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Experimental Aesthetics of Otakar Zich
Bělohradská, Anna ; Dykast, Roman (advisor) ; Kaplický, Martin (referee)
The bachelor's thesis focuses on the part of the scientific legacy of the important Czech aesthetician Otakar Zich (1879-1934), in which he formulates the principles of the use of experiment in the research of some aesthetic questions, the solution of which he considered controversial. Zich's research work, thus focused, belongs to his early period, in which he primarily dealt with the question of the relationship between music and emotions (moods) and the issue of what belongs to the aesthetic perception of music. The main source for the subject of the thesis is Zich's work Aesthetic Perception of Music, in which he draws on a number of suggestions and proposals from experimental research in the field of psychology and aesthetics as it took shape during the second half of the 19th century, while consciously following the suggestions of his teacher Otakar Hostinský. In the thesis, these stimuli are monitored, evaluated and placed in the context of the formation of Zich's experimental aesthetics. The aim of the thesis is to analyze and evaluate the effectiveness of the method with the help of which Zich, based on the results of his experimental research, formulated a theory of the semantic image in music and interpreted feelings and moods in relation to music in a completely new way, including...
An Analysis of the Issue of Czech Musical Declamation in the Concepts of Hostinský and Krásnohorská in the "Struggle for Smetana" in the 1870s and 1880s
Janková, Markéta ; Dykast, Roman (advisor) ; Hons, Miloš (referee)
The subject of the thesis is the research of the formation of the theory of Czech musical declamation in the second half of the 19th century. The aim is to present this theory as part of the contemporary dispute on the concept of Czech national music. The thesis relies on the research methodology of the history of ideas, which it combines with the research methodology of the history of institutions, because the theory of Czech musical declamation developed against the background of the development of Czech opera theatre, Czech music criticism and music magazines. The main sources for the research on the subject of this thesis are mainly the contributions of Hostinský and Krásnohorská, who were the only ones to formulate the principles of correct Czech musical declamation. Other sources are contemporary texts, which are related to the context of the contemporary disputes against which the theory of Czech musical declamation was formed. The introductory chapter characterises the impact of the change in the political situation from the early 1860s onwards and the related transformation of Czech cultural life, in which the idea of creating a Czech national music, particularly through Czech operatic works, came to the fore. The second chapter presents the Wagner controversy as the basic impetus for the...
The Shape of Orpheus. The sketch of the Iconography of Orfeus in European and Czech nineteenth-century visual arts
Machková, Magda ; Konečný, Lubomír (advisor) ; Prahl, Roman (referee) ; Dykast, Roman (referee)
Who says there is only one Orpheus, the mythical singer, poet, lover, musician, tragedian? The pivotal term of this study 'Orpheus' potential' refers to a set of characteristic datas or qualities, encrypted into the iconography of this theme by the time of c. 3 000 years and deciphered and interpreted by artists for nearly equivalent period. Although the Czech lands of the nineteenth century were both metaforically and literally distant from the Greek antiquity, we are able to trace a surprising volume of comments, receptions or appropriatons of Orpheus' iconography in various fields of arts: visual arts, dramatic arts, poetry, opera. The transformation of typology is discussed on illustrative examples using the genre of micro- stories, the second part of the study focuses on the localy determined shape of 'Slavic Orpheus', the person from the pre-Czech mythology, Lumír, who was gifted by analogic talents like his prototype.
Towards aesthetic education of the disciples of the "Hostinsky School"
Dvořák, Petr ; Foglarová, Eva (advisor) ; Dykast, Roman (referee)
The topic of the thesis Towards Aesthetic Education of the Disciples of the ‚Hostinský School' is the concept of aesthetic education of the end of the 19th and the first quarter of the 20th century. This work distinguishes between the two waves of interest in the problems of aesthetic education. The first is the prewar "Movement for Aesthetic Education", which was established around Josef Patočka. The other takes place in between the two world wars and deals exclusively with Otakar Hostinský's followers. Primarily, this thesis is based on texts in aesthetic education. It tries to build on them and presents in detail the concepts of aesthetic education of individual authors. Among the most important are Otakar Hostinský, Josef Patočka, Bohumil Markalous, Jaroslav Hruban and Otakar Zich.
