Course detail
Fashion in Art – Art in Fashion
FaVU-MUUMAcad. year: 2017/2018
The course extends students' horizons of visual culture to fashion.
They recognize it as a sum of aesthetic, psychological, social and
marketing strategies It is an ideal example for introducing postmodern
era. The content of the course is to present mainly European fashion of
the 20th and 21st century in a clear and complete way. Fashion History -
Design and Tailoring, Fashion Magazines, Fashion Photography and Drawing.
Emphasis is placed on the connection of fashion with socio-historical
events and the history of art.
Fashion is a living medium and therefore practical exercises are included
in. The creative part of course pays interest on the manual and mental
ability of art students. The method of work is realised own project.
Students design ideas, create a prototypes and sew the final model,
clothing or accessories during the lesson.
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Course curriculum
Fashion - Image vs. Text }Fashion magazines, Barthes
Fashion - Photography
Fashion - The Artist's Image (Dali, Lagerfeld)
Fashion - Architecture (function, construction, structure...)
Fashion - New Technologies (3D printing, materials)
Fashion- Gender (Queer, Leigh Bowery)
Fashion - DIY }anti-fashion)
Fashion -Conceptual Art (Bernadette Corporation)
Fashion - Activism (Pussy Riot, Femen)
Fashion - Neocolonialism (Naomi Klein)
Fashion - Folklore (vs. uniforms)
Fashion -Theatre (Issey Miyake, Jana Prekova)
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Basic literature
Fashion Theory: The Journal of Dress,Body and Culture. 1997- 2018 (EN)
Foggová,Marnie.Móda.2015.Praha:Slovart,2015.ISBN 978-80-7391-224-6 (CS)
Lipovetsky,Gilles.Říše pomíjivosti: Móda a její úděl v moderních společnostech.2010. Praha: Prostor, 2010. ISBN 978-0-300-19670-2 (CS)
Shinkle,Eugenie.Fashion as Photograph:Viewing and Reviewing Images of Fashion.2008.London:I.B.Tauris,2008.ISBN 978-1-84511-516-6. (EN)
Steel,Valerie.A Queen History of Fashion: From The Closet To the Catwalk.2013.New York City: The Fashion Institute of Technology, 2013. ISBN 978-0-300-19670-2 (EN)
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