ART HISTORY AND THEORY
				BA 2
	code	subject name	ECTS		type of class	type of examination	lecturer	additional info
				THE DEPARTMENT'S SPECIALTY SUBJECTS
				Specialty subjects in the student's chosen subfield. These subjects account for a significant part of the total semester or study year programme percentage. Lecture courses are designed for students with a basic knowledge in Western Art History. The individual programme will be compiled taking into account student's knowledge and level of study. The student can choose his field of in-depth studies in Latvian Art History, Ethnography or in aspects of Eastern European Art History.
		Latvian Landscape Painting	3	The course aims to introduce students to the most fascinating phenomena in Latvian landscape painting (styles, trends, key ideas, and artists), expanding their view in a broader context of Western European art.	Individual work	Presentation, report	Kristīne Ogle
		Russian Avant-Garde Art (First Part of 20th Century)	3	Insight into Russian Avant-Gard art. The course provides an insight into Russian art from the 1910s to the 1930s. Through lectures and recommended literature studies, students become acquainted with the creative work and theoretical views of key figures in Cubo-Futurism, supremacy, and constructivism. Practical seminars, theoretical lessons, and student presentations.	Individual work	Presentation	Aiga Dzalbe
		Communication Theory and Practical	3	Insight into art communication theory and practical studies about art reviews and text workshops.	Individual work	Report	Aiga Dzalbe
		Visual Semiotics	3	Semiotics, practical literature studies, report, presentation.	Individual work	Presentation, report	Andris Teikmanis
		History of Latvian Ethography. Latvian Traditional Skills. Ethnography in Latvian Professional Art 19-21th Century	3	History of Latvian ethnography. Traditional skills of Latvians. Ethnography in Latvian professional art in the 19–21st century. The course aims to create an understanding of the field of ethnography (tangible and intangible cultural heritage), the significance of ethnographic heritage in the Latvian cultural and artistic identity. Knowledge of the development of ethnography in Latvia, the most important researchers, and material repositories is provided. Students acquire skills to recognize ethnographic heritage: types of folk architecture, interior subjects, household items, types of crafts. The tradition of Latvian Song and Dance Festival, particularly folk costumes and ornamentation, is analyzed separately. At the end of the course, students can competently identify Latvian ethnic cultural heritage and see its uniqueness in the context of world culture and art.	Individual work	Report	Inese Sirica
		Latvian Baroque Architecture and Art	3	Insight into Latvian baroque architecture and art. The course aims to allow students to view the Latvian baroque architecture and art heritage in the wider context of European artistic phenomena. It requires basic knowledge of general art history, philosophy, and political history. Knowledge: Students can recognize and describe the basic features of works of the art of the respective period, operate with knowledge of baroque art and architecture, and have mastered various meanings and concepts of historical phenomena. Skills: Students can analyze examples of art and architecture, express their opinion. Analyze and evaluate individual works of art, compare them, and draw conclusions; independently study and analyze the development of different examples of art and architecture. Able to explain the causal relationship between the worldview prevailing in a particular environment and realistic artistic expressions in a broader cultural context. Competence: By choosing appropriate research methods, students can develop independent research on a particular problem in the history of art and architecture. Understand the use of basic techniques and sources, resulting in an overview of the problem. Work freely with a variety of sources and literature, choose the most appropriate methods for researching and describing a particular issue of art and architectural history. Students can apply and independently improve their acquired knowledge and skills in personal creative and research practice. Student presentations, report, and test.	Individual work	Report, test	Kristīne Ogle
		Historicism in Latvia	3	Insight into Latvian historicism architecture and art. Theoretical lessons once a week, practical part — field trips to the most prominent attractions. Student presentations.	Individual work	Presentation	Daina Lāce
		Theory and History of Sculptural Forms	3	Insight into theoretical and historical aspects of sculptural form development.	Individual work	Report	Rūta Čaupova
		Research Trends of Eastern European and Baltic Post-War Art: Readings in Regional Art History.	3	The course of seminars aims to introduce students to internationally renowned researchers and their contribution to the studies of Eastern European art in the second half of the 20th century. Throughout the first class, students are informed about the special literature purchased for this course and available at the academy’s library. Everyone also receives a volume of selected texts which serve as a basis for further discussions. Subsequent classes are organized as seminars during which students show presentations about the texts included in the volume, followed by discussions. Presentations are based on the aforementioned special literature as well as other available sources. The course is divided into several thematic sections: Establishing the Eastern European Art Space; Studies of Soviet-Period Art: Nonconformism and its Critique; new research methods: Interdisciplinary Research; Feminist and Queer Viewpoint, and The Postcolonial Issue. Results are evaluated, considering the quality of presentation, activity in discussions, and attendance.  Seminars, discussions, and student presentations.	Individual work, discussion	Discussion, presentation, seminar	Stella Pelše
				GENERAL ART SUBJECTS
				Students of all disciplines take general art subjects to gain skills and understanding of academic drawing, painting, and sculpture. Study assignments are designed to provide students with an opportunity to learn about proportions, scale, and relationships between light and dark, and creatively interpret the given setting and assignment at the same time. If the department does not offer any of the general art subjects (drawing, painting, modeling), it is possible to take it by joining another department or course.				The department teaching the subject assesses the student's skill level and individually adjusts the assignments.
