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Martin Salcman 1896-1979
Brabec, Tomáš ; Lahoda, Vojtěch (advisor) ; Wittlich, Petr (referee)
History of the modern 20th century art resembles a jungle of styles, full of personal or collective expresslons and many errant ways. Big roads of early 20th century -ISMs were planned and marked out by names known today around the world or at least In Europe. These maln streams navigated whole groups of artists and their followers. They were, however, very often interconnected with a complicated network of sidewalks, shortcuts and detours, full of hard working individuals searching for their own complex, but still unique invention. Staying in the shade and trying to understand similarities between the "high art" of their famous companions, they became philosophical bridges between styles as well as tireless engineers dismantling or connecting them. 1artin Salcman was such an individual. He was born In ~896 in a poor family. His father died when he was 10, his mother shortly after he became 14. Still a student of local secondary school he has shown his strong sense for artistic expression and doubtless talent. It may have been recognized by some of his relatives or school authorities. His self-portrait "A Young Boy dressed in a Working Cloth", surprisingly 1n oil, 1S certainly untouched by any professional training but it clearly shows Salcman's future potential. It 1S necessary to admit that Around the his...
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Personalities and development of Czech comics until 1949
Diesingová, Helena ; Lahoda, Vojtěch (advisor) ; Wittlich, Petr (referee)
Zahraniční komiksy otiskované v českých periodikách jsou jen dalším dokladem skutečnosti, že tato forma vyjadřování nebyla u nás do. roku 1945, chápána jako samozřejmá. O tom svědčí potřeba přetvářet již hotový zakoupený komiks do formy obrázkového seriálu, tzn. opatřovat němý comic strip verši, popřípadě vymazávat u komiksu text v bublinách. Jak už bylo řečeno, největší oblibě se těšily postavičky z dílny Walta Disneye, a to na základě filmových grotesek. Zbytek jednostránkových zahraničních komiksu, které byly v českých časopisech otiskovány, spadá do druhořadé kategorie světové produkce. Daleko častěji byly přejímány novinové comic stripy, jejichž oblibu u čtenářu si vydavatelé ověřili. Na tomto poli se také odehrávaly české "pokusy" o komiks.
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Vladimír Grégr and architecture in Czechoslovakia during the interwar years
Sosnovcová, Eva ; Lahoda, Vojtěch (advisor) ; Kratochvíl, Petr (referee)
The subject of this thesis is Czech architect Vladimír Grégr (1902-1943). His buildings are mainly in Prague, and concentrated in the Barrandov Terraces area. So far academic scholarship has focused on the aerodynamic aspect of his work, a trend which was also current in Germany and Poland, and represented by a group of architects called Der Ring, which included figures such as Hugo Häring, Hans Scharoun, Adolf Rading, Max and Bruno Taut. While this influence is certainly present in Grégr's buildings that date from 1930-33, it occupies a relatively minor part of his career as a whole, when compared to subsequent projects dating from 1933-1940. The end of this second period is marked by his arrest by the Nazis, an imprisonment which lasted until his execution in Plötzensee in 1943. It was during this second phase when Grégr constructed romanticized Spanish villas, resembling cottages with their saddle roofing, wooden shutters and arcades. As yet we can only speculate as to why he changed his architectural style, but it appears to be a deliberate regression from Functionalism and has more in common with Frank Lloyd Wright, Czech folk architecture and elements of the German trend, heimatstil. I also describe parallel cases in Czech architecture of the same period, which suggests that Grégr's approach to...
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Jan Kotík 1916-2002 - A Monograph
Mladičová, Iva ; Wittlich, Petr (advisor) ; Klimešová, Marie (referee) ; Lahoda, Vojtěch (referee)
1 Abstract A monograph on Jan Kotík (1916-2002) introduces both his art and theoretical work, it deals with a historical and cultural context of the now-defunct Czechoslovakia. Kotík's - an artist's, theoretician's, published author's, educator's - artwork enjoys a prominent position in the context of Czech art of the second half of 20th century. An art-historical assessment of artwork was based on Kotik's artwork inventory and on all the documentation on Kotik's life and art work archived in the Documentation Department of the Institute of Art History of the Academy of Sciences of the CR and in private archives in the CR and Berlin. The study is based on a method of organic combination of biographical data and art-historical data with quotation of Kotik's theoretical texts. An evolution of artist's work is demonstrated chronologically with the context to Czech and world art. The monograph includes chapters: "Father Pravoslav's Art Studio and Study Years", "Art Group 42", "Possibilities of Applied Art", "Painting-Object", "Stay in Berlin", "Returns".
