DIFA:DSDZ405 History of Modern Stage Design - Course Information
DSDZ405 History of Modern Stage Design I
Theatre FacultyWinter 2025
- Extent and Intensity
- 2/0/2. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- Mgr. Jitka Ciampi Matulová (lecturer)
- Guaranteed by
- doc. Mgr. Jana Preková
Set and Costume Design Department – Dean’s Office – Theatre Faculty – Janáček Academy of Performing Arts
Supplier department: Set and Costume Design Department – Dean’s Office – Theatre Faculty – Janáček Academy of Performing Arts (50,00 %), Lighting Design Department – Dean’s Office – Theatre Faculty – Janáček Academy of Performing Arts (50,00 %) - Prerequisites
- not defined
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is offered to students of any study field.
- Course objectives
- The aim of the course is to provide students with an overview of the development of scenography from the so-called first theater reform and the period around 1900 to the beginning of the 21st century. To familiarize students with important theater creators and ensembles of the period, the characteristic features of individual artistic movements and styles, both in traditional theater and performance. Emphasis is also placed on understanding the basic theoretical concepts of scenography and the possibilities for its presentation in and outside of exhibition spaces.
- Learning outcomes
- After completing the course, students will:
- have knowledge of the history and theory of theater, scenography, and visual arts, all in the broader context of the period;
- able to identify important scenographers, their creative concepts, and their most significant works;
- able to formulate concepts of individual art movements and apply this knowledge to the visual component of theater productions;
- be able to describe the transformations of theatrical and performative costumes, linking them to changes in the perception of the body in the context of the period;
- be able to explain the theoretical concepts of scenography of a given period; - Syllabus
- Scenography – changes in the meaning of the term in the context of 20th and 21st century theoretical concepts. The first and second theater reforms – definitions, personalities, works. Modernism and its legacy for contemporary theater and scenography. Costumes in traditional theater and performance. Postmodern scenography and postdramatic theater. The use of technology in scenography. The Prague Quadrennial and opportunities for presenting scenography.
- Literature
- Aronson, A. Pohled do propasti: eseje o scénografii. Praha: Divadelní ústav, 2007. info
- Bablet, D. Scénické revoluce XX. století. In: Scénografie 2/76. info
- Braun, K.: Divadelní prostor. info
- Brockett, O.: Dějiny divadla, Praha 1999. info
- J. Zavarský, Kapitolky zo scénografie. Osvetový ústav, Bratislava 1989. info
- Pörtner, P.: Experimentální divadlo. Praha 1965. info
- Ptáčková, V. : Česká scénografie XX. století. Odeon, Praha 1982. info
- Ptáčková, V.: Divadlo na konci světa. Praha, 2009. info
- V.Ptáčková, B.Příhodová, S.Rybáková : Český divadelní kostým, Divadelní ústav 2011. info
- Teaching methods
- lecture, independent student work
- Assessment methods
- Written exam on a given topic.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Follow-Up Courses
- Enrolment Statistics (Winter 2025, recent)
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