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Wooden churches from Subcarpathian Ruthenia in CzechoslovakiaChurch of St. Paraskeva in Blansko and the Church of St. Archangel Michael in Prague
Shyshova, Yuliana ; Ottová, Michaela (advisor) ; Royt, Jan (referee)
The aim of this bachelor thesis is to work on the issue of wooden churches from the 16th- 18th centuries from Subcarpathian Rus, which were moved to the territory of the Czechoslovak Republic in the interwar period. The thesis was narrowed down in view of the amount of archival material and the findings that emerged from it. The thesis discusses the Church of St. Paraskeva in Blansko and the Church of St. Archangel Michael in Prague. The thesis will provide comprehensive information about the churches, including their architectural history and furnishings, as well as their current condition. Additionally, an attempt at reconstructing the iconostasis in the Church of St. Paraskeva in Blansko will be made. The thesis will focus on the political and religious situation in Subcarpathian Rus and the cultural-historical context of the time, as a result of which these churches came into the possession of the Czechoslovak state. Thorough attention will be given not only to the currently used Church of St. Paraskeva in Blansko but also to the Church of St. Archangel Michael, which was affected by a fire on the premises of the cultural monument Letohrádek Kinských in Prague in 2020.
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The method of Karel Chytil observed on a selection of his works on Czech medieval art
Dvořáková, Michaela ; Kubík, Viktor (advisor) ; Royt, Jan (referee)
The maintheme of this thesis is to capture the way of thinkingof Karel Chytil and to define his art historical method in his essays on Czech medieval art. My intention is to find the basis and possible transformations of this method in the context of contemporaryart history studies, especially focusing on the Vienna school of Art History and the changing influence of positivism.Basedon a selectionof several works writtenover a period of almost fifty years, I would like not only to characterize more precisely Chytil's methods and the development of his consideration, but also to introduce the essays themselves - the circumstances of their creation, their contemporary reception, and the significance and contribution they made to the Czech environment.
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Iconographic analysis of the painting by Jan Vermeer - Allegory of Faith
Sotnikova, Iana ; Zlatohlávek, Martin (advisor) ; Royt, Jan (referee)
The subject of this work is Jan Vermeer's painting Allegory of the Catholic faith, painted in the seventies of the seventeenth century - during the Golden Age of Dutch painting. The painting explores its theme, so the work focuses mainly on iconographic and iconological analysis. The meaning of each of the many and varied symbols that this image contains is examined. The aim of the work is to describe in detail and interpret the elements of the depicted allegory. The task also consists in the recognition of symbolic and allegorical objects and their interpretation in a contemporary context. The main sources of information, in addition to the image itself, will be electronic media, written sources, namely 42 publications from the list of literature, among which there are iconographic dictionaries, monographs about the artist and other works. The work consists of an introduction, five chapters, a conclusion, A list of literature, appendices and a picture part. The practical significance of the work lies in its possible use for lectures and workshops on the art of Holland, the art of the baroque and for writing other scientific works.
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The Development of the Cult of St. John of Nepomuk to Canonization
Herold, Miroslav ; Petráček, Tomáš (advisor) ; Mikulec, Jiří (referee) ; Royt, Jan (referee)
The cult of St. John of Nepomuk was one of the characteristic features of life in the Habsburg Empire and other European catholic countries in the early modern period. The origins of veneration for the medieval martyr were tied to Prague, to his tomb in the cathedral, to the Metropolitan Chapter. The saint became famous above all for the conviction that he gave his life for the preservation of the confessional secret. With his death he preserved the good name of the Czech Queen Joan, who confessed to him; on the other hand, he is said to have punished those who were disrespectful of his own posthumous reputation and grave. He therefore became an immensely popular defender of honour and reputation, values highly valued in the early modern society. Under the influence of the Prague Chapter, St. John's veneration was taken up by the Habsburgs, the Catholic rulers who ascended the throne of John's torturer, Wenceslaus IV, and John's spiritual daughter, Joan. They venerated the saint as one of the patron saints of the Bohemian kingdom, which they ruled. The recatholicization of this kingdom and its associated countries enabled the growth of St John's veneration, which by the end of the 17th century had already begun to spread vigorously beyond their borders. At the beginning of the 18th century, this...
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Andrej Rublev in the context of the era
Lir, Elizaveta ; Royt, Jan (advisor) ; Jančárková, Julie (referee)
The aim of this bachelor's thesis is to present the artistic work of the Russian iconographer Andrei Rublev. This is primarily a review of his work from the perspective of 20th and 21st century historians. At the same time, the literature related to this topic is also summarized in the presented work. Individual works are arranged in chronological order, from the earliest to the latest. In addition to the work of Andrei Rublev, the main attention in the thesis is also given to Orthodox icons and the work of Theophanes the Greek. The thesis presents both older and newer conclusions of domestic art history.
