Course: Artist´s Book

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Course title Artist´s Book
Course code KKTS/MD8AP
Organizational form of instruction Seminary
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Fišerová Lucia, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
The seminars will discuss topics related to the creation and publication of photographic books (choice of paper, binding or graphics, publishers, printers, book festivals, fairs and competitions, possibilities of financing the publication of the book, etc.) The main content of the seminars will be ongoing consultations on photographs and their selection, book assembly, layout creation, paper and binding selection, etc. Open discussion by all students is welcome.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Activities related to graphics and visual arts, Analysis of a work of art, Experience (self-experience)
  • Participation in classes - 14 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
The student should have an overview of the possibilities of book processing.
The student should have an overview of the possibilities of book processing.
learning outcomes
To become familiar with the historical development of the photographic publication
To become familiar with the historical development of the photographic publication
Characterize the main differences between the exhibition and book presentation of photographs
Characterize the main differences between the exhibition and book presentation of photographs
Describe the methodology of the book creation process
Describe the methodology of the book creation process
To define a potential readership
To define a potential readership
Define the main idea of the book and suggest the possibilities of conveying it to readers through photographs
Define the main idea of the book and suggest the possibilities of conveying it to readers through photographs
Skills
Design a functional selection of photographs for the publication
Design a functional selection of photographs for the publication
Create the design of individual double pages
Create the design of individual double pages
Combine the image and text part of the publication
Combine the image and text part of the publication
Communicate appropriately with the graphic designer, printer and bookbinder
Communicate appropriately with the graphic designer, printer and bookbinder
Choose appropriate paper, format, book binding
Choose appropriate paper, format, book binding
teaching methods
Knowledge
Analysis of a work of art
Analysis of a work of art
Experience (self-experience)
Activities related to graphics and visual arts
Experience (self-experience)
Activities related to graphics and visual arts
assessment methods
Analysis of a work of art
Analysis of a work of art
Recommended literature
  • Ceschel, Bruno. Self Publish, Be Happy. Aperture, New York, 2015.
  • Himes, D. Darius; Swanson Mary Virginia. Publish Your Photography Book. Princeton Architectural Press, New York, 2011.
  • Koetzle, Hans-Michael. Photographers A-Z. Taschen, Cologne, 2011.
  • Parr, Martin; Badger, Gerry. The Photobook. A History, volume 1. Phaidon, London, 2004.
  • Parr, Martin; Badger, Gerry. The Photobook. A History, volume 2. Phaidon, London, 2006.
  • Parr, Martin; Badger, Gerry. The Photobook. A History, volume 3. Phaidon, London, 2014.
  • Pleštilová, Anna; Rohanová, Lucie. A na konci byla kniha. UMPRUM, Praha, 2020.
  • Roth, Andrew (ed.). The Open Book. A history of the photographic book from 1878 to the present. Hasselblad Center, Göteborg, 2004.


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