Course: Graphic techniques II

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Course title Graphic techniques II
Course code KVP/FU027
Organizational form of instruction Lesson
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 1
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
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. Book art in the changes of time. 2. Art etudes and experimentation in techniques: drypoint, line etching, soft cover, aquatint and mezzotint. 3.-4. Practical project: Graphic sheet in the technique of intaglio printing. 5. Expressive possibilities and specifics of graphic techniques of lithography and serigraphy. 6. Transformation of printing technologies - from lithography to offset and screen printing. 7. From A. Machek through H. Toulouse-Lautrec, P. Picasso, O. Kokoschka, P. Alechinsky, R. Rauschenberg, A. Warhol, Z. Sýkora after D. Hirst and others. 8. Popular culture in the context of graphic media. 9. Art etudes and experimentation in techniques: lithography and screen printing. 10.-11. Graphic sheet in the technique of lithography and serigraphy.

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified, unspecified, unspecified, unspecified
Learning outcomes
The course acquaints students of the specialization Graphic Design with the issues of modern graphics, while developing knowledge of the expressive possibilities and specifics of graphic techniques of printing from height, depth and surface. It acquaints practically and theoretically with the means of expression of basic graphic techniques.
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
  • 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.
  • Lucie-Smith, Edward. Artoday, Současné světové umění. Slovart, 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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