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Early medieval crypts in Bohemia
Tiagusheva, Tatiana ; Royt, Jan (advisor) ; Kuthan, Jiří (referee)
This thesis is devoted to early medieval crypts in Bohemia. It aims to create a catalog the early medieval crypts in the Czech until the end of the 13th century. It analyzes the existing literature on crypts in the Czech Republic, crypt functions in the Medieval Church, the presence or the absence of crypts in the architecture of the Benedictine and Cistercian monastic orders. Also it characterizes the typology of medieval crypts. This thesis describes ten early medieval buildings, from the oldest to the newest ones: the crypt of Břevnov Monastery, the crypt of basilica of Saint Wenceslas in Stará Boleslav, the crypt of the Sázava Monastery, crypts of Spytihněv's basilica in the Prague Castle, the crypt of the Doksany monastery, the crypts of Basilica of St. George in the Prague Castle, the crypt of the Hradiště nad Jizerou Monastery, the crypt of Teplice Monastery, the crypt of the church of Saint Gall in Poříčí nad Sázavou and the crypt of the St. Stephen's church in Kouřim.
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The influence of the Classical antiquity on the Romanesque period in Bohemia and Moravia
Jubánek, Tomáš ; Royt, Jan (advisor) ; Kuthan, Jiří (referee)
My bachelor's thesis tries to describe and document the mediated influence of the Classical antiquity on constructions in the Romanesque period in Bohemia and Moravia. It takes into account the historical development from the beginning and extinction of the antiquity era until the end of the Romanesque period, contextually elaborates on the development of architecture in Western and Central Europe and on significant buildings - the model examples it illustrates the ways of influence of antiquity leading to the territory of Bohemia and Moravia with special regard to Christianity and its role in the formation of architecture, as well as the witness of ancient architecture, Marcus Vitruvius Pollio. It documents, on few suitable examples, the influence of the antiquity on the architecture of specific buildings in Bohemia and Moravia, namely the Convent of the Premonstratensian Sisters in Doksany, palace in the Olomouc castle, the Church of St. Procopius in Záboří nad Labem, the Church of St. James the Older in Jakub near Kutná hora and finally the Church of Sts. Peter and Paul in Řeznovice in Moravia. The results of the examination are then evaluated at the end of the bachelor's thesis.
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Seven Corporal Works of Mercy and Seven Deadly Sins in Czech Medieval Arts
Eichlerová, Eliška ; Vymazalová, Marie (advisor) ; Royt, Jan (referee)
The bachelor's thesis will deal with the theme of the seven-corporal works of mercy and the seven deadly sins in Czech fine art. These opposing themes develop primarily in a middle-class environment, where they were supposed to appeal to the moral life of the middle-class people. The first part of this thesis will discuss the development of the doctrine of the seven deadly sins in the Middle Ages. The variability of approaches to the seven sins will also be revealed by a comparison with the development of the doctrine of the virtues, where it is also possible to show the starting points for the formation of the medieval teaching on the seven-corporal works of mercy. The second part deals with the analysis of individual sins and acts of mercy, their meaning, and the way they are depicted. In the third part, I will also focus on individual examples of the depiction of this iconography in European art, and we will mention a few important works, especially from the High and Late Middle Ages. Following on from European art, the last chapters will focus on individual examples of the seven-corporal works of mercy and the seven deadly sins in the Czech environment, especially in the book painting and monumental mural.
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Westwerk. A contextual analysis of the roots and meaning of the birth of the specific architectural element and its impact on not just carolingian but also later sacral architecture in Europe.
Horáček, Michal ; Royt, Jan (advisor) ; Macek, Petr (referee)
The essay hereby submitted concerns itself with the genesis of the architectural element generally known in art-historical studies as westwerk/westwork and originating in the Carolingian times of the eigth and ninth centuries. Methodologically the topic is approached from two mutually opposite perspectives. One, in the vein of the Vienna Scool, pays attention to the development of westwerk's form, i.e "from within," while the other favours the view "from outside," and stresses the cultural, political and other influences of the historical time.It also take into account the receptive approach of Ernst Gombrich. The main reason for wfiting this essay, however, is the fact that no special work has as yet been dedicated to the westwerk phenomenon in the Czech environment, aven though its influence on the local architecture was far from negligible.
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Comparison of texts and images of Visitatio Sepulchri in the region of northern Spain and southern France in the Middle Ages
Kuliešiūtė, Indrė ; Royt, Jan (advisor) ; Jarošová, Markéta (referee)
Bibliografická citace Comparison of texts and images of Visitatio Sepulchri in the region of Northern Spain and Southern France in the Middle Ages [rukopis] : diplomová práce / Indrė Kuliešiūtė; vedoucí práce: Jan Royt. -- Praha, 2023. -- 47 s. Abstract The Bible tells of an event when several women meet one or two angels by the empty Tomb of Christ. Such motive in art is called the Holy Women at the Empty Tomb or sometimes the Three Maries at the Sepulchre. The goal of this thesis is to explore the connection between the images of this motive in the Southern France and Northern Spain to the Easter dialogues and liturgical plays that tell this story. The peculiarity in this region is the gestures of the angel and sometimes of the women: they are depicted in the action of lifting the lid of the sarcophagus to look inside. To my best knowledge, such an arrangement does not occur even once outside of this region. To achieve the goal of the thesis, the artworks and the drama texts from this region were surveyed. The artwork was analyzed, focusing mostly on the gestures of the figures, while the discussion of the drama texts focused mainly on the rubrics, instructing the performers what actions and how they are to carry out. This thesis argues that the greatest variety and originality of the artworks is where...
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