Course detail

Lectures on Book - summer

FaVU-NPK-LAcad. year: 2011/2012

Lectures on book.
Book as a medium. Development of shape/form. Typography and illustrations. Bibliophilism. Historic overview of bookbinding. Types of industrial and handmade bindings and covers. Bookbinding as art and craft. Books - object, artists´ books. Public and private books.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

3

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. MVDr. Jiří Hynek Kocman

Department

Graphic Design Studio 2 (AGD2)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Lectures on book.
To understand the attributes of traditional books is important for some artistic branches where books play the role of "realisation outputs".

Prerequisites

None.

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

Exam conditions: Overall knowledge of explained topics and recommended literature.

Course curriculum

Lectures on book.
a) Book as medium. Development of books´ shapes (scolls, ... codex, CD-ROM). Description of codex books.
b) Typography and book illustrations. Bibliophilism.
c) Historic overview of bookbinding.
d) Types of industrial bindings/covers. Modification of adjustment of a book.
e) Types of handmade bookbindings/covers (cpp, Bradel, ckfv...)
Cases for book bindings
f) Book binding as art and craft. Modern artistic bookbinding. Czech school of artistic bookbinding.
g) Personalities of the world artistic bookbinding.
h) Books- objects, (artists´ books).
ch) Private and public books. Issues of bibliography and cataloguing.
i) Excursion to manual and industrial bookbinderies.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

Lectures on book.
Lectures are mainly focused on a physical phenomenon of "a beautiful book" which increasingly acquires special new dimensions in contarst with more and more rational and industrial production of books or with new information media (like electronic books).

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

Attendance is mandatory.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Basic literature

Listy a knihy = Blätter und Bücher : aktuální umění papíru z Česka: práce studentů Fakulty výtvarných umění Vysokého učení technického Ateliéru papír a kniha (vedoucí pedagog Doc. Dr. Jiří H. Kocman):[výstava prací Bergisch Gladbach, Städtische Galerie Villa Zanders 19.6.-14.8.2005]. / Texty Petr Spielmann, Wolfgang Vomm, Jiří H. Kocman.
Bohatcová, Mirjam a kol.: Česká kniha v proměnách staletí, Panorama, Praha 1959.
Gordon Graham: Filozofe umění, Barrister/Principal 2004
Hamanová, Pavlína: Z dějin knižní vazby, Orbis, Praha 1959.
Historická knižní vazba - Sborníky Severočeského muzea v Liberci (1962-65). Redakce B. Nuska.
Hnětkovský, Václav: Papírenská příručka, SNTL, Praha 1983
Hnětkovský, Václav: Papírenská příručka, SNTL, Praha 1983.
Kneidl, Pravoslav: Z historie evropské knihy, Svoboda, Praha 1989.
Kocman, Jiří H.: Médium papír (1. a 2. vydání), VUTIUM, Brno 2000, 2004.
Kocman, Jiří H.: Médium papír (1. a 2. vydání), VUTIUM, Brno 2000, 2004. (3.vydání v tisku)
Pistorius, Vladimír: Jak se dělá kniha, Paseka, Praha, 2003
Sborníky z odborného semináře k problematice umělecké knižní vazby. Redakce J.H.Kocman. Sv.I. - Dům umění, Brno 1982. Sv.II. - Památník národního písemnictví, Praha 1985.
Tobolka, Zdeněk: Kniha (její vznik, vývoj a rozvoj) Orbis, Praha 1949.
Videofilm o prof. Jindřichu Svobodovi. (Kazeta je k dispozici v knihovně FaVU.)
Voit, Petr: Encyklopedie knihy, nakl. Libri, Praha 2006

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme Bachelor's

    branch AGD2 , 1 year of study, summer semester, elective

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

54 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. MVDr. Jiří Hynek Kocman