				HUMANITIES SUBJECTS
				As theoretical lectures are delivered to the students of the Art Academy of Latvia in Latvian, some theoretical subjects in English are offered separately to the visiting students.
	MākZ1687	Art History of Latvia	6	The course is taught to Erasmus+ students, and its purpose is to give an insight into and a general idea of the development of Latvian art history in a cultural and historical context. Alongside art history, the course provides basic knowledge of Latvian history, ethnography, and architectural history. The lecture course chronologically covers the period from prehistory to the 20th century. Visits to exhibitions and museums are organized as part of the course to broaden and improve students' knowledge and to promote connection with contemporary cultural progress.	Lecture, visits to exhibitions and cultural sites	Written course paper	Ieva Rosne	Special subject for Erasmus+ students.
	MākZ1686	Theory of Contemporary Art	3	The academic course deals with all the significant events in recent art history, starting from the international conceptual tendencies in the 60s, like land art, minimalism, Art Povera, Nouveaux Réalisme, Fluxus, and others, the postmodern narratives in the 80s and the 90s. The final part will be dedicated to the actual debates in the global contemporary art scene. Each lecture will be accompanied by rich visual materials, including films originating from museums. After finishing the course, the students will be able to recognize the most prominent personalities and their most iconic artworks.	Lecture, visits to exhibitions and cultural sites	Presentation	Raimonds Kalējs	Special subject for Erasmus+ students.
	MākZ1677	Anatomy	1,5	Digitalized and interactive anatomy for art and design students to improve their drawing, painting, and sketching skills in anatomy. Based on Anatomy Next — anatomy learning tools for students and teachers. Anatomy Next is a very successful, world-known educational technology start-up to help students learn anatomy faster and more efficiently.	Lecture	Test	Uldis Zariņš	Special subject for Erasmus+ students.
	MākZ1376	Art Pedagogy in a Cultural Environment	3	The course prepares students to conduct practical visual arts lectures in art exhibitions or a broader cultural environment. Such an experience is useful in any art communication process. Graduates will gain hands-on experience in discussing art with people of all ages, conducting informal art classes, and evaluating the learning process.	Practical work, seminar or discussion	Presentation	Ilze Vītola	Special subject for Erasmus+ students.
				ELECTIVE SUBJECTS OFFERED TO ERASMUS+ VISITING STUDENTS
				Elective subjects for Erasmus+ visiting students offered by different departments in different specialties. The list of available elective subjects will be published shortly before the start of the semester with online registration. The number of elective subjects depends on the number of remaining ECTS required for the student after the student's basic curriculum of the department's specialty subjects, general art subjects, and humanities subjects has been approved by the department.
				BA 3
	code	subject name	ECTS		type of class	type of examination	lecturer	additional info
				THE DEPARTMENT'S SPECIALTY SUBJECTS
				Specialty subjects in the student's chosen subfield. These subjects account for a significant part of the total semester or study year programme percentage. Lecture courses are designed for students with a basic knowledge in Western Art History. The individual programme will be compiled taking into account student's knowledge and level of study. The student can choose his field of in-depth studies in Latvian Art History, Ethnography or in aspects of Eastern European Art History.
		Latvian Landscape Painting	3	The course aims to introduce students to the most fascinating phenomena in Latvian landscape painting (styles, trends, key ideas, and artists), expanding their view in a broader context of Western European art.	Individual work	Presentation, report	Kristīne Ogle
		Russian Avant-Garde Art (First Part of 20th Century)	3	Insight into Russian Avant-Gard art. The course provides an insight into Russian art from the 1910s to the 1930s. Through lectures and recommended literature studies, students become acquainted with the creative work and theoretical views of key figures in Cubo-Futurism, supremacy, and constructivism. Practical seminars, theoretical lessons, and student presentations.	Individual work	Presentation	Aiga Dzalbe
		Communication Theory and Practical	3	Insight into art communication theory and practical studies about art reviews and text workshops.	Individual work	Report	Aiga Dzalbe
		Visual Semiotics	3	Semiotics, practical literature studies, report, presentation.	Individual work	Presentation, report	Andris Teikmanis
		History of Latvian Ethography. Latvian Traditional skills. Ethnography in Latvian Professional Art 19-21th Century	3	History of Latvian ethnography. Traditional skills of Latvians. Ethnography in Latvian professional art in the 19–21st century. The course aims to create an understanding of the field of ethnography (tangible and intangible cultural heritage), the significance of ethnographic heritage in the Latvian cultural and artistic identity. Knowledge of the development of ethnography in Latvia, the most important researchers, and material repositories is provided. Students acquire skills to recognize ethnographic heritage: types of folk architecture, interior subjects, household items, types of crafts. The tradition of Latvian Song and Dance Festival, particularly folk costumes and ornamentation, is analyzed separately. At the end of the course, students can competently identify Latvian ethnic cultural heritage and see its uniqueness in the context of world culture and art.	Individual work	Report	Inese Sirica
		Latvian Baroque Architecture and Art	3	Insight into Latvian baroque architecture and art. The course aims to allow students to view the Latvian baroque architecture and art heritage in the wider context of European artistic phenomena. It requires basic knowledge of general art history, philosophy, and political history. Knowledge: Students can recognize and describe the basic features of works of the art of the respective period, operate with knowledge of baroque art and architecture, and have mastered various meanings and concepts of historical phenomena. Skills: Students can analyze examples of art and architecture, express their opinion. Analyze and evaluate individual works of art, compare them, and draw conclusions; independently study and analyze the development of different examples of art and architecture. Able to explain the causal relationship between the worldview prevailing in a particular environment and realistic artistic expressions in a broader cultural context. Competence: By choosing appropriate research methods, students can develop independent research on a particular problem in the history of art and architecture. Understand the use of basic techniques and sources, resulting in an overview of the problem. Work freely with a variety of sources and literature, choose the most appropriate methods for researching and describing a particular issue of art and architectural history. Students can apply and independently improve their acquired knowledge and skills in personal creative and research practice. Student presentations, report, and test.	Individual work	Report, test	Kristīne Ogle
