Human Figure and Space Rendering

Code:

30309B3

Acronym:

30309B3

Instance: 2010/2011 - A

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Desenho (D)
Course/CS Responsible:	Integrated Master Degree in Architecture

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MIARQ	45	MIARQ	3	-	6	-

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

Acquire technical and expressive skills in the areas of human figure drawing and representation of space. Develop the practice of drawing the human figure in their relationship with space. Develop, through the images of drawing, the understanding of the relationship between body and space
In short, promote personal search to ensure the practice of drawing as structuring of imagination and thought.

Program

Program
Thematic content
The program of the course takes place in three stages. The first two stages focus on observation, analysis and production of the drawing of human figures and representations of space. The third phase proposes to study processes of invention focusing on ways to illustration and composition.

Themes and subjects of study:
1. Human figure. Theories of the proportions of the Human Body. The Canons. Anatomy, Measurement and symbolic value. Copying drawins. Drawings of the statue, prints and photographs. The classical models. The live model.

2. Modes of representation and expression. The figure and space. Posture, gesture and movement. Scale and performance. Contemporary Drawing. Modes of expression and composition. Graphic techniques: charcoal, washes, graphite pencil, crayons and color. The collage.Graphics experiences with the presence of live models.

3. Body and Space. Human figure and architecture. Memory and culture of architectural design. Symbolic articulations, expressive and illustrative.
Drawing from imagination: human figure and space. Interaction models and figural representation. Processes of illustration, composition and assembly.

Mandatory literature

ADLER, Kathleen; POINTON, Marcia; The Body Imaged: The Human Form and Visual Culture Since the Renaissance , Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press, 1993
ANDERSON, Alex T. ; On the Human Figure in Architectural Representation, Journal of Architectural Education, Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture, 55/4, 2002
CAZORT, Mimi; KORNELL, Monique, ROBERT, K. B.; The Ingenious Machine of Nature: Four Centuries of Art and Anatomy , The National Gallery of Canada,, 1996. ISBN: ISBN: 0888846576
GOLDSTEIN, Nathan; Figure Drawing: The Structure, Anatomy, and Expressive Design of the Human Form , London: Prentice Hall International, 5 ed, 1999
HALE, Robert Beverly ; Drawing Lessons from Great Masters: 100 Great Drawings Analized, Figure Drawing Fundamental Defined , New York: Watson-Guptill, 1989. ISBN: ISBN 0823014010.
RECHT, Roland ; Le Dessin d’Architecture. Origine et Fonction. , Paris: Adam Biro , 1995 . ISBN: ISBN 2-8766-0156-7
SAINZ, Jorge; El Dibujo de Arquitectura. Teoría e História de un Lenguage Gráfico. Madrid: Editorial Nerea, 1990. ISBN: ISBN 84-86763-32-0

Teaching methods and learning activities

The program will be developed according to theory and practice explanations. Input sessions are intended to frame the issues, themes, examples and the theoretical basis of practical exercises to develop in each phase of work and study.
The worksheets define the theoretical and practical framework for each stage as well as the regimen of exercise and the parameters of evaluation and critique.
The exercises represent the standard teaching par excellence from which it promotes individual and collective debate. The focus is constant and continuous contact between teacher and student subjects involved in the interaction of knowledge and expectations, questions and answers. The assessment of the situation and evaluation sessions are key moments of the process.

keywords

Humanities > Arts > Fine arts > Drawing

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	102,00
	Total:	-	0,00

Eligibility for exams

To obtain the frequency is necessary to ensure attendance of at least 75% of the classes provided.

Calculation formula of final grade

Calculation of Classification
At the end of each phase, the evaluation will be the result of the developments of students' responses compared with reference parameters outlined in worksheets. It is mandatory to submit a sketch book (daily chart) at which it will comply with the development of free and specific exercises . The sketchbook makes up 25% of the total rating for each phase.
The final grade, attendance and considered the overall utilization of the student, will be the weighted average of the three classifications provided for the academic year (25% +25% + 50%).
Rating calculation assumes the progression of the demands of exercise and the time perspective and synthesis of learning.

Examinations or Special Assignments

not applicable

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

not applicable

Classification improvement

not applicable