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Wall Paintings in the Rotunda of St. Catherine in Znojmo
Louženská, Monika ; Kubík, Viktor (advisor) ; Ottová, Michaela (referee)
Kopie - Bakalářská práce_Louženská Monika.txt ABSTRACT The romanesque rotunda of the St. Catherine in Znojmo is one of the most important monument in Czech Republic and Central Europe. From 1962 it's registered as National Cultural Monument. Its unique murals with uncommon content have been subject of discussions of many specialists for almost two centuries and still haven't been satisfactorily explained. Over the past centuries the colour of the paintings have lost its brightness, but individual elements of the Romanesque style still remain legible. Its verticalism and linearism is related to the European expression of Byzantine - like linear style from around 1100 A.D. Paintings with closest relations to this style were found in Salzburg and Prüfening near Regensburg in second third of the 12th century. The decoration of the rotunda can be divided into two parts. The first is ecclesiastical, the second secular. In the ecclesiastical part belongs christological cycle in the nave of the rotunda (Annunciation of Our Lady, Visitation, Nativity and Annunciation of Shepherds in combination with Joseph's Dream, Adoration of the Magi, Killing of the Innocents and Flight to Egypt), paintings in apse (Majestas Domini in Deesis and figures of 12 apostels in arches) and in cupola (the quartet of Cherubs and...
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The cycle of murals in Znojmo and problem of the development of Czech monumental painting in 12th century in the context of Central Europe
Louženská, Monika ; Kubík, Viktor (advisor) ; Všetečková, Zuzana (referee)
Monika LOUŽENSKÁ: The cycle of murals in Znojmo and problem of the development of czech monumental painting in 12th century in the context of Central Europe. The study developes the theme of foregoing bachelor's thesis, aimed on paintings in rotunda of St. Catherine in Znojmo, and deals with question of further development of Bohemian mural panting in 12th century. Currently known monuments of Czech mural from 12th century are decorations of churches of St. Catherine in Znojmo, St. Clement in Stará Boleslav, St. George on Prague castle, St. Peter in New Town in Prague and St. Peter and Paul in Albrechtice nad Vltavou. These paintings are related by its style resources and pictorial form also to murals from early 13th century in churches of St. Wenceslav in Prague on Prosek, Assumption of Virgin Mary in Tismice, St. Lawrence in Lesser Town in Prague, St. John and Paul in Krteň and St. Jacob in Stříbrná Skalice. The main part of thesis is dedicated to the analysis of particular paintings, with the using of iconographic method, formal analysis, elder literature about theme, restoration reports and other documentation. It deals with themes of murals and its style qualities and searches for its style resources, questions of dating and its donors. Important section is focused on historical context of...
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Wall Paintings in the Rotunda of St. Catherine in Znojmo
Louženská, Monika ; Kubík, Viktor (advisor) ; Ottová, Michaela (referee)
Kopie - Bakalářská práce_Louženská Monika.txt ABSTRACT The romanesque rotunda of the St. Catherine in Znojmo is one of the most important monument in Czech Republic and Central Europe. From 1962 it's registered as National Cultural Monument. Its unique murals with uncommon content have been subject of discussions of many specialists for almost two centuries and still haven't been satisfactorily explained. Over the past centuries the colour of the paintings have lost its brightness, but individual elements of the Romanesque style still remain legible. Its verticalism and linearism is related to the European expression of Byzantine - like linear style from around 1100 A.D. Paintings with closest relations to this style were found in Salzburg and Prüfening near Regensburg in second third of the 12th century. The decoration of the rotunda can be divided into two parts. The first is ecclesiastical, the second secular. In the ecclesiastical part belongs christological cycle in the nave of the rotunda (Annunciation of Our Lady, Visitation, Nativity and Annunciation of Shepherds in combination with Joseph's Dream, Adoration of the Magi, Killing of the Innocents and Flight to Egypt), paintings in apse (Majestas Domini in Deesis and figures of 12 apostels in arches) and in cupola (the quartet of Cherubs and...
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