Course detail
Art Techniques – Figure
FA-VFI-NEAcad. year: 2024/2025
Figure drawing is the course that complements the skills of architects with the basic skill: the ability to interpret human figure in drawing. Here this traditional art discipline throws emphasis on mass, space, and the structure of human figure. The course includes drawing studies as well as fast sketching of staffage.
In the study programmes “Architecture and Urban Design” the course is part of the courses on tools.
Language of instruction
Number of ECTS credits
Mode of study
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Department
Offered to foreign students
Aims
– Students will develop their drawing skills and have basic knowledge of human body as a primary scale for architecture.
Rules for evaluation and completion of the course
Students attend the introductory lecture; it is compulsory to attend the practicals. Two absences from practicals are tolerated; more absences in case of serious health problems must be discussed with the pedagogue.
In the case of a student's apology and with approval of the subject guarantor, personal attendance may be substituted with online attendance in the classes.
Study aids
Prerequisites and corequisites
Basic literature
RYDER, Anthony. The Artist's Complete Guide to Figure Drawing: A Contemporary Perspective On the Classical Tradition. Watson-Guptill, 1999. ISBN: 978-0823003037. (EN)
Recommended reading
Classification of course in study plans
- Programme NE_A+U Master's 1 year of study, summer semester, elective
- Programme BX_A+U Bachelor's 1 year of study, summer semester, elective
- Programme NE_A+U Master's
specialization --- (do 2022) , 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional