UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS, FACULTY OF MUSIC AND
VISUAL ARTS
Study Guide 2015-2016
DEAN:
DR. TAMÁS LAKNER
[email protected]
Dean's secretary: Ms.Edit Végh email: [email protected]
GENERAL INFORMATION AT: HTTP://ART.PTE.HU
POSTAL ADDRESS: H- 7630 Pécs, Zsolnay Vilmos út 16.
ERASMUS COORDINATOR:
Ms. Zsóka Szépné Adonyi
E-MAIL: [email protected]
TEL: +36 72 501-500/28200
DIRECTOR OF THE INSTITUTE OF VISUAL ARTS:
MÁRTA NYILAS, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, [email protected]
DIRECTOR OF THE INSTITUTE OF MUSIC:
BENCE VAS, PROFESSOR, [email protected]
DIRECTOR OF THE INSTITUTE OF MEDIA AND APPLIED ARTS:
GYÖRGY FUSZ, PROFESSOR, [email protected]
DLA DOCTORAL SCHOOL:
DR. COLIN FOSTER, PROFESSOR, [email protected]
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The Faculty of Music and Visual Arts, with 450 students and a teaching staff of 70, is a
dynamic driving force in the culture of the city, region and country. The Faculty is the only
higher educational centre in Hungary offering both music and visual arts at the university
level. The University’s complete range of humanities and science faculties provides an
invaluable background to the study of modern art. Teaching in the Faculty is conducted by
four independent bodies:The Institute of Music, The Institute of Visual Arts, The Institute of
Media and Applied Arts and the Faculty Doctoral School.
The Institute of Music offers study opportunities in Singing and music teaching and, choral
conducting; Instrument teaching and chamber performing; Solo vocal teaching and vocal
performing.
Instrumental instruction is available in bassoon, flute, guitar, double bass, cello, trombone,
violin, clarinet, French horn, viola, oboe, trumpet, tuba, percussion and piano.
The Institute was formed in 2005 and serves both the teaching needs of the visual arts and
music degrees as well as playing an important role in the Faculty’s research work. A number
of its courses are taught in English and are available to Erasmus students (see below).
Fine art teaching at the University of Pécs’ Faculty of Music and Visual Arts is directed by
the Institute of Visual Arts that offers degrees in Painting, Sculpture and Teacher Training.
The aim of all three degree courses is to provide comprehensive practical and theoretical basic
in studies the fine arts, from both an historical and contemporary standpoint. The two main
fields of painting and sculpture provide the backbone to the training, supplemented by various
other courses such as textiles, media, photography and printmaking.
The Institute of Media and Applied Arts offers training in ceramics and in Electronic Media
Arts.
Erasmus students are required to join one of the main studios, whose leader will be
responsible for the supervision of their studies here. The main studio work is normally for 20
hours per week. All Erasmus students have an individually tailored study programme which is
negotiated on their arrival. At the end of the Erasmus scholarship students have the chance to
exhibit the work they have made here, in the Faculty’s gallery or to give a concert.
Hungarian speaking Erasmus students may take any of the wide range of courses offered by
the Institute. Otherwise, the following courses (taught in English) are recommended for
Erasmus students:
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Course title: Sculpture and Drawing
Language of instruction: English
Credits (ECTS): 12
Form of teaching: seminar
Form of assessment: final criticism
Course description:
Examination method: final criticism Students gain a thorough introduction to the materials
and techniques of contemporary and traditional sculpture. Each student is expected to develop
his/her own work programme, within the framework of the studio practice. As a starting point
emphasis is placed on the human figure (in both a physical and non-physical sense) as the
foundation for the development of sculptural language, but this does not exclude any other
directions. Emphasis is also placed on the relation of sculpture to its environment (gallery,
built, landscape) and audience. No special previous knowledge in the field of sculpture is
needed.
