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BA 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
code | subject name | ECTS | type of class | type of examination | lecturer | additional info | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Specialty subjects in the student's chosen subfield. These subjects account for a significant part of the total semester or study year programme percentage. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
MākZ3686 | Composition | 3 | The composition is the core subject of the Fashion Design department. It consists of three different projects where a creative direction or an impulse is given to the students, and their task is to develop and interpret it in a wider context as a core concept of a fashion collection. In practical terms, the projects consist of the creation of mood board, fashion illustration, technical drawings, research in fabrics and materials, with the main goal to practice an artistic approach in the creation of fashion collection, design, and trend analysis in one project. | Practical work | Assessment show | Artis Štamgūts | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
MākZ3416 | Fashion Illustration | 1,5 | The course aims to provide insight and to develop practical skills in basic principles of fashion illustration. | Practical work | Assessment show | Juris Petraskevičs | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
THE DEPARTMENT'S ELECTIVE SUBJECTS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Specialty subjects that can be taken in addition to the basic study programme. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
MākZ1603 | Fashion Figure Sketching | 1,5 | The main aim of the course is to practice sketching a proportionate fashion figure in different poses, using different techniqes and materials. As a result, students find their individual style and approach and become able to sketch quickly and skillfully. | Practical work | Assessment show | Artis Štamgūts | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
MākZ2033 | Zero Waste | 1,5 | The course aims to help students design three different ready-to-wear garments by developing the pattern pieces of a zero-waste design concept. | Practical work | Assessment show | Māra Binde | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
MākZ1519 | Hat Workshop | 1,5 | Learn of different technological methods of hat creation and create hat design based on the student's idea. | Lecture, practical work | Assessment show | Ilona Čaplinska | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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,
design), 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. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
MākZ2029 | Painting | 3 | The aim of the course is to develop the painting skills by mastering painting of human face and hands by painting portraits and semi-figures from nature. The course focuses on learning the basic structure of the human body and tonal relationships. | Practical work | Assessment show | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
MākZ2113 | Drawing | 3 | Nude figure. Materials: pencil, paper, charcoal, etc. Format by choice. Figure from different angles. Dimensional drawing using the modeling of lights and darks. | Practical and individual work | Assessment show | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
MākZ2113 | Sketching | There are no separate credits for sketching; students are marked for the Drawing course | Sketching the human figure for 5, 10, 15 minutes. Objective: the act of drawing using various materials (charcoal pencil, pencil, felt-tip pen, sepia, acrylic, ink, etc.), developing visual perception, transferring it to the sketch. Results to be achieved: a developed ability to understand proportion and to create individual handwriting in drawing using a variety of materials, taking a step back from the classical academic drawing. |
Individual work | Assessment show | An individual class without a lecturer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Specialty subjects in the student's chosen subfield. These subjects account for a significant part of the total semester or study year programme percentage. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
MākZ3022 | Composition | 4,5 | The composition is the core subject of the Fashion Design department. It consists of three different projects where a creative direction or an impulse is given to the students, and their task is to develop and interpret it in a wider context as a core concept of a fashion collection. In practical terms, the projects consist of the creation of mood board, fashion illustration, technical drawings, research in fabrics and materials, with the main goal to practice an artistic approach in the creation of fashion collection, design, and trend analysis in one project. | Practical work | Assessment show | Indra Komarova | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
MākZ3026 | Clothing Design | 1,5 | Relationship formation of volume, proportions, and different forms by searching for creative methods, studying historical, modern, and other techniques and mastering their use. | Practical work | Assessment show | Māra Binde | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
MākZ6979 | Fabric Design | 3 | The aim of the course is to help students acquire new techniques, work with new materials, create patterns for screen printing. | Lecture, practical work | Assessment show | Santa Zariņa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
MākZ5047 | Product Design & Development | 3 | The main aim is to foster a basic understanding of fashion systems. In practical terms, the course consists of the development of the idea for a specific design product and its development, research of production possibilities, costs, the added value, distribution, and target audience. | Lecture, practical work | Assessment show | Indra Komorova | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
