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The Palace of the Count Michna of Vacínov. A Building and It's Contexts
Kadlec, Tadeáš ; Biegel, Richard (advisor) ; Macek, Petr (referee)
(EN) The Prague's Lesser Town house of count Václav Michna of Vacínov (1611?-1667) pertains to be one of the biggest mysteries of the history of 17th-century architecture in Bohemia, the attention of a number of scholars notwithstanding. The grandiosity of the proposed plan, known in its entirety from a later copy, as well as the imposing design of the house's east front, distinguishing itself by a skilful use of the classical orders, indicate an employment of a designer of a rather surprising capacity and adroitness, given the time and place - Prague in the sixteen- thirties and sixteen-forties. The only incontestable clue, that suggests itself to a solver of this riddle, remains to be the date of the completion of the palace's stucco decoration (1644) and the name of its author, Domenico Galli (died 1675). The anonymity of the designing architect led the previous researchers to search for formal analogies in the Italian architectural production, quite without convincing results. The principal intention of this thesis, aside from an assessment of the previous findings and an attempt for a more accurate placement of the building in the context of Italian architecture, is rather to propose a reading of its meaning, based on a deeper knowledge of the patron's life, his interests, and representational...
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Salon à l'Italienne. The Inception of the Oval Hall Phenomenon Between the 17th Century France, Italy and Austria
Kadlec, Tadeáš ; Biegel, Richard (advisor) ; Macek, Petr (referee)
(EN) The centrally planned oval hall lis a significant phenomenon in the history of the European architecture of the 17th century. In the French region these halls are called "salon à l'italienne", which implies not only a specific attitude to spacial design of interior, but also a possible Italian inspiration. This work focuses on the inception of the oval hall phenomenon between Italy and France and follows it's propagation to the region of the Central Europe - through the work of the most important regional architects: Louis Le Vau, Gianlorenzo Bernini, Johanna Bernhard Fischer von Erlach and Giovanni Battista Alliprandi. Key words: architecture of the 17th century, salon, oval, Louis Le Vau, Gianlorenzo Bernini, Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach, Giovanni Battista Alliprandi, France, Italy, Austria.
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