Drawing and painting practices as an element of the program of educating the awareness and artistic competences of architects versus educational ideas of the Bauhaus

Barbara Siomkajło, Dorota Łuczewska

doi:10.37190/arc200413

Abstract

The study concerns the role of educating future architects, their awareness and artistic competences in relation to the ideas and educational solutions of the Bauhaus. Despite the fact that 100 years have passed since this artistic school foundation and there were only 14 years of its activity, we can still find current elements of the ideas formulated by W. Gropius in the educational processes conducted by art schools all over the world. They refer to the concept of unity of all arts with particular emphasis on architecture and the method of education leading to stimulation and development of creative possibilities in students. The study discusses one of the elements of basic art education at the Faculty of Architecture of Wrocław University of Science and Technology, which are drawing and painting practices. Their special importance in preparing students for independent design by developing their creative imagination is discussed. An important role in these processes is performed by the direct contact with elements of the environment, emphasized by the Bauhaus, and the mastery of the basics of perception of space as well as the methods of its recording in the plein air conditions of an intensified educational process.

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