		Historicism in Latvia	3	Insight into Latvian historicism architecture and art. Theoretical lessons once a week, practical part — field trips to the most prominent attractions. Student presentations.	Individual work	Presentation	Daina Lāce
		Theory and History of Sculptural Forms	3	Insight into theoretical and historical aspects of sculptural form development.	Individual work	Report	Rūta Čaupova
		Research Trends of Eastern European and Baltic Post-War Art: Readings in Regional Art History.	3	The course of seminars aims to introduce students to internationally renowned researchers and their contribution to the studies of Eastern European art in the second half of the 20th century. Throughout the first class, students are informed about the special literature purchased for this course and available at the academy’s library. Everyone also receives a volume of selected texts which serve as a basis for further discussions. Subsequent classes are organized as seminars during which students show presentations about the texts included in the volume, followed by discussions. Presentations are based on the aforementioned special literature as well as other available sources. The course is divided into several thematic sections: Establishing the Eastern European Art Space; Studies of Soviet-Period Art: Nonconformism and its Critique; new research methods: Interdisciplinary Research; Feminist and Queer Viewpoint, and The Postcolonial Issue. Results are evaluated, considering the quality of presentation, activity in discussions, and attendance.  Seminars, discussions, and student presentations.	Individual work, discussion	Discussion, presentation, seminar	Stella Pelše
				GENERAL ART SUBJECTS
				Students of all disciplines take general art subjects to gain skills and understanding of academic drawing, painting, and sculpture. Study assignments are designed to provide students with an opportunity to learn about proportions, scale, and relationships between light and dark, and creatively interpret the given setting and assignment at the same time. If a department does not offer any of the general art subjects (drawing, painting, modeling), it is possible to take it by joining another department or course.				The department teaching the subject assesses the student's skill level and individually adjusts the assignments.
				HUMANITIES SUBJECTS
				As theoretical lectures are delivered to the students of the Art Academy of Latvia in Latvian, some theoretical subjects in English are offered separately to the visiting students.
	MākZ1687	Art History of Latvia	6	The course is taught to Erasmus+ students, and its purpose is to give an insight into and a general idea of the development of Latvian art history in a cultural and historical context. Alongside art history, the course provides basic knowledge of Latvian history, ethnography, and architectural history. The lecture course chronologically covers the period from prehistory to the 20th century. Visits to exhibitions and museums are organized as part of the course to broaden and improve students' knowledge and to promote connection with contemporary cultural progress.	Lecture, visits to exhibitions and cultural sites	Written course paper	Ieva Rosne	Special subject for Erasmus+ students.
	MākZ1686	Theory of Contemporary Art	3	The academic course deals with all the significant events in recent art history, starting from the international conceptual tendencies in the 60s, like land art, minimalism, Art Povera, Nouveaux Réalisme, Fluxus, and others, the postmodern narratives in the 80s and the 90s. The final part will be dedicated to the actual debates in the global contemporary art scene. Each lecture will be accompanied by rich visual materials, including films originating from museums. After finishing the course, the students will be able to recognize the most prominent personalities and their most iconic artworks.	Lecture, visits to exhibitions and cultural sites	Presentation	Raimonds Kalējs	Special subject for Erasmus+ students.
	MākZ1677	Anatomy	1,5	Digitalized and interactive anatomy for art and design students to improve their drawing, painting, and sketching skills in anatomy. Based on Anatomy Next — anatomy learning tools for students and teachers. Anatomy Next is a very successful, world-known educational technology start-up to help students learn anatomy faster and more efficiently.	Lecture	Test	Uldis Zariņš	Special subject for Erasmus+ students.
	MākZ1376	Art Pedagogy in a Cultural Environment	3	The course prepares students to conduct practical visual arts lectures in art exhibitions or a broader cultural environment. Such an experience is useful in any art communication process. Graduates will gain hands-on experience in discussing art with people of all ages, conducting informal art classes, and evaluating the learning process.	Practical work, seminar or discussion	Presentation	Ilze Vītola	Special subject for Erasmus+ students.
				ELECTIVE SUBJECTS OFFERED TO ERASMUS+ VISITING STUDENTS
				Elective subjects for Erasmus+ visiting students offered by different departments in different specialties. The list of available elective subjects will be published shortly before the start of the semester with online registration. The number of elective subjects depends on the number of remaining ECTS required for the student after the student's basic curriculum of the department's specialty subjects, general art subjects, and humanities subjects has been approved by the department.
				BA 4
	code	subject name	ECTS		type of class	type of examination	lecturer	additional info
				THE DEPARTMENT'S SPECIALTY SUBJECTS
				Specialty subjects in the student's chosen subfield. These subjects account for a significant part of the total semester or study year programme percentage. Lecture courses are designed for students with a basic knowledge in Western Art History. The individual programme will be compiled taking into account student's knowledge and level of study. The student can choose his field of in-depth studies in Latvian Art History, Ethnography or in aspects of Eastern European Art History.
