Course detail

Modelling - Spatial Design

FSI-YM1Acad. year: 2016/2017

The subject focuses on modelling of skull and head according to plaster bust. The subject allows students getting basic knowledge in modelling and gaining basic habits in building 3D volume and character of objects in space.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

3

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. akad. soch. Ladislav Křenek, ArtD.

Department

Institute of Machine and Industrial Design (ÚK)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

The subject leads to getting a sense for mass in space, plastic shape, guessing measures, volumes and distances and getting the students acquainted with basic craft of clay modelling.

Prerequisites

Theoretical knowledge of perspective and drawing geometric bodies by model are a prerequisite. Practice from model creation of 3D compositions and design models is important.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Creative work in ateliers.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Graded course-unit credit requirements: Attendance at exercises, meeting assigned projects deadlines.
Resulting evaluation consists of evaluations on tasks. In total it will be possible to aquire 100 points. Resulting classification will be defined by the ECTS scale.
If some of the projects are awarded less than half of the maximum pts., final evaluation of the course is "failed".
According to the article No. 13 of Study and Examination Rules of Brno University of Technology ECTS evaluation degree scale is used. . If some of the projects are awarded less than 50 pts., final evaluation of the course is "failed". The course is evaluated with the following grades: ECTS EVALUATION DEGREES / PTS. RATING / NUMERIC RATING: A / 100 - 90 / 1 / Excellent; B /89 - 80 / 1,5 / Very good; C / 79 - 70 / 2 / Good; D / 69 - 60 / Satisfactory; E / 59 - 50 / Sufficient; F / 49 - 0 / 4 / Failed.

Course curriculum

Not applicable.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The aim is to get students acquainted with modelling as a basic way of visual 3D object. Practical workshops focus on modelling skull and head according to plaster bust, emphasizing the building of volume and proportions.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

The attendance in education is controlled. Student has to be present in scheduled hours in the schoolroom, work on given projects and wait for consultation, unless a lecturer gives any other individual plan. The excuse of absence is possible only due similar reasons as by work law, e.g. illness. Unexcused absence can lead to give no accreditation. When total absence is greater than 50% (including excused absence), projects may not be accepted for impossibility of project solving reasons, and compensatory assigning is not possible.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

BAMMES, Gottfried. Der nackte Mensch: Hand und Lehrbuch der Anatomie für Künstler. Dresden: VEB Verlag der Kunst, 1982. ISBN 3-364-00016-6.
GOLDFINGER, Eliot. Human Anatomy for Artists: The Elements of Form. New York: Oxford University Press, 1991. ISBN 978-0195052060.
KOS, Jaroslav a ŽILÁK, Pavel. Anatomie člověka pro výtvarníky. Praha: Aventinum, 1996. ISBN 80-85277-98-0.

Recommended reading

MALIVA, Josef. Doteky s uměním a časem I. díl: Přehled evropských dějin umění od pravěku po renesanci. Brno: Vysoké učení technické v Brně, 1996. ISBN 80-214-0822-7.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme B3A-P Bachelor's

    branch B-PDS , 3. year of study, winter semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

labs and studios

39 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Richard Sovják, Ph.D.

Syllabus

1st assignment, modelling skull by model, basics of its construction;
Modelling skull by model;
Modelling skull by model;
Modelling skull by model, evaluation of 1st assignment /analysis of strengths and weaknesses of individual works/;
2nd assignment, modelling head by plaster bust, basics of its construction;
Modelling head by plaster bust;
Modelling head by plaster bust;
Modelling head by plaster bust; evaluation of 2nd assignment /analysis of strengths and weaknesses of individual works/;
3rd assignment, modelling head by plaster bust;
Modelling head by plaster bust;
Modelling head by plaster bust;
Modelling head by plaster bust;
Modelling head by plaster bust; evaluation of 2nd assignment /analysis of strengths and weaknesses of individual works/ evaluation of whole semester.