The concept of beauty in Ficino's commentary De amore and its influence on Renaissance aesthetics
Polák, Ján ; Dykast, Roman (advisor) ; Dadejík, Ondřej (referee)
The aim of this study is to examine piece of work of Marsilio Ficino known as De amore according to the characteristic of author's life and work, and to demonstrate its influence on Renaissance aesthetic. The main motive of the writing that was composed as commentary of Plato's Symposion is the function of love in the cosmology inspired by neoplatonists, mainly Plotinus. Ficino's principal contribution to the Renaissance and modern thinking is translation and development of Plato's work including his conception of double love. This study summarizes Ficino's life and work, afterward it examines writing itself emphasizing aesthetic themes and then demonstrates the influence of Ficino's conception of love on selected works of Renaissance literature. The selection of texts exposes transformation of this conception from piece of work directly inspired by Ficino's theory passing through writing in which is this theory confronted with formal literary requirements to the texts demonstrating dominance of literary form over philosophical content. Keywords Marsilio Ficino*Renaissance Platonism*Renaissance aesthetic*platonic love
A Critique of Popular Music in Roger Scruton's Thoughts
Smutný, Robert ; Dykast, Roman (advisor) ; Kulka, Tomáš (referee)
This Master's thesis deals with a critique of popular music by the British conservative philosopher Roger Scruton. It is based on a premise that this critique is not purely aesthetic, as it is deeply rooted in Scruton's conception of art, culture, and man. The first part of the thesis, therefore, deals with this broader context, and its outcome is an explanation of the reasons why Scruton rejects popular music as an integral part of popular culture. The second part of the thesis focuses on Scruton's philosophy of music, in other words, on questions of musical aesthetics: what the ontological status of music is, what the nature of its meaning is, what its value is, and what its 'ethical power' is. The third part is devoted to the critique of popular music itself: first, the concept of popular music is clarified, and then the outputs of the two previous chapters are linked to fully grasp Scruton's condemnation of popular music. In the end, the thesis points to problematic aspects of Scruton's theory: it questions the adequacy of applying the model of evaluating classical music to the case of popular music.
Critical atittudes of aesthetic formalism in Durdík's and Hostinský's conceptions to Wagner's idea "Gesamtkunstwerk"
Janková, Markéta ; Dykast, Roman (advisor) ; Kaplický, Martin (referee)
The presented bachelor thesis aims to examine the critique of the concept of "Gesamtkunstwerk" in terms of Czech formalist aesthetics of the second half of the 19th century. Because the concept of "Gesamtkunstwerk" is primarily associated with the theoretical and artistic work of Richard Wagner, an essential part of the work is an overall analysis of the contemporary situation in Czech music culture in the late 60s and especially during the 70s. During this period in Czech society, there was a heated debate about the possibility of performing Wagner's opera in the Czech lands. Along with this topic, there was a dispute over the essence of Czech opera, which was mainly related to the opera by Bedřich Smetana. The emerging Czech aesthetics entered into this dispute mainly through the aestheticians Josef Durdík and Otakar Hostinský. The main topic of the bachelor's thesis is the interpretation of the critical approach of Durdík and Hostinský to the concept of "Gesamtkunstwerk" based on the analysis of their work, which dealt with this topic in terms of their system of formalistic aesthetics. Durdík's and Hostinský's conceptions of formalist aesthetics began to differ significantly at a time when both were intensively dealing with the issue of "Gesamtkunstwerk". The final goal of the thesis is based on...
Scruton's Concept of Musical Meaning
Hurník, Štěpán ; Dykast, Roman (advisor) ; Kubalík, Štěpán (referee)
The subject of the presented paper is Scruton's concept of musical meaning. The research is based on analysis of Scruton's crtitique of semiotic attitudes towards the problem of musical significance. From the semiotic point of view, music is regarded as a sign. On this basis, the meaning of music is described as a relation: music signifies by reference to something other than itself. Musical semiotics analyzes forms of this semantic relation and determines the nature of musical significance. Scruton's concept is built in opposition to this theory. Its presupposition is an a-semantic relation of musical significance, which is grounded in the listener's metaphorical experience of music. The musical meaning is not to be given by semantic relation but it is heard by the listener in the music itself. Thanks to this, Scruton states the meaning of music is found only in the musical structure. In order to achieve succesful formulation of Scruton's concept, it is necessary to analyze his particular critiques of the semiotic attitudes towards meaning of music. In this analysis, on the one hand Scruton's reasons why he denies semiotic approach towards research of musical significance will be clarified, on the other hand his asemiotic concept of the meaning of music will be presented and illuminated. The main...
The Influence of "Zhdanovism" on the Development of Czech musical Aesthetics after "Victorious February"
Smutný, Robert ; Dykast, Roman (advisor) ; Kaplický, Martin (referee)
This bachelor thesis focuses on Czech musical aesthetics after "Victorious February". This sphere of public life was controlled in accordance with Soviet model due to the political changes. This was the reason why Czech authors assumed originally Soviet campaign against formalism. The first part of the thesis deals with the Soviet part of the story. We focus on two main themes: social function of music (or art in general) and limits of representation in music. The second part focuses on Czech debate or its main protagonists respectively: Zdeněk Nejedlý, Josef Stanislav, Miroslav Barvík and Antonín Sychra. The Czech debate is compared with the Soviet model in the end. Keywords socialist realism | normative aesthetics | musical aesthetics | zhdanovism | ideology

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