		Latvian Landscape Painting	3	The course aims to introduce students to the most fascinating phenomena in Latvian landscape painting (styles, trends, key ideas, and artists), expanding their view in a broader context of Western European art.	Individual work	Presentation, report	Kristīne Ogle
		Russian Avant-Garde Art (First Part of 20th Century)	3	Insight into Russian Avant-Gard art. The course provides an insight into Russian art from the 1910s to the 1930s. Through lectures and recommended literature studies, students become acquainted with the creative work and theoretical views of key figures in Cubo-Futurism, supremacy, and constructivism. Practical seminars, theoretical lessons, and student presentations.	Individual work	Presentation	Aiga Dzalbe
		Communication Theory and Practical	3	Insight into art communication theory and practical studies about art reviews and text workshops.	Individual work	Report	Aiga Dzalbe
		Visual Semiotics	3	Semiotics, practical literature studies, report, presentation.	Individual work	Presentation, report	Andris Teikmanis
		History of Latvian Ethography. Latvian Traditional Skills. Ethnography in Latvian Professional Art 19-21th Century	3	History of Latvian ethnography. Traditional skills of Latvians. Ethnography in Latvian professional art in the 19–21st century. The course aims to create an understanding of the field of ethnography (tangible and intangible cultural heritage), the significance of ethnographic heritage in the Latvian cultural and artistic identity. Knowledge of the development of ethnography in Latvia, the most important researchers, and material repositories is provided. Students acquire skills to recognize ethnographic heritage: types of folk architecture, interior subjects, household items, types of crafts. The tradition of Latvian Song and Dance Festival, particularly folk costumes and ornamentation, is analyzed separately. At the end of the course, students can competently identify Latvian ethnic cultural heritage and see its uniqueness in the context of world culture and art.	Individual work	Report	Inese Sirica
		Latvian Baroque Architecture and Art	3	Insight into Latvian baroque architecture and art. The course aims to allow students to view the Latvian baroque architecture and art heritage in the wider context of European artistic phenomena. It requires basic knowledge of general art history, philosophy, and political history. Knowledge: Students can recognize and describe the basic features of works of the art of the respective period, operate with knowledge of baroque art and architecture, and have mastered various meanings and concepts of historical phenomena. Skills: Students can analyze examples of art and architecture, express their opinion. Analyze and evaluate individual works of art, compare them, and draw conclusions; independently study and analyze the development of different examples of art and architecture. Able to explain the causal relationship between the worldview prevailing in a particular environment and realistic artistic expressions in a broader cultural context. Competence: By choosing appropriate research methods, students can develop independent research on a particular problem in the history of art and architecture. Understand the use of basic techniques and sources, resulting in an overview of the problem. Work freely with a variety of sources and literature, choose the most appropriate methods for researching and describing a particular issue of art and architectural history. Students can apply and independently improve their acquired knowledge and skills in personal creative and research practice. Student presentations, report, and test.	Individual work	Report, test	Kristīne Ogle
		Historicism in Latvia	3	Insight into Latvian historicism architecture and art. Theoretical lessons once a week, practical part — field trips to the most prominent attractions. Student presentations.	Individual work	Presentation	Daina Lāce
		Theory and History of Sculptural Forms	3	Insight into theoretical and historical aspects of sculptural form development.	Individual work	Report	Rūta Čaupova
		Research Trends of Eastern European and Baltic Post-War Art: Readings in Regional Art History.	3	The course of seminars aims to introduce students to internationally renowned researchers and their contribution to the studies of Eastern European art in the second half of the 20th century. Throughout the first class, students are informed about the special literature purchased for this course and available at the academy’s library. Everyone also receives a volume of selected texts which serve as a basis for further discussions. Subsequent classes are organized as seminars during which students show presentations about the texts included in the volume, followed by discussions. Presentations are based on the aforementioned special literature as well as other available sources. The course is divided into several thematic sections: Establishing the Eastern European Art Space; Studies of Soviet-Period Art: Nonconformism and its Critique; new research methods: Interdisciplinary Research; Feminist and Queer Viewpoint, and The Postcolonial Issue. Results are evaluated, considering the quality of presentation, activity in discussions, and attendance.  Seminars, discussions, and student presentations.	Individual work, discussion	Discussion, presentation, seminar	Stella Pelše
				GENERAL ART SUBJECTS
				Students of all disciplines take general art subjects to gain skills and understanding of academic drawing, painting, and sculpture. Study assignments are designed to provide students with an opportunity to learn about proportions, scale, and relationships between light and dark, and creatively interpret the given setting and assignment at the same time. If a department does not offer any of the general art subjects (drawing, painting, modeling), it is possible to take it by joining another department or course.				The department teaching the subject assesses the student's skill level and individually adjusts the assignments.
				HUMANITIES SUBJECTS
				As theoretical lectures are delivered to the students of the Art Academy of Latvia in Latvian, some theoretical subjects in English are offered separately to the visiting students.
