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The exhibition of Vlastislav Hofman in Ostrava ends on Sunday
Galerie výtvarného umění v Ostravě
Until Sunday, January 7, visitors to the Gallery of Fine Arts in Ostrava (GVUO) can see the work of architect and internationally acclaimed stage designer Vlastislav Hofman (1884-1964) in the Ostrava House of Art. The author's architectural designs, paintings, graphics, print mats, porcelain, furniture, crematorium model in Moravská Ostrava, film screenings and archival documents are exhibited. The exhibition has been reviewed by over 11,000 visitors.
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The personality of Emanuel Krenka will remind the Ostrava actors and artists
Galerie výtvarného umění v Ostravě
Emanuel Křenek, actor from Opava, art collector, photographer, illustrator and pedagogue. A personality connected with the Ostrava region and especially its culture. The pride of the charismatic actor dedicated his art to his whole life comes from his friends and associate actors Jan Fišar and Veronika Forejtová, violoncellist Jiří Hanousek and artist Svatoslav Böhm. A commemorative evening on the occasion of the Křenkova Gift Exhibition at the Gallery of Fine Arts in Ostrava will take place on Thursday, May 31, at 5 pm in the Art House in Ostrava.
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Kupka, Mondrian, Grund, Balaban, Zrzavý i Navrátil: the Gallery of Fine Arts in Ostrava opens four new exhibitions
Galerie výtvarného umění v Ostravě
The Gallery of Fine Arts in Ostrava (GVUO) launches four exhibition projects at once. After the exhibition Vlastislav Hofman / Tribute to Invention, he focuses on a wide range of styles, techniques and authors. Everyone will come to theirs. At a joint opening on Thursday, January 25, at 5 pm, the gallery will open exhibitions to introduce the Baroque painting and graphics, the Republican, abstract and contemporary art to the public. The exhibitions will be on display in the Art House of Ostrava until Sunday, March 25th.
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Mirko Hanák (1921 - 1071) in the context of contemporary illustration
Fulíková, Anna ; Klimešová, Marie (advisor) ; Stehlíková, Blanka (referee)
Children's book publishing was a part of the state-controlled system after 1945 and several movements can be recognised within it. The development and illustration requirements, changing during the 1950s and 1960s, can be mostly inferred from contemporary literature by writers Stehlíková and Holešovský, the Zlatý máj magazine or submissions to the 1972 Brno symposium exploring the relationship between literary text and its visual art interpretation. After outlining the principal relationships, this work focuses on a more detailed exploration of the illustrations by Mirko Hanák, whose work originated during the 1950s and 1960s before being terminated by a premature death in 1971. Hanák freed himself of the compulsory realism during the 1950s and chose a path towards symbolism, which helped him achieve a respected creative status in the 1960s. Hanák's talents chiefly manifested themselves in his wildlife illustrations for adventure books, where he employed the watercolour technique. He took inspiration from Chinese ink painting, with which he became familiarised thanks to the many exhibitions taking place in the context of the contemporary cultural exchange between Czechoslovakia and the People's Republic of China. Both working with the originals of Hanák's illustrations and a comparison between individual...
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Advanced digital illustration and its purpose in commercial sphere
Phung, Nghia ; Krsek, Libor (advisor) ; Horný, Stanislav (referee)
The purpose of this bachelor's thesis is definiton of Advanced Digital Illustration as a standalone discipline of digitlac graphic arts, separated from vector graphics and photographic retouching/montage. The thesis is made of 3 parts. The first theoretical part contains an introduction do Digital Illustration along with the history of the discipline. Precise borders will be also set to divide ADI from other digital art fields, in which is ADI often subsumed. Next, I will be introducing software and hardware commonly used for PDI. Lastly, an introduction of basic ADI styles, used the most for commerce, will be included. The second part of the thesis is practical. The main chunk is a complete walkthrough of a graphic project with a detailed description for each phase. The completed artwork is an example of graphic comission one can get in the field of ADI. Lastly, alternate tools and practices will be mentioned. The last part of the thesis will take a close look on utilization of ADI for commerce purposes. Specific fields will be defined, in which ADI is commonly used, with examples of existing projects. Expected future development of ADI will be mentioned along with new potentional market fields, in which ADI could find its utilization. Lastly, common problems and obstacles during the process of accepting, completing and selling the graphic project will be described.
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THE USE OF PROMOTIONAL GRAPHICS IN PRACTICE
CHARVÁTOVÁ, Jana
The master thesis consists of two parts. In the theoretical part, applied and computer graphics, fonts, and promotion are discussed. The practical part is aimed at applied graphics based on the graphic art extended by mixed media. Matrices made of zinc-galvanized sheets were etched in nitric acid. A set of graphic works was printed on watercolour papers. Individual graphics were placed at a promotional brochure of the company Printing House David. The brochure promotes the printing house equipment. When prepared the brochure, the software CorelDraw was used. Photos taken on the Printing House David and edited with the use of Adobe Photoshop software package are thematically focused on "printing machines" of the company. The photos are attached to the thesis in a form of sketches.
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