(en)Katalog ECTS

Obligatory specialization: Technology and techniques of wall painting

(en)Pedagog: dr hab. Łukasz Majcherowicz

(en)Pole (en)Opis
Course type OU
Didactic methods

- Presentation of student work done in the second year of study and sketchbooks.

- Discussion of the topic of exercises.

- Making conceptual sketches.

- Performing an individual project (preparation and realization of the author's project).

- Problem-based lectures (course and monographic) concerning techniques, composition, technology, history of wall painting and profiles of its great artists.

- Conservation lecture.

- Lecture with multimedia presentation.

- Corrections.

- Didactic discussions on the effects of work.

- Workshop exercises.

- Conceptual exercises.

- Analysis of realized works combined with discussion.

- Analysis of monumental painting artists' works combined with discussion on google meet platform.

- Presentation of projects and realizations of great masters. (on google meet platform)

- Presentations of projects and realizations of the lecturer with discussion. (on the google meet platform)

- Presentations of student projects and realizations with discussion using google meet platform.

- Lectures and meetings organized with the help of google meet platform.

- Virtual tours of polychrome architecture monuments and museums.

Language of lecture polski;
Prerequisites

- Passing two semesters of the first year of study.

Final requirements

- Completion of conceptual sketches, designs, cartons, and wall or portable work according to approved design.
- Presentations of completed work at mid-semester and as part of semester review.
- Presentations of work at mid-semester and as part of the final year exhibition in the Painting Department.

The form of passing the course (assesment methods and criteria)

- Passing grade - individual review of completed works (concept sketches, designs, 1:1 scale cartons, 1:1 scale working cartons, wall realization or on a portable background).

- A graded exam on theoretical knowledge of techniques and technology, materials, pigments and mortar setting.

- Participation in class, engagement, artistic level of work and precision of execution are assessed.

- The level and nature of public presentation of the work is evaluated.

- Provide the instructor with a PDF file containing documentation of sketches, designs, cartons, and artwork completed during the semester by the specified due date.

- The grading scale is determined by the current scoring scale in the Painting Department.

Teaching goals (program content, subject description)

The curriculum is based on the centuries-old tradition of monumental painting. It includes knowledge of technology and techniques (sgraffito, mosaic, buon fresco, fresco secco, lime technique, lime-casein technique, egg tempera, glue technique, silicate technique and painting techniques with synthetic binders). Knowledge of materials, tools, types of mortar and their coloring is imparted.

The student learns a craft that requires patience, discipline, pietism, and diligent planning. He or she solves problems of monumental scale, decorativeness, surface structure, ornamentation and the connection of the painting with architecture. Sometimes wall polychromies are made outside the walls of the studio.

During the classes knowledge and skills such as:
- Searching for concepts and artistic inspirations.
- Substantive preparation to author's work.
- Creating a project in an appropriate scale.
- Transferring the project on the canvas.
- Creating a color cardboard and a working card in 1:1 scale.
- Historical and classical architectural details.
- Classical division of facades, walls, ceilings and vaults.
- Preparation of subpainting and making of mortars and plasters.
- Types of lime mortars and fillers.
- Material and color tests.
- Ways of working out the face of plastering.
- Traditional fresco range.
- Modern fresco range.
- Pigments resistant to alkaline action of lime.
- Creating monumental composition.
- Issues of linear and aerial perspective.
- Workshop exercises in buon fresco and fresco secco techniques.
- Developing workshop skills.
- Knowledge of pigments proper for different techniques.
- Creating works based on observation of architectural forms.
- Learning about the construction of walls and masonry (rustication, rustication, types of brick bond threads).
- Traditional fresco color palette in different historical periods.
- Learning about composing wall polychromies through the ages.
- Illusionistic painting.
- Portrait and self-portrait in architectural framework.
- Realization of works based on observation of nature forms and architecture on the theme "Man, light, space".
- Learning about classical forms of architecture and architectural details.
- Selected issues of ancient art.
- Pompeian painting.
- Frescoes from Faras and Byzantine and Ruthenian art in wall painting - selected issues.
- Romanesque and Gothic polychromies - selected topics.
- Polychromies of medieval Catalonia.
- Primitive Italian art in wall polychromy.
- Wall paintings of 16th-century Moldavia.
- Renaissance and Mannerism in wall painting on selected examples.
- Illusionistic painting of the Baroque - selected examples.
- Learning about main tendencies in decorative art of Rococo.
- Neoclassicism and historicism in wall painting - selected examples.
- Basic knowledge about interior design.
- Ability to create works of high aesthetic value.
- Creating a real fresco (buon fresco) with dimensions of about 2 m² - 4 m².
- Creating a dry fresco (fresco secco) between 2 m² and 4 m².
- Development of sketches and designs in drawing and watercolor.
- Making color cartoons in watercolor to scale.
- Making working cartons in scale 1:1.
- Documentation of completed works.
- Conscious choice of materials, techniques and artistic means.
- Ability to use combined and mixed techniques.
- Formulating thoughts about the creative process and its aims and objectives.
- Skilful speaking and expressing of the content of mural works in oral and written form.
- Functions of wall painting in the history of art and culture.
- Acquiring knowledge which enables them to recognize styles and epochs in architecture and its polychromes.
- Recognizing the techniques in which the works were made.
- Knowledge about materials and tools.
- Knowledge about health and safety rules at work.

