Course ARS 209 · Year II · Autumn 2022-2023

THE STUDY OF DRAWING FOR ICONOGRAPHY (III)

Compulsory course in Sacred art, taught by Cătălin Băluț.

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Overview

Lecturer
Cătălin Băluț
Seminar tutor
Cătălin Băluț
Type of course
Compulsory
Language of instruction
Romanian
Erasmus language
English
Domain
Visual arts
Field of study
Sacred art
Form of education
Full-time
Form of instruction
Class / Seminary
Credit awarded by
Grade
Teaching methods
lecture, debates, exemples, practical activities

Aims

- the formation of skills through which the student can reaches the stage of direct expression of the plastic message, through specific, secular and canonical-religious means

-adapting the compositional design to the Byzantine specifics of icon and mural art.

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Course contents

The study of the graphic elements of plastic language necessary for the composition of iconographic images

Graphic plastic relations between the realistic drawing and the Byzantine drawing

Drawing figurative representations for icon and mural painting. Drawing in the composition of the Byzantine landscape and architecture

The construction in the plastic space of the different elements to be represented respecting the specifics of the Byzantine art

Nature representations of the face, bust and limbs, Byzantine figures

Learning outcomes

Transmitting theoretical notions and making specific practical applications the field of drawing, the development of artistic visual skills through awareness, assimilation and representation of graphic, constructive principles and value from the models in the proposed themes.

Assessment

oral exam 50%, and implication in seminar practical activities 50%

Recommended reading

The Resurrection and the Icon
Michel Quenot
St. Vladimir's Seminary Press, Yonkers, New York, 1997 · -
The Practice of Tempera Painting: Materials and Methods
Daniel V. Thompson
Dover Publications, Mineola, New York, 1962 · -
Sacred Doorways: A Beginner's Guide to Icons
Linette Martin
Paraclete Pr, Orleans, Massachusetts, 2002 · -