	MākZ1687	Art History of Latvia	6	The course is taught to Erasmus+ students, and its purpose is to give an insight into and a general idea of the development of Latvian art history in a cultural and historical context. Alongside art history, the course provides basic knowledge of Latvian history, ethnography, and architectural history. The lecture course chronologically covers the period from prehistory to the 20th century. Visits to exhibitions and museums are organized as part of the course to broaden and improve students' knowledge and to promote connection with contemporary cultural progress.	Lecture, visits to exhibitions and cultural sites	Written course paper	Ieva Rosne	Special subject for Erasmus+ students.
	MākZ1686	Theory of Contemporary Art	3	The academic course deals with all the significant events in recent art history, starting from the international conceptual tendencies in the 60s, like land art, minimalism, Art Povera, Nouveaux Réalisme, Fluxus, and others, the postmodern narratives in the 80s and the 90s. The final part will be dedicated to the actual debates in the global contemporary art scene. Each lecture will be accompanied by rich visual materials, including films originating from museums. After finishing the course, the students will be able to recognize the most prominent personalities and their most iconic artworks.	Lecture, visits to exhibitions and cultural sites	Presentation	Raimonds Kalējs	Special subject for Erasmus+ students.
	MākZ1677	Anatomy	1,5	Digitalized and interactive anatomy for art and design students to improve their drawing, painting, and sketching skills in anatomy. Based on Anatomy Next — anatomy learning tools for students and teachers. Anatomy Next is a very successful, world-known educational technology start-up to help students learn anatomy faster and more efficiently.	Lecture	Test	Uldis Zariņš	Special subject for Erasmus+ students.
	MākZ1376	Art Pedagogy in a Cultural Environment	3	The course prepares students to conduct practical visual arts lectures in art exhibitions or a broader cultural environment. Such an experience is useful in any art communication process. Graduates will gain hands-on experience in discussing art with people of all ages, conducting informal art classes, and evaluating the learning process.	Practical work, seminar or discussion	Presentation	Ilze Vītola	Special subject for Erasmus+ students.
				ELECTIVE SUBJECTS OFFERED TO ERASMUS+ VISITING STUDENTS
				Elective subjects for Erasmus+ visiting students offered by different departments in different specialties. The list of available elective subjects will be published shortly before the start of the semester with online registration. The number of elective subjects depends on the number of remaining ECTS required for the student after the student's basic curriculum of the department's specialty subjects, general art subjects, and humanities subjects has been approved by the department.
				MA 1
	code	subject name	ECTS		type of class	type of examination	lecturer	additional info
				THE DEPARTMENT'S SPECIALTY SUBJECTS
				Specialty subjects in the student's chosen subfield. These subjects account for a significant part of the total semester or study year programme percentage. Lecture courses are designed for students with a basic knowledge in Western Art History. The individual programme will be compiled taking into account student's knowledge and level of study. The student can choose his field of in-depth studies in Latvian Art History, Ethnography or in aspects of Eastern European Art History.
		Latvian Landscape Painting	3	The course aims to introduce students to the most fascinating phenomena in Latvian landscape painting (styles, trends, key ideas, and artists), expanding their view in a broader context of Western European art.	Individual work	Presentation, report	Kristīne Ogle
		Russian Avant-Garde Art (First Part of 20th Century)	3	Insight into Russian Avant-Gard art. The course provides an insight into Russian art from the 1910s to the 1930s. Through lectures and recommended literature studies, students become acquainted with the creative work and theoretical views of key figures in Cubo-Futurism, supremacy, and constructivism. Practical seminars, theoretical lessons, and student presentations.	Individual work	Presentation	Aiga Dzalbe
		Communication Theory and Practical	3	Insight into art communication theory and practical studies about art reviews and text workshops.	Individual work	Report	Aiga Dzalbe
		Visual Semiotics	3	Semiotics, practical literature studies, report, presentation.	Individual work	Presentation, report	Andris Teikmanis
		History of Latvian Ethography. Latvian Traditional Skills. Ethnography in Latvian Professional Art 19-21th Century	3	History of Latvian ethnography. Traditional skills of Latvians. Ethnography in Latvian professional art in the 19–21st century. The course aims to create an understanding of the field of ethnography (tangible and intangible cultural heritage), the significance of ethnographic heritage in the Latvian cultural and artistic identity. Knowledge of the development of ethnography in Latvia, the most important researchers, and material repositories is provided. Students acquire skills to recognize ethnographic heritage: types of folk architecture, interior subjects, household items, types of crafts. The tradition of Latvian Song and Dance Festival, particularly folk costumes and ornamentation, is analyzed separately. At the end of the course, students can competently identify Latvian ethnic cultural heritage and see its uniqueness in the context of world culture and art.	Individual work	Report	Inese Sirica
		Latvian Baroque Architecture and Art	3	Insight into Latvian baroque architecture and art. The course aims to allow students to view the Latvian baroque architecture and art heritage in the wider context of European artistic phenomena. It requires basic knowledge of general art history, philosophy, and political history. Knowledge: Students can recognize and describe the basic features of works of the art of the respective period, operate with knowledge of baroque art and architecture, and have mastered various meanings and concepts of historical phenomena. Skills: Students can analyze examples of art and architecture, express their opinion. Analyze and evaluate individual works of art, compare them, and draw conclusions; independently study and analyze the development of different examples of art and architecture. Able to explain the causal relationship between the worldview prevailing in a particular environment and realistic artistic expressions in a broader cultural context. Competence: By choosing appropriate research methods, students can develop independent research on a particular problem in the history of art and architecture. Understand the use of basic techniques and sources, resulting in an overview of the problem. Work freely with a variety of sources and literature, choose the most appropriate methods for researching and describing a particular issue of art and architectural history. Students can apply and independently improve their acquired knowledge and skills in personal creative and research practice. Student presentations, report, and test.	Individual work	Report, test	Kristīne Ogle