Compulsory literature used during classes

"Słownik terminologiczny sztuk pięknych", PWN, W-wa 1969.


Władysław Ślesiński "Techniki malarskie: spoiwa mineralne", Arkady, W-wa 1983.


Władysław Ślesiński "Techniki malarskie: spoiwa organiczne", Arkady, W-wa 1984.


Jan Hopliński "Farby i spoiwa malarskie", Ossolineum, Wrocław - Kraków 1959.


Cennino Cennini "Rzecz o malarstwie", Ossolineum, Wrocław 1955.


Maria Rzepińska "Historia koloru w dziejach malarstwa europejskiego", Arkady, W-wa 2009.


Władysław Witwicki "Wiadomości o stylach", PW "Wiedza Powszechna", W-wa 1959.

 

Additional literature recommended for the student's self learning

Bohuslav Slansky "Technika malarstwa", Arkady, Warszawa 1960.


Max Doerner "Materiały malarskie i ich zastosowanie", Arkady, W-wa 1975.


Praca zbiorowa "Techniki wielkich mistrzów malarstwa", Arkady, W-wa 2005.

 

Learning outcomes
SkillsKnowledgeSocial competences

The graduate should be able to:
-Consciously choose the appropriate technique when completing a work.
-Undertake creative tasks with the use of knowledge in the field of mural painting technology.
-Independently prepare mortars, binders and paints.
-Responsibly use the materials and tools necessary to complete a wall painting.
-Prepare a project and present it publicly
-Create and realize own artistic concepts.

Graduates will be able to:

Ku03 - Consciously integrate the painter's workshop with architecture and apply mixed techniques.

Ku04 - Demonstrate the ability to critically select sources of information necessary for the realization of artistic concepts.
- Undertake artistic research of old wall polychromies.

Ku09 - Plan own artistic development, set artistic goals and realize them in stages.
- Assimilate ancient knowledge and learn artistic solutions of techniques and technologies.

After completing studies in the Studio of Technology and Techniques of Wall Painting at the Faculty of Painting the graduate should:
-Have theoretical knowledge of wall painting to be able to use it freely in creative practice.
-Have theoretical knowledge of technology and techniques of wall painting, knowledge of materials and tools.
-Have knowledge of defining terms in the artistic discipline of mural painting.
-Have knowledge of the dangers of using untested materials, pigments and workshop errors.
-Have the knowledge to recognize traditional and contemporary wall painting techniques.
-Have knowledge that is the sum of theoretical and practical experience, allowing them to critically relate to their own artistic achievements.

Graduate knows and understands:

Kw01 - to an in-depth degree selected works of art, their history and artistic phenomena in the field of ancient and contemporary wall painting

Kw02 - key painting problems such as: subject and polychrome conception, means of expression, color, light and space in a painting, composition, perception of color and form, optical illusions, linear and aerial perspective, trompe l'oeil, techniques and technologies techniques and technologies of wall painting

Kw05 - basic reading about the course and history of art, theory of culture, aesthetics
- relations between theoretical and practical aspects of studying

Graduates should:

Demonstrate the ability to critically analyze his/her own creative achievements.
He/she should take care of the workshop and the artistic quality of his/her work in an organized way.
Observe technological principles.
Be able to follow the rules of safety and hygiene at work during wall painting realization.
Initiates interesting artistic projects.
Demonstrate the ability to function in society in the execution of wall painting.
Be open-minded about the most ancient and recent artistic attitudes and strive to discover new means of expression.
Demonstrate the ability to work in a team.

The graduates are ready to:

Kk02 - undertake artistic activities for the local community

- fulfill social tasks in a widely understood field of culture with openness and tolerance for other attitudes and needs

Description of the requirements for the studio, workshop or teaching aids

- A well-lit studio with cubbies, chairs, space for murals, tables for mosaics, appropriate scaffolding and tools, mortar fillers and binders, and a mineral pigment kit.
- Access to internet.
- Access to Google Meet messenger.
- Access to Google Drive.

The weekly number of hours of classes or lectures, the number of ECTS points assigned to the subject and information on the form and completion of the subject are included in the study program and Course Cataloque (information is displayed in Akademus system)


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(en)Semestr 2020/21-WS (en)(Z-zimowy,L-letni)
(en)Kod kursu: #38.12932