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Etruscan Hellenistic rock-cut tombs with decorated façades
Votroubeková, Tatiana ; Kysela, Jan (advisor) ; Bažant, Jan (referee) ; Nováková, Lucia (referee)
cut tombs with decorated façades are studied by relatively few, almost cities, Sovana and Norchia, whose façades, all cut into the bedrock, elaborately imitate - to what extent did the creators of the façades draw from local overall form of façades and the search for relevant analogies within e façade imitating elements of On their façades, I - kliné, called "Rankengöttin", scenes from Greek myths, included the imitation of architecture in the overall form of the façade. kliné called "Rankengöttin", frieze with equipment and weapons, frieze with koiné the overall form of the façades, which imitate elements of real architecture. Etruscan rock tombs with decorated façades were no cut tombs, façades, architecture, iconography,
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Anthropogenesis of consciousness
Bažant, Jan ; Šípek, Jiří (advisor) ; Kebza, Vladimír (referee)
What is a development of consciousness of modern human being, i.e. with species Homo sapiens sapiens? The beginning step alone, how to define the inquired object in the research, brings considerable problems and discrepancies in different conceptions and approaches, there is the reason why it is important to answer another question at the first. How to qualify consciousness? In the part "Theories of consciousness ", in the chapter "Formation the term" I try to give a brief succession of particular conceptions about consciousness and a view of contemporary theories of consciousness posted up with the critical reflection. I am interested especially of the development so in the chapter "Development of consciousness" I summarize the up to now findings about evolution of hominids till the top species Homo sapiens. I mention some theoretical approaches there and critical survey of terms. In the last chapter of the first part, I inquire after reasons to qualify the culture as potential equivalent of consciousness. I appoint the culture as an expression of consciousness in outer world that is comparable as well as deducible into history and pre-history. What is possible to deduce from consciousness is possible generally to describe as products of psychic behavior (not only in pure behavioral sense).
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Titian, classical mythology and Ovid
Vorlová, Magdalena ; Konečný, Lubomír (advisor) ; Bažant, Jan (referee)
The thesis examines the classical motifs in the works of Titian. The author focuses on a closed set of works inspired by classical motifs (i.e. motifs of classical mythology), which were created for the Spanish king Philippe II. The thesis deals with the question of possible literary or material sources which could have been at the painter's disposal or could have served as his inspiration. The set of works is defined by themes chosen from Ovid's Metamorphoses. The question is whether Titian based his compositions on their classical version or on a Renaissance adapted or commented translation, or whether he even inspired himself by other classical authors.
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Ancient glass: Conclusions Based on the Analysis of the Collection at the Prague National Museum
Svobodová, Helena ; Ondřejová, Iva (advisor) ; Bouzek, Jan (referee) ; Bažant, Jan (referee)
The ancient glass collection of the National Museum has more than 200 completely intact and so far - beside few exceptions - unpublished vessels which encompass a wide chronological framework from the 5th century BC until the end of antiquity. The core of the collection is composed of mold-blown and free-blown glass. The analysis of the collection offers a view into the history of the ancient glass production; examples of all kinds of production methods can be found in it - from a corn-formed glass, through a glass made by sagging into a form, and up to a mold-blown and free-blown glass. A great number of various decoration techniques and styles used in antiquity are represented in the collection; also, it contains vessels from various places within the Roman Empire, as well as outside of it. The major part of the work comprises blown glass from the Roman imperial period (chapter four), both free-blown and mold-blown, and from this virtually half are unguentaria of various types. Almost all types of vessel produced in this period are found in this chapter. The vessels were ordered according to types - e.g. open shapes, closed shapes and in the framework of these types they are arranged further - according to other criteria which create other sub-groups - as for example forms without a foot or on a...
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Ionian entablature in classicistic architecture in Bohemia and Moravia
Zyková, Michaela ; Bažant, Jan (advisor) ; Bouzek, Jan (referee)
Toto téma jsem si vybrala, protože mě zaujalo na první pohled. Jeden z okruhů, kterými se klasický archeolog zabývá a který mě osobně zajímá, je vliv antické kultury na pozdější období dějin. Antické tradice v evropském umění středověku i novověku jsou nesporné. Někdy byly intenzivnější, někdy méně, ale v podstatě stále přetrvávaly. Fascinuje mě právě to, jak se lidé neustále vrací k antické kultuře, která má i po tolika staletích takový vliv. Dále mě také k tomuto tématu táhla možnost, že předmětem zkoumání jsou právě památky v Čechách a na Moravě, které mohu osobně navštívit a prohlédnout si je, než je použiji ve své práci. Nemalý vliv na výběr tématu měl také ten fakt, že se týká architektury, neboť tato oblastí umění se u mě těší rovněž nezanedbatelnému zájmu. Z hlediska tématu klasicismu je práce také zajímavá, protože do dnešní doby nebylo napsáno mnoho literatury, která by se zabýval pouze klasicistní architekturou. Předchozí a následující období vývoje architektury byla zpracována mnohokrát a různými způsoby, ovšem o klasicismu se dočteme většinou jen ve všeobecných publikacích o architektuře. Otázkou zůstává, zda je toto období stavební aktivity nezajímavé, nedůležité, opomíjené či špatně zpracovatelné kvůli nedostatku informací. Můj osobní názor je, že to není téma nezajímavé či nedůležité, ale...
