph Niemann, eBoy, Wired magazine. Street-culture inspiration. Penetration of illustration into new media, animation, game design. 11. Expressive tendencies and inspiration by children's drawing. Pretty-ugly design as a new type of expression.

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified, unspecified
Learning outcomes
The course is intended for students of the bachelor's study specialization Graphic Design, who have already completed introductory courses in the history of art and design, focusing on the development of illustrative images, especially artistic illustration. The aim of the course is to give a historical overview of the development of illustration, its types and functions. Emphasis in teaching is placed on the social significance that has been attributed to illustrative images throughout history, and on their connection with important social currents and movements. The course enables students to gain an overview of the development of visual languages and themes appearing in the illustrative image, in the context of historical social changes. Teaching is in the form of lectures, the emphasis is on the analysis of means of expression, debate with students and contextual reflection with respect to current events in the field.
The gained capabilities constitute an encompassment and an aquirement of knowledge and experience in the subject and are aimed at a profile´s fulfilment of the graduate of the given field of study.
Prerequisites
Successful completion of the previous study

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
1. Fulfililing partial tasks and assignments throughtout the semestr 2. Active participation in the Studio tutoring
Recommended literature
  • GRICE, T. Oxford English for Careers Nursing 1. Oxford University Press, 2007. ISBN: 9780194569774. London, 2008. ISBN 9780 1945 69774.
  • JAROŠ, R.; PAUKNEROVÁ, P. Nejen kruhy. Vizuální přístupy v zobrazování dat a informací. VŠUP Praha, 2017.
  • JEŘÁBEK, R. Lidová výtvarná kultura. Dvacet dva příspěvků k teorii, metodologii, ikonologii a komparistice. MU Brno, 2011.
  • Matějček, A. Ilustrace. Jan Štenc, Praha, 1931.
  • Minchó. Illustration & Graphic Arts Magazine. časopis. Mincho Press, Madrid.
  • PROKŮPEK, T.; KUČEROVSKÝ, T.; PŘIBYL, M. Aargh! (časopis). Analphabet Books, Brno.
  • REISSNER, M. Ilustrace. Pohledy na výtvarný doprovod české dětské knihy. Moravské zemské muzeum, Brno, 2015.
  • RYŠKA, P. Karikaturisti. Polylegran a obrazový humor 60. let. Paseka, Praha, 2018.
  • RYŠKA, P.; ŠRÁMEK, J. Pionýři a roboti. Československá ilustrace a vizuální kultura 1950-1970. Praha, 2016.
  • STEHLÍKOVÁ, B. Příběh české ilustrované dětské knihy 1900-2000. Sladovna Písek, 2010.
  • Šindelář, D. Vědecká ilustrace v Čechách.. Obelisk, Praha, 1973.
  • ZEEGEN, L. Fifty Years of Illustration. Lawrence King Publishing, London, 2014.


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