Minimum number of students: 1
Class hours per week: 20
Lecturer: Colin Foster DLA, Professor
e-mail: [email protected]
Course title: Stone Sculpture
Language of instruction: English
Credits (ECTS): 2
Form of teaching: seminar
Form of assessment: final criticism
Course description:
Each student works on an individual project, to be agreed with the teacher. Students are
introduced to working various types of stone, using both hand-tools and machinery. The
course begins with the drilling and splitting of stone, through to the final stages of polishing
and setting. No special previous knowledge in the field of stone sculpture is needed.
Minimum number of students: 1
Class hours per week: 4
Lecturer: Péter Lengyel DLA, Assistant Professor
e-mail: [email protected]
Course title: Ceramic Sculpture
Language of instruction: English
Credits (ECTS): 4
Form of teaching: seminar
Form of assessment: final criticism
Course description:
The basic course introduces different types of clay (terracotta, fire-clay, porcelain) and the
various techniques of forming the materials. Diverse firing methods are taught and various
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glazing methods are explained through practice. The course is supplemented by talks on the
geological and chemical backgrounds of the subject. Students have the opportunity to
continue their studies after the basic course, where emphasis is placed on the development of
individual language and technical proficiency. No special previous knowledge in the field of
ceramics is needed.
Minimum number of students: 1
Class hours per week: 4
Lecturer: Márta Nagy DLA, Professor
e-mail: [email protected]
Course title: Studio Ceramic
Language of instruction: English
Credits (ECTS): 4
Form of teaching: seminar
Form of assessment: final criticism
Course description:
Designing and executing hand-built objects. Getting familiar with basic ceramic materials ,
slab-building, coil-building and other hand-buildingtechniques. Trying out different
possibilities for decorating (stamping, carving, hand-painting, etc.). Researching and
analysing previous examples of hand made ceramic objects. Designing and executing own
plans based on the research and hand on experiences.
Suggested reading: Jane Waller: Hand Built Ceramics, B.T. Batsford Ltd, London, 1990
Minimum number of students: 1
Class hours per week: 4
Lecturer: Kinga Ráthonyi DLA, Assistant professor
e-mail: [email protected]
Course title: Raku
Language of instruction: English
Credits (ECTS): 4
Form of teaching: seminar
Form of assessment: final criticism
Course description: Open flame firings are one of the most exciting exercises of ceramic art.
The possibilities of different materials used for the creation of objects and for their colorings,
the choices of fuels, the various processes of the firings can create excitingly wide range of
results at the end of each firing. At this course we specialize in open air raku firing.
Suggested reading:
Tim, Andrews: Raku. Adam and Charles Black, London, 2004.
Gail, Nichols: Soda Clay and Fire, The American Ceramics Society, 2006.
Sumi von Dassow: Barel, Pit, and Saggar Firing, The American Ceramics Society, 2001.
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Ian Byers. Raku, B.T.Batsford Ltd, London, 1990.
Minimum number of students: 1
Class hours per week: 4
Lecturer: Kinga Ráthonyi DLA, Assistant professor
e-mail: [email protected]
Course title: Anatomy for Artists
Language of instruction: English
Credits (ECTS): 3
Form of teaching: seminar
Form of assessment: oral examination and final criticism
Course description:
The study of bones and the study of muscles represent the two main domains of human
anatomy for the artist. The thorough study of the bones of the human skeleton, with regard to
their spatial position, dimension and physiological characteristics, form the first part of the
course. The second part of the course deals with the detailed study of the musculature of the
body and analyses the activity of different groups of muscles, with special regard to their
visual appearance. The final part of the course examines the proportion of the human body in
general, and the changes it undergoes during growth, as well as emphasising the differences
between the genders. The course ends with a short summary of the depiction of the human
figure by different historical artists. Suggested reading: Jenő Barcsay: Anatomy for the Artist,
Corvina, Budapest, 1997 Gotfried Bammes: Die Gestalt des Menschen, Ravensburger
Buchverlag 1995
Prerequisite for the course: Minimum number of students: 1
Class hours per week: 4
Lecturer: Márta Nyilas DLA, Associate Professor
e-mail: [email protected]
Course title: The multilateral painterly thinking
Language of instruction: English
Credits (ECTS): 12
Form of teaching: practice
Form of assessment: final criticism
Course description:
The technique and the subject as inseparable components influence each other in order to
bring into life the real art product. The role of experimentation with painting materials lies at
the basis of expressing a sovereign artistic thought. Prerequisite for the course: 2-3 years of
painting experience
Minimum number of students: 1
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Class hours per week: 20
Lecturer: Márta Nyilas DLA, Associate Professor
e-mail: [email protected]
Course title: The cathedral of Pécs
Language of instruction: English
Credits (ECTS): 2
Form of teaching: seminar
Form of assessment: final criticism
Course description:
This research seminar is connected to the Research team of Art History. It focuses on the
architectural history, reconstruction and art of the cathedral of Pécs. The setting of the
seminar is the lapidarium and the cathedral itself. The aim of the seminar is to conduct a
scientific comparison of its art with other Hungarian art-works of the period.