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The Iconography of Crime and Punishment in Greek and Roman Visual Arts With Special Regard to Female Transgressors
Vacinová, Lenka ; Bouzek, Jan (advisor) ; Bažant, Jan (referee) ; Evans, Jane D. (referee)
The enemies are at the gates. Being dazzled by their golden jewels - or perhaps fascinated by their handsome leader - a girl makes a pact with them and betrays her city and her own kin. However, instead of the promised reward, she is killed by her beneficiary. In a particular variant of this story, the girl's name is Tarpeia and the city is Rome, the agreed reward are golden bracelets of the hostile Sabines and the murder weapons are their shields being worn - surprise! - on their left arms together with the jewels. The rendering of this scene in the Roman visual arts is of the primary interest of this thesis. As a particular event linked tightly to the legendary history of Rome, the Punishment of Tarpeia is generally believed to lack any closer iconographic parallels in the Etruscan and Greek arts; sometimes it is even supposed that the traitress is portrayed as a kind of heroic figure, not a negative one. Having analysed the surviving scenes of the Punishment of Tarpeia, I put that opinion into question suggesting they were artificially designed and composed in full accordance with the traditional imagery of the trespassers in the Greek and Etruscan visual arts. To support my assumption, I turn to scrutinize the compositions as well as minor details of contentually related scenes in the Greek and...
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Sculptural inspiration on subject of body in performative practice
Silich, Sviatlana ; BAŽANT, Jan (advisor) ; SMOLÍK, Robert (referee)
The main body of my graduate thesis is based on reflection and mapping of The Figs project preparation and realization. The project itself is centered around the topics of bodily perception and bodily fears, and encompasses other works related to these topics. My graduate thesis includes some insights on my collaboration with the students from the sculpture studio and the handling of various materials. It contains the mentions and analysis of individual artists’ artistic works, executed in time-based technique. I’m primarily interested in how the created objects will be consecutively involved in the performance and the ways these objects might later influence the course of the performance. A separate chapter is dedicated to the choice of the material, and includes the use of eggs as a material. I reflect upon my personal experience as an author and a performance artist. Towards the end you will find my research of the artistic process in all its phases. I analyze particular scenes and assess the final choice of the components.
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Possibilities and limits of gender analysis for interpretation of the so called genre scenes on the Black and Red Figured vases
Kroutilová Jamrichová, Zuzana ; Pavúk, Peter (advisor) ; Remišová Věšínová, Kamila (referee) ; Bažant, Jan (referee)
Black and red figured pottery is a captivating, while also a vast and demanding subject of research. For decades, vases were primarily studied as valuable art objects and scenes depicted on them considered as testimonies of ideas and lives of their creators and users. Many researchers focussed on interpreting the scenes captured on these vessels. When studying works by our research predecessors, it can be noted that their methods and conclusions were often influenced by the socio-cultural context in which they lived and worked. The aim of this thesis is not to create new, surprising interpretations of selected scenes or to point at erroneous interpretations of other researchers. The aim of this work is to draw attention to how contemporary society has influenced researchers and the methods they use and conclusions they draw when interpreting scenes considered for long periods as immutable, final and undisputable. While re-evaluating adopted conclusions I drew on gender studies and gender analysis which require a multidisciplinary approach to research and interpretation of vase paintings. In four subject areas I pointed out to what extent the dichotomies within which we are used to think and with which we work, i.e. dichotomies of masculine - feminine, public - private, exterior - interior, but also...
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TECHNICAL COORDITNATION OF THEATRE FESTIVAL AS SCENOGRAPHIC WORK
Gselman, Matic ; SMOLÍK, Robert (advisor) ; BAŽANT, Jan (referee)
In my thesis I will analyse and present problems of adapting site-specific performances to new, alternative locations. As an example I will use Maribor Theatre Festival 2016 (FBS 2016), where I was involved as technical coordinator. My task was, to coordinate technical realisation of around 30 In my thesis I will analyse and present problematics of adapting site-specific performances to new, alternative locations. As an example I will use Maribor Theatre Festival 2016 (FBS 2016), where I was involved as technical coordinator.
My task was, to coordinate techical realisation of around 30 performances on festival venues. In the text, I will focus on 3 performances, that were somehow unique in their form and brought special challenges to our team.When dealing with technical coordination of theatre festival, one must use not only his technical knowledge and organisational skills but also knowledge of theatre theory, scenography and creative thinking. Problems and situations that happen have to be taken in careful consideration, since they can open new view points and bring solutions to existing problems.
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