THE DEPARTMENT'S ELECTIVE SUBJECTS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Specialty subjects that can be taken in addition to the basic study programme. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
MākZ1603 | Fashion Figure Sketching | 1,5 | The main aim of the course is to practice sketching a proportionate fashion figure in different poses, using different techniqes and materials. As a result, students find their individual style and approach and become able to sketch quickly and skillfully. | Practical work | Assessment show | Artis Štamgūts | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
MākZ1591 | Hat Workshop | 1,5 | Learn of different technological methods of hat creation and create hat design based on the student's idea. | Lecture, practical work | Assessment show | Ilona Čaplinska | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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,
design), 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. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
MākZ3021 | Painting | 3 | The aim of the course is to develop painting skills at the next level of complexity by painting a portrait, as well as a nude figure from nature. The objective is to focus on the study of the relationship between the figure and space; the lecturer may assign a creative task (unrelated to the model) to be carried out individually. In the framework of the course, students also learn about the worlds current trends in painting. | Practical work | Assessment show | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
MākZ3101 | Drawing | 3 | Nude figure. Large-format (min. 120x80 cm) primed canvas or paper. Soft materials (coal, sanguine, sepia, etc.). Figure from different angles. Dimensional, tonal or line drawings. | Practical and individual work | Assessment show | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
MākZ3101 | Sketching | There are no separate credits for sketching; students are marked for the Drawing course | Sketching the human figure for 5, 10, 15 minutes. Objective: the act of drawing using various materials (charcoal pencil, pencil, felt-tip pen, sepia, acrylic, ink, etc.), developing visual perception, transferring it to the sketch. Results to be achieved: a developed ability to understand proportion and to create individual handwriting in drawing using a variety of materials, taking a step back from the classical academic drawing. |
Individual work | Assessment show | An individual class without a lecturer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
MākZ6416 | Hat Design | 1,5 | Learn of different technological methods of hat creation and create hat design based on the student's idea. | Lecture, practical work | Assessment show | Ilona Čaplinska | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
MākZ6395 | Composition | 3 | The goal of the course is to integrate the Latvian craft skills into the modern design by creating a new and unique product. | Practical work | Assessment show | Agnese Narņicka | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
MākZ6398 | Experimental Composition | 3 | Development of an accessories collection based on the student's inspiration source and design. | Practical work | Assessment show | Artis Štamgūts | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
MākZ6400 | Work in Material | 3 | Development of an accessories collection based on the student's inspiration source and panel so that students can learn not only clothing design but also accessories design in the context of the costume. The course is the practical side of experimental composition working on prototypes. | Practical work | Assessment show | Artis Štamgūts | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
MākZ6413 | Fashion Classic | 3 | The goal of the course is to design a ready-to-wear collection by using symbols and codes from fashion classics. | Lecture, practical work | Assessment show | Santa Zariņa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
THE DEPARTMENT'S ELECTIVE SUBJECTS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
MākZ6233 | Design User | 3 | The goal of the course is to understand the preconditions of advertising of clothing brands and successful sales. | Lecture, practical work | Assessment show | Santa Zariņa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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,
design), 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. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Drawing | 3 | Nude figure. Large-format (min. 120x80 cm) primed canvas or paper. Soft materials (coal, sanguine, sepia, etc.). Figure from different angles. Dimensional, tonal or line drawings. | Practical and individual work | Assessment show | Elective subject | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sketching | There are no separate credits for sketching; students are marked for the Drawing course | Sketching the human figure for 5, 10, 15 minutes. Objective: the act of drawing using various materials (charcoal pencil, pencil, felt-tip pen, sepia, acrylic, ink, etc.), developing visual perception, transferring it to the sketch. Results to be achieved: a developed ability to understand proportion and to create individual handwriting in drawing using a variety of materials, taking a step back from the classical academic drawing. |
Individual work | Assessment show | An individual class without a lecturer | Elective subject | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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, discussion | 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 | 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 | 3 | 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. |