Course detail

Traditionalism in Architecture and Sculpture

FA-TRAAcad. year: 2018/2019

- introduction and interpretation of the principles of traditionalism in art as a parallel direction in the cultural and social development of the world
- introduction to the history of traditionalism, with special regard to architecture and sculpture
- introduction to modeling methods, procedures and technologies in the design of traditional architectural and sculptural elements

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

2

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Strengthening knowledge in the field of traditionalist artistic design. Presentation of digital models of selected traditionalist architectural and sculptural elements.

Prerequisites

Orientation in the history of art, architecture and civil engineering (ornament, traditional materials, statics).

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Seminary, exercise

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

The condition of receiving the credits is to submit the final portfolio of architectural and decorative design within the specified deadline.

Course curriculum

1. Introduction into the study of traditionalism. Basic theses and principles. Differences between traditionalism and modernism
2. History of traditionalism in architecture and sculpture. Essential features of traditionalism - order, style, ornament, symmetry
3. Theory – pattern language and form language
4. Principles of Beaux-Arts - classical and traditionalist architecture, sculpture and artistic craft
5. Traditionalist tendencies from the end of the 19th century to the present. Principles of New Urbanism
6. Introduction of activity of INTBAU's international network based in London and contemporary classical architectural schools.
7. Introduction to history of ornament, its development, typology and meaning for use in architecture
8. Introduction to digital sculpture and modeling. Procedures for designing traditional architecture and sculpture
9. Excursions to selected sites in Brno, focusing on the traditional architecture and on the places where the traditional buildings were demolished and replaced by modernist architecture
10. Designing traditionalistic architecture and sculpture for specific places in Brno, taking into account the original, though vanished traditionalist urban tissue
11. Introduction to the modeling of ornamental and sculptural details for architecture. Practical training of manual modeling of ornament from clay and plaster and digital scanning of object
12. Making a digital model of traditionalist architecture and turning it into a physical model and drawings
13. Final presentation of projects, models and visualizations of traditionalist architecture and sculpture

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

To familiarize students with the principles of traditionalism in architecture as one of the regular and fully-fledged artistic language. Development of practical skills in the use of contemporary design techniques and technologies for the modeling of traditional architectural and sculptural elements.

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

Optional seminars, optional attendance at excursions

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

M. Vitruvius - Deset knih o architektuře (2001); (CS)
Čtyři knihy o architektuře (1958); (CS)
Scruton R, The Aesthetics of Architecture (1979 (CS)
Loos A., Ornament and Crime (1913 (CS)
Taschen, Sculpture: From Antiquity to the Present Day (2013); (CS)
Bourne Fine Art, A. Stoddart Cabinet Works and Studies (2010 (CS)
Horáček M, Za krásnější svět. Tradicionalismus v architektuře 20. a 21. století (2013) (CS)
Sitte C., Stavba měst podle uměleckých zásad (2013 (CS)
Aubin F. P., Renaissance Revit: Creating Classical Architecture with Modern Software (2013) (CS)
Ghencev R., Classical Sculpture – sculpting & texturing with ZBrush, 3DS Max+V-Ray (2015) (CS)
Rome Reborn, A digital model of ancient Rome (CityEngine (CS)

Recommended reading

Not applicable.