1. Problem-based lectures

2. Slide shows with commentary on composition knowledge

3. Exercises

4. Workshop exercises/ mastering various art technologies

5. Dialogue and didactic discussion (during the realization of exercises and during the summary of achievements of the entire student group at the end of the semester)

6. Team projects (realisation and setting up of the final exhibition in the Studio and realisation of exhibitions of selected, outstanding students at the Academy and outside it in galleries, during open-air workshops and symposia)

Passed 2-year (4 semesters) course in Knowledge of Visual Actions and Structures

a) Sign and its meaning. The problem of changing of the visual sign meaning depending on the context - lecture

1. Concept of sign.

2. Related terms: symbol, allegory, attribute, personification.

3. Sign language: road signs, flag language, sign language, alphabet, information systems.

4. Cultural signs.

5. Communication by sign - intellectual communication.

6. Semiotics, the science that deals with the study of signs.

7. The artist and his ability to manipulate the meaning of a sign to produce new content.

8. The influence of visual context on the meaning of a sign.

(b) The sign and its meaning. Problem of changing the meaning of the visual sign depending on the context - exercise

1. Practical application of knowledge introduced in lecture (series of works on plane or spatial works).

c) Mood, change of mood - lecture.

2. Communication with the viewer through the commonality of emotions, transmission of mood.

3. Self-analysis of the artist's moods, examination of own mental states.

4. Elements of form as mood carriers: color combinations, material, texture.

5. Creating moods in fine arts.

6. Romanticism and landscape moods.

d) Mood, mood change - exercise:

1. Practical application of the knowledge introduced in the lecture ( series of works on a plane or spatial works).

Form of assessment: Examination with assessment

A credit on the basis of the submitted artistic works which are the response to exercises set during the semester

Obligatory participation in reviews during the semester

Evaluation Criteria:

- Evaluation of accuracy and individuality of the answer to the problem

- Evaluation of difficulty and complication of the realization undertaken

- Evaluation of beauty, quality of execution and expression

- Evaluation of regularity of participation in lectures and classes

1. Submission of artwork in response to exercises in the program for semester review.

2. Commission presentation of artwork as part of the final year exhibition in the Painting Department.