Minimum number of students: 1
Class hours per week: 2
Lecturer: Endre Raffay, Teaching Assistant
e-mail: [email protected]
Course title: Eclectic Painting
Language of instruction: English
Credits (ECTS): 12
Form of teaching: seminar
Form of assessment: final criticism
Course description:
Students gain a thorough introduction to the materials and techniques of contemporary and
traditional painting. Each student is expected to develop his/her own work programme, within
the framework of the studio practice. The course provides the possibility to learn various
painting techniques and styles, and deals with colour theory and spatial problems in painting.
Students are required to purchase their own materials. No special previous knowledge in the
field of painting is needed.
Minimum number of students: 1
Class hours per week: 20
Lecturer: Péter Somody DLA, Associate Professor
e-mail: [email protected]
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Course title: Wood Sculpture
Language of instruction: English
Credits (ECTS): 2
Form of teaching: seminar
Form of assessment: final criticism
Course description:
Each student works on an individual project to be agreed with the teacher. Students are
introduced to various types of wood, using both hand tools and machinery. The students will
work the material from the roughing out stages to the final sanded finish. Painting and
staining of wood are taught as well as basic conservation techniques.
Prerequisite for the course: Minimum number of students: 1
Class hours per week: 4
Lecturer: Katalin Rezsonya DLA, Teaching Assistant
e-mail: [email protected]
Course title: Graphics
Language of instruction: English, German
Credits (ECTS): 3
Form of teaching: practice
Form of assessment: practical mark
Course description:
Study of different graphic „genres”, studio work, theoretical studies, history of graphics,
engraving, cold-point, aquatint, mezzotinto, woodcut, lino-cut, monotype and other
techniques
Prerequisite for the course: Minimum number of students: 1
Class hours per week: 4
Lecturer: András Ernszt, Teaching Assistant
e-mail: [email protected]
Course title: The contact of Hungarian folk art with contemporary art
Language of instruction: English
Credits (ECTS): 2
Form of teaching: seminar
Form of assessment: final criticism
Course description:
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God’s face and skull on Hungarian examples. /Ancestor pictures and heraldry motifs in
Hungarian costume./
Idolatry, decalcomania, anikonism, perspective, hypnagogia./ Some paintings, e.g: Veszelszky
Béla, Korniss Dezső, Erdély Miklós, Keserű Ilona./ The drawing and painting of
ornamentation with basic substances and techniques.
Independent creative work.
Suggested reading: Géza Róheim: The Evil Eye. American Imago IX, No. 3-4. 351-365. p.
Iván Balassa-Gyula Ortutay: Hungarian ethnography and folklore. Corvina Press, 1984,
Budapest.
Tekla Dömötör: Hungarian Folk Customs, Corvina Press, 1977, Budapest.