		Historicism in Latvia	3	Insight into Latvian historicism architecture and art. Theoretical lessons once a week, practical part — field trips to the most prominent attractions. Student presentations.	Individual work	Presentation	Daina Lāce
		Theory and History of Sculptural Forms	3	Insight into theoretical and historical aspects of sculptural form development.	Individual work	Report	Rūta Čaupova
		Research Trends of Eastern European and Baltic Post-War Art: Readings in Regional Art History.	3	The course of seminars aims to introduce students to internationally renowned researchers and their contribution to the studies of Eastern European art in the second half of the 20th century. Throughout the first class, students are informed about the special literature purchased for this course and available at the academy’s library. Everyone also receives a volume of selected texts which serve as a basis for further discussions. Subsequent classes are organized as seminars during which students show presentations about the texts included in the volume, followed by discussions. Presentations are based on the aforementioned special literature as well as other available sources. The course is divided into several thematic sections: Establishing the Eastern European Art Space; Studies of Soviet-Period Art: Nonconformism and its Critique; new research methods: Interdisciplinary Research; Feminist and Queer Viewpoint, and The Postcolonial Issue. Results are evaluated, considering the quality of presentation, activity in discussions, and attendance.  Seminars, discussions, and student presentations.	Individual work, discussion	Discussion, presentation, seminar	Stella Pelše
				GENERAL ART SUBJECTS
				Students of all disciplines take general art subjects to gain skills and understanding of academic drawing, painting, and sculpture. Study assignments are designed to provide students with an opportunity to learn about proportions, scale, and relationships between light and dark, and creatively interpret the given setting and assignment at the same time. If a department does not offer any of the general art subjects (drawing, painting, modeling), it is possible to take it by joining another department or course.				The department teaching the subject assesses the student's skill level and individually adjusts the assignments.
				HUMANITIES SUBJECTS
				As theoretical lectures are delivered to the students of the Art Academy of Latvia in Latvian, some theoretical subjects in English are offered separately to the visiting students.
	MākZ1687	Art History of Latvia		The course is taught to Erasmus+ students, and its purpose is to give an insight into and a general idea of the development of Latvian art history in a cultural and historical context. Alongside art history, the course provides basic knowledge of Latvian history, ethnography, and architectural history. The lecture course chronologically covers the period from prehistory to the 20th century. Visits to exhibitions and museums are organized as part of the course to broaden and improve students' knowledge and to promote connection with contemporary cultural progress.	Lecture, visits to exhibitions and cultural sites	Written course paper	Ieva Rosne	Special subject for Erasmus+ students.
	MākZ1686	Theory of Contemporary Art		The academic course deals with all the significant events in recent art history, starting from the international conceptual tendencies in the 60s, like land art, minimalism, Art Povera, Nouveaux Réalisme, Fluxus, and others, the postmodern narratives in the 80s and the 90s. The final part will be dedicated to the actual debates in the global contemporary art scene. Each lecture will be accompanied by rich visual materials, including films originating from museums. After finishing the course, the students will be able to recognize the most prominent personalities and their most iconic artworks.	Lecture, discussion	Presentation	Raimonds Kalējs	Special subject for Erasmus+ students.
	MākZ1677	Anatomy		Digitalized and interactive anatomy for art and design students to improve their drawing, painting, and sketching skills in anatomy. Based on Anatomy Next — anatomy learning tools for students and teachers. Anatomy Next is a very successful, world-known educational technology start-up to help students learn anatomy faster and more efficiently.	Lecture		Uldis Zariņš	Special subject for Erasmus+ students.
	MākZ6753	Critical Design	3	The course provides a general insight into design progress, starting from the '90s, introduces major developments in design thinking and approach, and provides an in-depth look at the "Critical Design" trend that emerged during this period. Throughout the course, students are introduced to the concept of critical design, its goals and techniques, and discuss the specifics of design as an information medium. The course covers the theoretical foundations of critical design and illustrates it by numerous examples. It also deals with the problems of design terminology and the point of contact between design and conceptual art. This course aims to encourage designers and artists to think critically and to offer new tools for their artistic and design practices.	Lecture	Test	Liene Jākobsone	Special subject for Erasmus+ students.
	MākZ6271	Art in Public Space	3	The course aims to introduce the diverse manifestations of contemporary art in the public domain, exploring it in depth. The main goal of the course is to broaden the academic horizon by presenting and analyzing contemporary art events and highlighting their interdisciplinary nature, socio-political critical information, and exploration of alternative forms (lasting monuments, temporary art installations, art festivals, biennials, various interventions in a public contemporary art environment, value criteria in the contemporary art environment, etc.). The objective of the course is not only to inform and describe but to develop students' critical thinking, ability to think independently, analyze and evaluate contemporary art events in public space both in Latvia and worldwide. The course looks at the major artistic activities of the late 20th and 21st centuries in the public domain. Lectures present a wealth of visuals, as well as publicly available professional video materials (tate.org.uk, channel.louisiana.dk, royalacademy.org, moma.org, etc.), and DVD movie fragments.	Lecture	Test	Inese Baranovska	If the course is attended by Erasmus+ students, it is taught bilingually (in Latvian and English).
