Course detail

Arts and Crafts

FSI-YDUAcad. year: 2010/2011

The subject familiarizes students with basic terms: a human and art, human and environment, the human from fyziologic and psychologic aspects, a human and things, and applied arts, arts and crafts and design. On assignments students solve the position of a human in and beyond the work field and propose optimal conditions for his/her activity applying aesthetics through drawing and model techniques.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

4

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. Ing. arch. Jan Rajlich

Department

Institute of Machine and Industrial Design (ÚK)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Basic information about arts and crafts, industrial and graphic design, ergonomics and typology.

Prerequisites

The completion of the course Typology of Design and Fundamentals of Design is required.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Teaching methods depend on the type of course unit as specified in the article 7 of BUT Rules for Studies and Examinations.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Graded course-unit credit requirements: meeting assigned projects deadlines in a sufficient quality, passing the final test (optional). The test verifies global orientation and knowledge of the development and theory of industrial design and crafts.
Resulting evaluation consists of evaluations on tasks and a test. 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 of this subject is to famliarize students with other terms in design, applied arts, and arts and crafts, and with basic items of somatography, typology and ergonomics. Assigned projects prepare students for industrial design workshops and product design workshops.

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

The attendance in lectures is recommended. The attendance in workshop education is controlled. Students have to be present at scheduled hours in the schoolroom, work on given projects and wait for consultation, unless a lecturer gives other individual plan. The excuse of absence is possible only due to serious reasons, e.g. illness.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

MORANT, Henry de, Gérald GASSIOT-TALABOT a Josef HOBZEK. Dějiny užitého umění od nejstarších dob po současnost. Praha: Odeon, 1983.

Recommended reading

CRHÁK, František. Výtvarná geometrie: učební text pro uměleckoprůmyslové školy. 3.vyd. Praha: SPN, 1977. Učebnice odborných a středních odborných škol.
DLABAL, Stanislav. Nábytkové umění: vybrané kapitoly z historie. Praha: Grada, 2000. Stavitel. ISBN 80-7169-655-2.
FROLEC, Ivo. Kovářství. Praha: Grada, 2003. Řemesla, tradice, technika. ISBN 80-247-0611-3.
RILEY, Noël, ed. Dějiny užitého umění: vývoj užitého umění a stylistických prvků od renesance do postmoderní doby. Praha: Slovart, c2004. ISBN 80-7209-549-8.
VONDRUŠKA, Vlastimil. Sklářství. Praha: Grada, 2002. Řemesla, tradice, technika. ISBN 80-247-0261-4.
ZUB, Gleb. Ozdobné kovové ploty a mříže. Praha: Grada, 1999. Stavitel. ISBN 80-7169-735-4.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme B3901-3 Bachelor's

    branch B-PDS , 2 year of study, summer semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

13 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. arch. Jan Rajlich

Syllabus

Human and art, life style and art style;
Human and living environment;
Human and physiological and psychological aspects;
Human and things - function of objects;
Applied art, arts and crafts, and design - basic terms;
Applied art, and arts and crafts - stone, clay, ceramics;
Applied art, and arts and crafts - ceramics;
Applied art, and arts and crafts - glass;
Applied art, and arts and crafts - metals;
Applied art, and arts and crafts - textiles;
Applied art, and arts and crafts - wood, furniture;
Applied art, and arts and crafts - furniture;
Applied art, and arts and crafts - paper, book.