Gothic – Renaissance – Baroque

As part of aesthetic education classes, students get acquainted in various ways with selected chapters of the history of fine art. While exploring the basic features, characteristic elements and historical and artistic context of medieval and early modern art styles, second-year students focused on selected artistic elements and depicted them in their own artwork.

They dealt with the Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque styles. After a basic lecture and a picture presentation, they researched the details independently. They learned to work with sources, using the internet, art publications and their history textbook. They decided whether to depict the development and differences of one type of artistic element across all these art styles, or to depict the most striking, characteristic artistic element or work of each style. Some worked on portraits of the masters of the time. They worked freely, in techniques of their own choosing, producing mainly elaborate drawings using graphic techniques on A3 format paper, in which they arranged three chosen motifs within a composition of their choice. The authors presented their solutions when handing in their artwork for assessment.

All the works correspond in content to the assignment and are carefully executed. The individual artistic elements were well chosen, and the compositions were created very creatively. Through this project, students became better acquainted with the relevant art styles and put their newly acquired knowledge into practice. An exhibition of selected works is now on display on the second mezzanine of our gymnázium, and all the creators deserve praise for their active approach.

Mgr. Jana Stránská

teacher of Aesthetic Education