The course addresses fashion from the perspective of cultural analysis. Fashion is in this context understood as a unique signifying system, yet not autonomous. Namely, there are several social relations that are inscribed in it, from economic, gender and sexual to ecological and political. Fashion, on the other hand, transforms these relations into a seemingly ... Read more
The course deals with important issues related to artistic productive thinking, conceptualisation, articulation, materialisation and public presentation. It extends to the field of perceptions, attention directing and selection of thematic materials as well as to the field of communications transfer. It deals with theoretical and expression issues relating to several branches of art in historically ... Read more
Modification of the body, fashion and identity. Production and consumption: dress as a cultural sign. Modernism and fashion. Private/public. Ideology in fashion. Postmodernism. Deconstruction. Fashion, fetish and eroticism. Development and modification of fashion in the historical context. Socio-psychological interpretation of fashion. Phenomena, reasons and developments of contemporary fashion. Connecting fashion with other design fields. Modifications ... Read more
Textile and fashion for visual art purposes and their role in the wider social and cultural context. Social criticism and formalism, the (un)culture of living and other phenomena in society that concern, mark and transform textiles and fashion. Understanding the role, meaning and communication of textiles and fashion in the sphere of art. Recognition of ... Read more
The course focuses on the critical-historical presentation of the main features of modernity, i.e. the post-Renaissance paradigm. Some of the relevant stages in the development of stylistic formations in modernity, including romanticism, realism and symbolism, will be critically unpacked. Based on this knowledge, students gain an analytical view of European modernism and historical avant-gardes, including ... Read more
Interdisciplinary overview of definitions of interactivity. Interactivity and multimedia. Processing of multimodal and multimedia content: capture and processing of content, analysis, visualisation and search of content, transferring and content protection, typical services that include interactivity (IPTV systems, personalised selection of content, web applications, systems for people with special needs (elderly, disabled)), interactive ways to access ... Read more
The aim of the course is the research of conventional, digital and hybrid printing technologies, including technologies of 3D printing. The purpose is to understand the key parameters for each of these technologies that affect the achievement of the optimal runnability, printability, productivity and economy of the press. The introduction of new print substrates, printing ... Read more
In-depth study of the influence of technological development on typography: various conventional and contemporary printing techniques, various media; role of various information carriers on typographic choice. Detailed knowledge about the influence of historical periods and artistic styles on typography. In-depth research of visibility, legibility and readability – their importance and role in presenting various types ... Read more
Notice, realise, understand, explain, describe and critically judge visible and hidden, compositional, aesthetic and communicative (positive and negative) characteristics of graphic work, starting from artistic analysis in connection with understanding and synthesis to the creation of new graphic work and visual communications in the civilised world. The work consists of informatisation in basic and specific ... Read more
The course enables the study of elementary and advanced methods for generating and processing information in different graphic media (conventional, modern). The study of communication in graphic media involves a theoretical basis about the activity and effects of different media and the possibilities for their use as well as analysis of the effects of messages ... Read more