	MākZ6819	Art and Culture in the Second Half of the 20th Century: Minimal and Conceptual Art		The course aims to give an insight into the minimalist and conceptualist artistic trends, their main representatives, and their typical work-creating strategies in a broader context of the second half of the 20th-century art, philosophy, politics, and ideology. The course will focus not only on visual arts, but also briefly on the direction of minimalism in music, literature, and architecture, as well as on the link between the emergence of conceptualism and the Fluxus movement and the musical avant-garde, focusing on the 60s and 70s, exploring the influence of the avant-garde art of the period on the different art world situations of the 80s and 90s and making comparisons with current events in Latvian and world art in the 21st century.	Lecture, seminar or discussion	Presentation	Jānis Taurens	If the course is attended by Erasmus+ students, it is taught bilingually (in Latvian and English).
				ELECTIVE SUBJECTS OFFERED TO ERASMUS+ VISITING STUDENTS
				Elective subjects for Erasmus+ visiting students offered by different departments in different specialties. The list of available elective subjects will be published shortly before the start of the semester with online registration. The number of elective subjects depends on the number of remaining ECTS required for the student after the student's basic curriculum of the department's specialty subjects, general art subjects, and humanities subjects has been approved by the department.
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	code	subject name	ECTS		type of class	type of examination	lecturer	additional info
				THE DEPARTMENT'S SPECIALTY SUBJECTS
				Specialty subjects in the student's chosen subfield. These subjects account for a significant part of the total semester or study year programme percentage. Lecture courses are designed for students with a basic knowledge in Western Art History. The individual programme will be compiled taking into account student's knowledge and level of study. The student can choose his field of in-depth studies in Latvian Art History, Ethnography or in aspects of Eastern European Art History.
		Latvian Landscape Painting	3	The course aims to introduce students to the most fascinating phenomena in Latvian landscape painting (styles, trends, key ideas, and artists), expanding their view in a broader context of Western European art.	Individual work	Presentation, report	Kristīne Ogle
		Russian Avant-Garde Art (First Part of 20th Century)	3	Insight into Russian Avant-Gard art. The course provides an insight into Russian art from the 1910s to the 1930s. Through lectures and recommended literature studies, students become acquainted with the creative work and theoretical views of key figures in Cubo-Futurism, supremacy, and constructivism. Practical seminars, theoretical lessons, and student presentations.	Individual work	Presentation	Aiga Dzalbe
		Communication Theory and Practical	3	Insight into art communication theory and practical studies about art reviews and text workshops.	Individual work	Report	Aiga Dzalbe
		Visual Semiotics	3	Semiotics, practical literature studies, report, presentation.	Individual work	Presentation, report	Andris Teikmanis
		History of Latvian Ethography. Latvian Traditional Skills. Ethnography in Latvian Professional Art 19-21th Century	3	History of Latvian ethnography. Traditional skills of Latvians. Ethnography in Latvian professional art in the 19–21st century. The course aims to create an understanding of the field of ethnography (tangible and intangible cultural heritage), the significance of ethnographic heritage in the Latvian cultural and artistic identity. Knowledge of the development of ethnography in Latvia, the most important researchers, and material repositories is provided. Students acquire skills to recognize ethnographic heritage: types of folk architecture, interior subjects, household items, types of crafts. The tradition of Latvian Song and Dance Festival, particularly folk costumes and ornamentation, is analyzed separately. At the end of the course, students can competently identify Latvian ethnic cultural heritage and see its uniqueness in the context of world culture and art.	Individual work	Report	Inese Sirica
		Latvian Baroque Architecture and Art	3	Insight into Latvian baroque architecture and art. The course aims to allow students to view the Latvian baroque architecture and art heritage in the wider context of European artistic phenomena. It requires basic knowledge of general art history, philosophy, and political history. Knowledge: Students can recognize and describe the basic features of works of the art of the respective period, operate with knowledge of baroque art and architecture, and have mastered various meanings and concepts of historical phenomena. Skills: Students can analyze examples of art and architecture, express their opinion. Analyze and evaluate individual works of art, compare them, and draw conclusions; independently study and analyze the development of different examples of art and architecture. Able to explain the causal relationship between the worldview prevailing in a particular environment and realistic artistic expressions in a broader cultural context. Competence: By choosing appropriate research methods, students can develop independent research on a particular problem in the history of art and architecture. Understand the use of basic techniques and sources, resulting in an overview of the problem. Work freely with a variety of sources and literature, choose the most appropriate methods for researching and describing a particular issue of art and architectural history. Students can apply and independently improve their acquired knowledge and skills in personal creative and research practice. Student presentations, report, and test.	Individual work	Report, test	Kristīne Ogle
		Historicism in Latvia	3	Insight into Latvian historicism architecture and art. Theoretical lessons once a week, practical part — field trips to the most prominent attractions. Student presentations.	Individual work	Presentation	Daina Lāce
		Theory and History of Sculptural Forms	3	Insight into theoretical and historical aspects of sculptural form development.	Individual work	Report	Rūta Čaupova
		Research Trends of Eastern European and Baltic Post-War Art: Readings in Regional Art History.	3	The course of seminars aims to introduce students to internationally renowned researchers and their contribution to the studies of Eastern European art in the second half of the 20th century. Throughout the first class, students are informed about the special literature purchased for this course and available at the academy’s library. Everyone also receives a volume of selected texts which serve as a basis for further discussions. Subsequent classes are organized as seminars during which students show presentations about the texts included in the volume, followed by discussions. Presentations are based on the aforementioned special literature as well as other available sources. The course is divided into several thematic sections: Establishing the Eastern European Art Space; Studies of Soviet-Period Art: Nonconformism and its Critique; new research methods: Interdisciplinary Research; Feminist and Queer Viewpoint, and The Postcolonial Issue. Results are evaluated, considering the quality of presentation, activity in discussions, and attendance.  Seminars, discussions, and student presentations.	Individual work, discussion	Discussion, presentation, seminar	Stella Pelše
				GENERAL ART SUBJECTS
				Students of all disciplines take general art subjects to gain skills and understanding of academic drawing, painting, and sculpture. Study assignments are designed to provide students with an opportunity to learn about proportions, scale, and relationships between light and dark, and creatively interpret the given setting and assignment at the same time. If a department does not offer any of the general art subjects (drawing, painting, modeling), it is possible to take it by joining another department or course.				The department teaching the subject assesses the student's skill level and individually adjusts the assignments.