Prerequisite for the course: Minimum number of students: 1
Class hours per week: 2
Lecturer: Hegyi Csaba DLA, Assistant Professor
e-mail: [email protected]
Course title: Drawing and paintings of hands and portraits
Language of instruction: English
Credits (ECTS): 12
Form of teaching: seminar
Form of assessment: final criticism, drawings and paintings
Course description:
The studies of a colour row, a tone row between different eggs. The drawing studies of a
hand. The painting of a hand with egg tempera. Imprint (kharakter): plaster cast from own
face (gips), oil painting. Self-portrait:drawing, coloured paper collage, egg-tempera dubbing,
oil painting onto a wooden panel. Substances: paper, wooden panel, canvas, glue, chalk, land
pigments, krapplakk deep, cadmium deep, ultramarine deep, egg, oil, terpentine.
Suggested reading: Bunge, Gabriel: The Rublev Trinity: the icon of the tRinity by the monkpainter Andrei Rublev.
http://books.google.com/books?id=uAC0E0TswtgC&printsec=frontcover&dq=gabriel+bunge&lr=&hl
=hu#v=onepage&q=&f=false
Géza Róheim: The Evil Eye. American Imago IX, No. 3-4. 351-365. p.
http://books.google.com/books?id=gUDnzAfDleEC&pg=PA211&dq=G%C3%A9za+R%C3%B3heim:+The+Ev
il+Eye.+American+Imago&hl=hu#v=onepage&q=&f=false
Minimum number of students: 1
Class hours per week: 2x4
Lecturer: Hegyi Csaba DLA, Assistant Professor
e-mail: [email protected]
Course title: Media Space 1
Language of instruction: English
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Credits (ECTS): 2
Form of teaching: consultation
Form of assessment: multimedia work
Course description:
The course providews the possibility for students to realise their own media project (video,
animation, video installation, multimedia project, etc.) with the guidance of the teacher.
Prerequisite for the course: multimedia idea, basic technical knowledge (camera handling,
video editing or animation software).
Minimum number of students: 3
Class hours per week: 2
Lecturer: Pál Fodor, Assistant Lecturer
e-mail: [email protected]
Course title: Architectural space and form as a motive in the painting
Language of instruction: English
Form of teaching: seminar
Form of assessment: final criticism
Course description:
The course deals with the use of symbolical, metaphorical and composition structuring
architectural forms as decorative possibilities of expressions in the painting. The building in
the picture may be the personification of hushed emotions and the interpretation of socialsociological positions. The building as a motive represents a possibility for the expressions of
abstract and figurative surroundings at the same time. During the course we do not deal with
the physical and functional concerns of architecture and fine arts, however, the built
environment as a complex composition-system and statue-like formation is to be used as a
manifestation. Pécs provides excellent facilities for such studies with its humane-sized urban
milieu. The rich, manifold houses and public buildings of the city which were built in various
eras and styles give opportunities to several projects. The course regards the topic from a
painterly point of view, yet during the studies any sort of technical and stylistic interpretation
is admitted. No special previous knowledge in the field of painting or intermedia is needed.
Minimum number of students: 1
Class hours per week: 4
Credits (ECTS): 3
Lecturer: Csaba Nemes, Teaching Assistant,
e-mail: [email protected]
Course title: Main Instrument Practice
Solo Voice BA; Guitar BA, MA; Piano BA, MA; Organ BA, ; Violin BA, MA,
Viola BA, MA; Cello BA, MA; Double Bass MA; Flute BA, MA;
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Oboe BA; Clarinet BA; Bassoon BA; Horn BA; Trumpet BA; Trombone BA;
Tuba BA; Percussion BA;
Language of instruction: English or German
Form of teaching: individual instruction
Form of assessment: exam
Course of description:
Main instrument practice is at the core of completing music studies.
The instruction equally emphasizes the solution of technical and musical problems,
broadening instrumental/vocal repertoire and methodological knowledge. Developing the
proper system of practice, which allows for the most effective use of practice time, is a key
issue.
Minimum number of students: 1
Class hours per week: 2
Credits (ECTS): 10
Lecturer: Main instrument teachers
Course title: Chamber Music
Language of instruction: English or German
Form of teaching: group
Form of assessment: exam
Course of description:
The aim of instruction is to develop skill and proficiency at playing music together.
