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Prague and Florentine Neo-Renaissance Architecture of the 19th Century: Cultural and Historical Background and Comparison of Selected Edifices with the Models from the Renaissance Era
Grmelová, Kateřina ; Půtová, Barbora (advisor) ; Prahl, Roman (referee) ; Pošva, Rudolf (referee)
Kateřina Grmelová Pražská a florentská neorenesanční architektura 19. století: Kulturně-historické souvislosti a komparace vybraných staveb s renesančními vzory Prague and Florentine Neo-Renaissance Architecture of the 19th Century: Cultural and Historical Background and Comparison of Selected Edifices with the Models from the Renaissance Era THESIS ABSTRACT The thesis deals with the cultural and historical background of the 19th century which influenced the visual aspect of the architecture of that time, as well as its popularity. It compares selected Neo-Renaissance edifices in Prague and Florence with the models from the Renaissance era. The theoretical part of the thesis describes the milieu of the 19th century with the objective to better understand the ideological sources of the Neo-Renaissance architecture and thus point to its connections with the society, its ideas, values and ability to deal with changes. There are described only the moments which formed the visual aspect of the 19th century architecture. Based on the analysis of texts written in the 19th , 20th and 21st centuries, the thesis describes the reasons why the Historicist, precisely the Neo-Renaissance architecture found its inspiration in the past, why it was so popular and how it was perceived by theorists of architecture and by...

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