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Significant intellectual positions and their supporters in the history of the brno school of architecture
Obrtlík, Jan
During almost 100 years of architectural studies at the Brno University of Technology attended this scope number of extraordinary personalities. Many of these architects were advocates of original and pioneer theoretical approaches by which they influenced professional activities far behind the faculty borders. The paper presents a list of such oriented teachers and discusses more detailed few chosen opinions in their historical context.
Czech Sacred Architecture in the Period of Origins of the Autonomous Czechoslovakia
Obrtlík, Jan
The contribution deals with Czech sacral architecture in particular historical moment. Because of the slow movement in the architectural area in comparison to politics, a certain zone of immediate historical period is chosen, which corresponds to the speed of architectural evolution. The midpoint of this imaginary zone on the historical axis is the year 1918, the year of political establishment of independent Czechoslovakia. In the present work the church architecture and the architecture of related buildings is studied mostly from the viewpoint of reactions on the progressing society events. The results of the historical situation are researched in the area of the preference of architectural style of particular buildings, also in the context of the changes in confessional preferences and finally also in the area of interest in material expression of the faith generally. In the present contribution an answer is searched to the question, if architecture in the mentioned time span had a close contact to the spirit of the present time, therefore, whether it only reacted on it, or whether it also constituted it.
The ideas and ideology of the Czechoslovakian architectural avantgarde of 1920’s
Obrtlík, Jan
The contribution concerns with basic ideas, which faced the Czech artist avantgarde of 1920’s. The avantgard is here presented mostly by programs of Devětsil association. These are ideologies of socialism, communism and nationalism. Further inspirations f
Emil Králík (1880-1946): Připomenutí významného díla
Obrtlík, Jan
Emil Králík (1880-1946) belonged to most important personalities of Brno architecture between World Wars. His broad and multi-faceted activity spans from furniture design over architecture of residential and public buildings to urban design. His art work was also on a high level. His teaching at Brno University of Technology had big influence alike his pursuit in cultural societies of the first Czechoslovak republic. His legacy remains one of enequally explored areas of modern architecture and art history.
Transformation Challenges: Czech Church Architecture in the First Half of the Twentieth Century
Obrtlík, Jan
During the first half of the twentieth century, church architecture in the Central European area – determined, around 1900, by the framework of architectural historicism and eclecticism – absorbed a number of influences that led to its radical transformation. On one level, this transformation followed from the development of architecture as a field, where radical changes took place in the functionalist era between the two world wars. It took long for the revolution to reach the church milieu, with the exception of churches for new denominations who sought to be different from the established ones. Therefore, conservative views and modern trends opposing them existed in parallel.

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