This requires a very high level of artistic performance and in-depth knowledge of instrumental
music literature from the baroque to contemporary music. In the case of chamber music
genres, it is necessary to be highly proficient in the individual genres.
Minimum number of students: 2
Class hours per week: 1
Credits (ECTS): 2
Lecturer: László Gönczy, Assistant Professor
e-mail:[email protected]
Course title: Symphony orchestra
Language of instruction: English or German
Form of teaching: orchestra
Form of assessment: attendance
Course of description:
The main purposes of participating in the work of the symphony orchestra is to acquire a high
level concert repertoire and to introduce musicians of the individual instrument groups to
playing in an orchestra and allow them to acquire practice.
Minimum number of students:
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Class hours per week: 3
Credits (ECTS): 2
Lecturer:
e-mail:
Course title: String-orchestra
Language of instruction: English
Form of teaching: orchestra
Form of assessment: attendance
Course of description:
The string orchestra functions as a sort of enlarged chamber orchestra. In the previous few
years, only a smaller orchestra has operated with 3-4 first violin, 2-3 second violin, 2 viola
and 2 cello players, so the setup is berely more than the size of a double quintet. The
repertoire is made up of fairly larger scale chamber music pieces (divertimentos), and smaller
scale orchestra compositions (baroque concertos).
Minimum number of students: 10
Class hours per week: 3
Credits (ECTS): 2
Lecturer: Gábor Papp, Assistant Professor
e-mail:[email protected]
Course title: Wind orchestra
Language of instruction: German
Form of teaching: orchestra
Form of assessment: attendance
Course of description:
The course provides an introduction to playing in an orchestra trough the literature of
contemporary symphonic wind instrumental music As musicians of the orchestra “Pécsi
Vasutas Koncertfúvós Zenekar, students get to know the variety and repertoire of the genre,
and the more significant contemporary works. In addition to practicing with the orchestra,
students participate in a number of concerts.
Minimum number of students: 10
Class hours per week: 3
Credits (ECTS): 2
Lecturer: Károly Neumayer, Associate Professor
e-mail: [email protected]
Course title:
SPEECH RESEARCH
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Language of instruction: English
Form of teaching: practice
Form of assessment: project
Course description:
The major goal of the course is to introduce the student to the field of experimental phonetics.
Major topics covered: main areas of phonetics and links with other fields. Articulation,
acoustics and perception of speech. Types and production of speech sounds: vowels and
consonants. Tempo, pitch, loudness. Research methods in speech sciences. Perception of
spech sounds. Experiments with the students' own voices: pitch, tempo etc. Estimation of
speaker age, sex, emotions and other characteristics based on hearing his/voice.
Minimum number of students: 5
Class hours per week: 2
Credits (ECTS): 2
Lecturer: Dr. Ákos Gocsál (Mr.)
The following courses are available to all visiting Erasmus
students from any faculty:
Course title: University Culture
Language of instruction: English
Credits (ECTS): 1
Form of teaching: Form of assessment: signiture given on presentation of 7 entree tickets at cultural programes
(concerts, theatre pieces, museums and galery
Course description:
The aim of the course is to encourage students to consider cultural issues beyond their normal
interests, with the aim that the cultural and academic experiences gained during the course
will provide new input for their creative work. The course seeks to expand the student’s
experience of, and participation in, cultural events in a wider sense.
Prerequisite for the course: Minimum number of students: 1
Class hours per week: Lecturer: Ágnes Herpay, Assistant Professor
e-mail: [email protected]
Course title: Choir
Language of instruction: International
Credits (ECTS): 2
Form of teaching: Practice and performances
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Form of assessment: Practical
Course description:
An important part of the course is the acquisition of the choral repertoire of various historical
periods and the authentic and high-quality presentation of these in performance.
In most cases the performed works are unaccompanied choral works, but on occasion the
choir also undertakes the production of large-scale oratorical works with the university (or
other) orchestra.
Prerequisite for the course: Minimum number of students: 1
Class hours per week: 3
Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Tamás Lakner, Professor
e-mail: [email protected]
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