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Rembrandt and Vermeer: two philosophical concepts of art
Černá Pivovarová, Maria ; Konečný, Lubomír (advisor) ; Lahoda, Vojtěch (referee)
The thesis Rembrandt and Vermeer: Two Philosophers of Art is devoted to two artistic concepts. The most striking representatives of these two concepts, whom we can observe throughout the entire history of art, are Rembrandt van Rijn and Johannes Vermeer. The differing philosophy of art of these two artists is presented in two selected paintings: Rembrandt's Self-Portrait with Saskia and Vermeer's canvas The Art of Painting. Both Rembrandt and Vermeer opened up the path for modern art, which is why works that were influenced by the art of these Baroque masters over the course of later centuries have also been included in the thesis.
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Vincenc Kramar Gallery
Micka, Alois ; Lahoda, Vojtěch (advisor) ; Wittlich, Petr (referee)
5 ABSTRACT The subject of this diploma work is the documentation and presentation of program contents of the new exhibition at "Svaz československých výtvarných umělců" in Prague 6 Dejvice between the years 1964 to 1972, which carried the name of Czech theoretic artist, Vincenc Kramář. This diploma work is divided into three distinct parts. The first part focuses on the founders of the gallery and briefly about the personality of Vincenc Kramář. The second part is devoted to the work posted in the gallery between 1964 and 1972. The final part of the work explores the question of what place and position the Vincenc Kramář Gallery holds in comparison to other galleries during the same period. The introduction of the work comments on society and politics of the 1960s in the context of "fine arts", which was an era marked by the official tendencies of the socialist realism of the decade previous. The introduction also includes the process of creating and building a new exhibition hall into this era. The first chapter is dedicated to the patron of the gallery, Vincenc Kramář, and to the founding figures of this new gallery including František Doležal, commissioner and chairman of the exhibition committee; František Rocman, typographer; secretaries and co-founders of the gallery Antonín Kulda, Alena...
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Relationship of art and design in Czechoslovakia between the two world wars
Christianová, Dana ; Lahoda, Vojtěch (advisor) ; Knobloch, Iva (referee)
Ústav pro dějiny umění Diplomová práce Dana Christianová Relations of Fine Art and Design in interwar Czechoslovakia Abstract (in English) The work deals with relations of Fine Arts and Design in the context of the First Republic, when marked a fundamental transformation not only in art in general, but just in handicraft and design. This work demonstrates changes that have occurred in the perception, classification and finally democratization of design, by the example of textile art and personality of Marie Teinitzerová, who was at the interface of fine art, handicraft and design and significantly contributed to the promotion of new aesthetic values in all of these areas.
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Vincenc Beneš. Paintings.
Ropková, Barbora ; Wittlich, Petr (advisor) ; Lahoda, Vojtěch (referee)
Author's name: Barbora Ropková School: Charles University, Prague Faculty of Arts Institut of Art History Celetná 20, 116 42 Prague 1 Program: Art History Title: Vincenc Beneš. Paintings. Supervisor: Prof. PhDr. Petr Wittlich, CSc. Number of pages: 140 + attachment Number of attachments: 158 pages Year: 2011 Key words: monograph, expressionism, cubism, Osma, Skupina výtvarných umělců, Antonín Slavíček's painting heritage, traditon of modern french painting in group Mánes, sensual realism and landscape This thesis intention is to work into monography Vincenc Beneš's work (1883-197). Beneš belongs to important artist of the 1.th generation in the 20.th century. In his initial period, he was concentrated, together with his artist partners, on solution of actual art questions. In the period of group Osma he cooperates especially with Bohumil Kubišta. His significant cuboexpresionistic paintings rise from 1910. Beneš stands in the czech cubist movement by Emil Filla. Beneš's cubist paintings have success in prewar Germany. After World War I. Beneš turns away from cubism and works with Antonín Slavíček's painting reference. Subsequently he detects other fuels, he mainly finds guidance in tradition of modern french painting. As a member of group Mánes he creates especially landscapes, still lifes and big...
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Chapters on the theories of sublime and their reflection in fine art
Němcová, Kristina ; Konečný, Lubomír (advisor) ; Lahoda, Vojtěch (referee)
The bachelor thesis is dealing with the term sublime in both theoretical and practical level. The development of theories of the sublime and its reflection in fine art is analyzed from the antiquity to the 19th Century. The reflection in fine art in the ancient times is shown on the statue of Niobé from Apollon temple in Rome. In chapters on the Romantic period the term sublime is reflected in landscape painting in Bohemia, United Kingdom, Switzerland, Germany, Norway and America. The emphasis is put on the reflection in works of two artists- British painter Joseph William Turner and German painter Caspar David Friedrich.
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