Food as a theme in art and education

TITLE: Food as a Theme in Art and Education AUTHOR: BcA. Julie Chrpová DEPARTMENT: Department of Art Education SUPERVISOR: doc. PhDr. Martin Raudenský, Ph.D. ABSTRACT The thesis deals with "food" as a theme in art and education. Food and prepared dishes are displayed in a variety of ways throughout human history. The method of imaging includes both artistic and documentary elements. In this work the development of visual depiction of food and meals with a focus on photography is mapped. The findings from the literary part of the thesis were subsequently used in the creation of the author's book and in the realisation of the didactic project. The author's book is a method of blending the tradition of art culture with the means of contemporary visual communication. It consists of a set of photographs and is not only a visual record of the menu, but also illustrates the process of preparing selected dishes from raw materials, through self-preparation, to mapping the kinds and the amount of waste generated by food preparation. In the didactic part, the topic of the thesis is used to understand the importance of nutrition in human life by verifying the didactic project through the educational process. The didactic part is focused on interconnection of art education and health education with overlap into..