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Mesoamerica within the classical era: the case Teotihuacan
Krajáková, Kristýna ; Korecká, Zuzana (advisor) ; Kašpar, Oldřich (referee)
The goal of this bachelor thesis is to explain basic culture and social configuration of the mesoamerican city Teotihuacan, which had in the first millenium AD great influence on mexican highland and surrounding regions for at least five hundreds years, and which, despite its fiery destruction, has survived and remained unseparable part of Mesoamerican culture area, even if perhaps only like destructed religious site or like a hidden culture inovator and bearer. Teotihuacan was important Mesoamerican urban center that by its size and level of social organization uncommonly exceeded qualities of other city-like sites on American continent. Its estimated population in sixth century AD was probably around 200 000 people, which makes it the sixth largest city on Earth in that time. The name of the city derives from couple centuries older Aztec language nahuatl and means "the place where men become Gods". This and much more non-original designation are based on we have very little historical sources and so it's diffuclt to uncover ethnic identity or spoken language of Teotihuacan residents. Thus the work of contemporary scholars lies mostly on archeological research in the site itself or areas related historically by trade and politics. Most frequently they are dealing with architecture objects, mural...
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Contemporary Art in Ulaanbaatar
Prachařová, Rebeka ; Oberfalzerová, Alena (advisor) ; Zikmundová, Veronika (referee)
The B. A. thesis deals with research of the art scene in Ulaanbaatar, specializes in painting and presents an analysis of its current condition. At the beginning it briefly describes the history of Mongolian painting since the 16th century and the origin of the traditional Mongolian paint- ing. The following two chapters focus on the description of the painting scene of Ulaanbaatar through nine artists. They define the main genres and topics of contemporary works of art. The thesis is supplemented with the information about institutions and associations of the contem- porary artists in Ulaanbaatar. The ending of the thesis compares historical influences on the contemporary creation, parallels with the modern Europian painting and current tendencies of the painters of Ulaanbaatar. Key words art movement art style artist artwork contemporary art scene exhibition areas fine art modern art Mongolia painting of Tibetan buddhism SUIS - Mongolian University of Art and Culture themes of paintings traditional Mongolian painting - mongol zurag Ulaanbaatar
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Romantic Impulses in Victorian Literature
Beran, Zdeněk ; Hilský, Martin (advisor) ; Mánek, Bohuslav (referee) ; Peprník, Michal (referee)
The thesis attempts to discuss the character of late Romantic literature and art as it developed in England throughout the Victorian period. It follows the assertion made by G. Hough that it is possible to identify a continuous presence of Romantic ideas and methods in the writings of some major Victorian authors, and reflects the fact that there was actually no consensus or prevailing unequivocal view of Romanticism at that time, as is evidenced in the contradicting statements of such writers as John Ruskin and Walter Pater. The first objective of the thesis is thus to define the characteristic features of English Romanticism as they can be tracked down in the formative period of the 18th century and the time of High Romanticism of the first decades of the following century, and to see what transforming changes these characteristics underwent during the Victorian era. The sources of Romantic sensibility are located in the revolutionary role of the scientific discoveries of the 17th century and a new focus of the philosophical writings of that period, concerning mainly operations of the human mind. This development resulted in new aesthetic conceptions based on the two prevailing approaches, empiricism and Neo-Platonism. These theories conditioned the main concern of Romantic thought, i.e. an...
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On & Off …portrait of the era and today's man
Pešlová, Radmila ; Šmíd, Jan (advisor) ; Kitzbergerová, Leonora (referee)
ANOTATION Pešlová R.: OFF & ON ....PORTRAIT OF THE ERA AND TODAY'S MAN /Bachelor thesis /Prague 2012, Charles University, Faculty of Education, Departmen of art, 57 p. Thegoalofmythesisistoexploretheevolutionofhistoryofartin20.and21.centuryandexpresstheinfluenceoftheera onpicturingofamaninphotograph.Insomeperiodsphotographisapartofart,andsoireflectthisrelationaswell.The applied part consists of audiovisual and photographic work. In the didactic part I present four designs of art classes. I focus on cultural and social aspects, so that pupils can realize different possibilities of visual work and feel them as well as a funny game, in that they can realize themselves, their surroudings and family better. KEY WORDS development, fotograph, art, human, society, identity, identification
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Play and playfulness in fine art
Záhorská, Irena ; Hůla, Zdenek (advisor) ; Raudenský, Martin (referee)
The thesis deals with the phenomenon of play and games as a basic principle of human culture. Play has been present in all the fields of human culture and has been a crucial element for creating its dynamism ever since. The theoretical part stems from the works which are concerned with the theories of play. The most significant are Homo Ludens by Johan Huizinga, Oase des Glücks (The Oasis of Happiness), Spiel als Weltsymbol (Play as a Symbol of World) by Eugen Fink and Les jeux et les hommes (Man, Play and Games) by Roger Calloise who brings new viewpoint to this topic. The key element of this work is the manifestation of the topic in the fine arts. The thesis specifies its focus on the Czech fine Arts scene of the 20th and 21st century. The didactic part is focused on the possibility of the use of play and games in the lessons of Arts. It poses open-ended questions how to use play and games not only as a means of motivation but also as a tool of creation.
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Art and architecture of the Ethnographic exhibition 1895
Mědílková, Veronika ; Prahl, Roman (advisor) ; Machalíková, Pavla (referee)
Title of the thesis: Art and architecture of the Ethnographic exhibition 1895 The topic of the presented diploma thesis is the reconstruction of artist and item list presented on the Ethnographic exhibition of 1895, which was held in the premises of Holešovice Fairground in Prague from May 15 to September 28, 1895. Despite being one of the most important exhibition events held in Bohemia in the 19th Century (Jubilee Exhibition of 1891 - Ethnographic Exhibition of 1895 - Architecture and Engineering Exhibition 1898), it has not yet been systematically covered - not even from the history of art perspective. Based on the original material (leaflets, catalogues, guide-books) the thesis attempts to re- introduce the original public image of the exhibition and the character of the exposed items. The chapters of the thesis deal with the exhibition banner, the architecture (The Old Prague and Sample Village exhibitions), paintings, sculptures, commercial art (exhibition souvenirs). The thesis also attempts to trace the items and sketch their fate after the exhibition was over.
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