Lecture with multimedia presentation

Creation and workshop exercises

Individual project in response to the problem posed in the exercise

Didactic discussion, correction, consultations

completed 2 semesters of Knowledge of Visual Actions and Structures or consent of the Dean of the Faculty of Painting for conditional entry into the 3rd semester

Exercise Rhythm - rhythmic repetition, different kinds of rhythm - lecture:

1. Learning the general characteristics of the phenomenon of rhythm in the context of different scientific disciplines.

2. Learning about rhythm as an ordering factor in works of art from prehistory to 19th century.

3. Learning about rhythm as an independent means of expression in XXth century art.

- Rhythmic repetition, different types of visual rhythm - exercise:

"Rhythm as an element of picture construction":

- simple and complex rhythms,

- monotonous runs,

- counterpoint rhythm,

- assembling of many rhythms and multiplications.

Exercise ACENTS. Accent and dominant in a visual piece - a lecture:

1. Learn about the general characteristics of accents and dominants in the context of different academic disciplines.

2. Get to know the ways of accenting and different dominants in works of art from the ancient times till nowadays. 

3. Learn about the influence of accents and dominants on the way a viewer views an image/advertisement.

- Accent and Dominant in a Visual Work - Exercise:

1. Accents and dominants as factors in building a visual hierarchy of elements in an image.

2. Use of accenting visual elements by changing position, changing color, changing shape, changing thickness, and changing size.

3. Introduce a dominant into a work as a figure, set of elements, color, or background.

- Ways of representing space on a plane - lecture:

Exercise Space on a plane.

1. Getting to know the issue of space in the context of different scientific disciplines.

2. Learning about the ways of representing space on a plane in art works from ancient times till 20th c.

- Ways of representing space on a plane - exercise:

Application and analysis of space-forming factors:

- overlapping of elements,

- graduation of elements size,

- transparency,

- chiaroscuro modelling,

- cast shadow,

- gradations of color saturation,

- gradation of color saturation,

- contrasting warm and cold colors,

- systems of perspective: convergent, isometric and aerial.

- construction of a spatial system (installation, surroundings, spatial arrangement) - lecture on three-dimensional space.

Submission of completed exercises Rhythm, Accents and Space on a plane by Friday 23.01.2026.

The works are collected in room 70 at the Faculty of Painting from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Participation in classes per semester is a requirement for graduation. Students are allowed two unexcused absences.

Evaluation criteria:

Activity and involvement during the semester's work

Evaluation of the originality of the answer to the problem posed in the exercises

Evaluation of workmanship and artistic expression of the students' realizations

Completing all exercises in semester 3, i.e. Rhythm (6 works), Accents (6 works), Space on a plane (9 works)

Participation in a group discussion of the effects of work in the semester

E. H. Gombrich, Sztuka i złudzenie, Warszawa 1981

Jose M. Parramon, Perspektywa w rysunku i malarstwie, Wydawnictwa Szkolne i Pedagogiczne, 1993

R. Arnheim, Sztuka i percepcja wzrokowa, Warszawa 1978.