				HUMANITIES SUBJECTS
				As theoretical lectures are delivered to the students of the Art Academy of Latvia in Latvian, some theoretical subjects in English are offered separately to the visiting students.
	MākZ1687	Art History of Latvia		The course is taught to Erasmus+ students, and its purpose is to give an insight into and a general idea of the development of Latvian art history in a cultural and historical context. Alongside art history, the course provides basic knowledge of Latvian history, ethnography, and architectural history. The lecture course chronologically covers the period from prehistory to the 20th century. Visits to exhibitions and museums are organized as part of the course to broaden and improve students' knowledge and to promote connection with contemporary cultural progress.	Lecture, visits to exhibitions and cultural sites	Written course paper	Ieva Rosne	Special subject for Erasmus+ students.
	MākZ1686	Theory of Contemporary Art		The academic course deals with all the significant events in recent art history, starting from the international conceptual tendencies in the 60s, like land art, minimalism, Art Povera, Nouveaux Réalisme, Fluxus, and others, the postmodern narratives in the 80s and the 90s. The final part will be dedicated to the actual debates in the global contemporary art scene. Each lecture will be accompanied by rich visual materials, including films originating from museums. After finishing the course, the students will be able to recognize the most prominent personalities and their most iconic artworks.	Lecture, discussion	Presentation	Raimonds Kalējs	Special subject for Erasmus+ students.
	MākZ1677	Anatomy		Digitalized and interactive anatomy for art and design students to improve their drawing, painting, and sketching skills in anatomy. Based on Anatomy Next — anatomy learning tools for students and teachers. Anatomy Next is a very successful, world-known educational technology start-up to help students learn anatomy faster and more efficiently.	Lecture		Uldis Zariņš	Special subject for Erasmus+ students.
	MākZ6753	Critical Design	3	The course provides a general insight into design progress, starting from the '90s, introduces major developments in design thinking and approach, and provides an in-depth look at the "Critical Design" trend that emerged during this period. Throughout the course, students are introduced to the concept of critical design, its goals and techniques, and discuss the specifics of design as an information medium. The course covers the theoretical foundations of critical design and illustrates it by numerous examples. It also deals with the problems of design terminology and the point of contact between design and conceptual art. This course aims to encourage designers and artists to think critically and to offer new tools for their artistic and design practices.	Lecture	Test	Liene Jākobsone	Special subject for Erasmus+ students.
	MākZ6271	Art in Public Space	3	The course aims to introduce the diverse manifestations of contemporary art in the public domain, exploring it in depth. The main goal of the course is to broaden the academic horizon by presenting and analyzing contemporary art events and highlighting their interdisciplinary nature, socio-political critical information, and exploration of alternative forms (lasting monuments, temporary art installations, art festivals, biennials, various interventions in a public contemporary art environment, value criteria in the contemporary art environment, etc.). The objective of the course is not only to inform and describe but to develop students' critical thinking, ability to think independently, analyze and evaluate contemporary art events in public space both in Latvia and worldwide. The course looks at the major artistic activities of the late 20th and 21st centuries in the public domain. Lectures present a wealth of visuals, as well as publicly available professional video materials (tate.org.uk, channel.louisiana.dk, royalacademy.org, moma.org, etc.), and DVD movie fragments.	Lecture	Test	Inese Baranovska	If the course is attended by Erasmus+ students, it is taught bilingually (in Latvian and English).
	MākZ6819	Art and Culture in the Second Half of the 20th Century: Minimal and Conceptual Art		The course aims to give an insight into the minimalist and conceptualist artistic trends, their main representatives, and their typical work-creating strategies in a broader context of the second half of the 20th-century art, philosophy, politics, and ideology. The course will focus not only on visual arts, but also briefly on the direction of minimalism in music, literature, and architecture, as well as on the link between the emergence of conceptualism and the Fluxus movement and the musical avant-garde, focusing on the 60s and 70s, exploring the influence of the avant-garde art of the period on the different art world situations of the 80s and 90s and making comparisons with current events in Latvian and world art in the 21st century.	Lecture, seminar or discussion	Presentation	Jānis Taurens	If the course is attended by Erasmus+ students, it is taught bilingually (in Latvian and English).