Course: Graphics I

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Course title Graphics I
Course code KVP/FU009
Organizational form of instruction Lesson
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 1
Semester Winter
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
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Kahuda Klokočková Lenka, MgA. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Both traditional and experimental printing methods; basic definitions. 2. Organization and operation of graphic workshops, types of presses. 3. Transformation of printing technologies- from woodblock to woodcut and linocut. 4. Drawing and printing basis of graphic medium: Creative use of graphic techniques and materials in the process of author printing. 5. Graphic etudes and experimentations in techniques of woodcut, linocut, and monotype. 6.-9. Realization of a practical project: impression created by letterpress printing technique. 10. Realization of a practical project: graphic art in public space (alternative medium of a postcard, sticker, label, leaflet, etc.) 11. Systematic acquaintance with expressional media of the basic graphic technique of intaglio printing. 12.-13. Transformation of printing technologies- from gravure to polymers.

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified, unspecified
Learning outcomes
The course acquaints students with the issues of modern graphics, while developing knowledge of the expressive possibilities and specifics of graphic techniques of letterpress, intaglio, and planographic printing. It acquaints students, both practically and theoretically, with expressional means of basic graphic techniques.
The gained capabilities constitute an encompassment and an aquirement of knowledge and experience in the given field of study, they result from a concrete annotation of 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
Attendance
Recommended literature
  • Eward Lucie-Smith. Art Today. Současné světové umění. Bratislava, 1996.
  • FICK, Bill; GRABOWSKI, Beth. Printmaking: A Complete Guide to Materials & Process. Laurence King Publishing, 2015.
  • GERTSCH, Franz. Holzschnitte. Die Kunst liegt in der Natur. Wer sie herausreissen, kann der hat sie. Lars, 1994.
  • Griffiths, Antony. Prints and Printmaking, An Introduction to the History and Techniques. University of California, 1996.
  • MARTIN, Judy. The Encyclopedia of Printmaking Techniques: A Unique Visual Directory of Printmaking Techniques, with Guidance on How to Use Them. Search Press, 2018.
  • MICHÁLEK, Ondřej. Kapitoly z černého umění: Přehled grafických technik a některých průmyslových technologií tisku. UPOL, 2014.
  • MORLEY, Nick. Linocut for Artists and Designers. The Crowood Press, 2016.


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