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Zdeněk Wirth and Pelhřimov - Karel Polesný, Pavel Janák, and the Pelhřimov branch of the Club for Old Prague (1908-1914)
Kábová, Hana
The young scholar of arts Zdeněk Wirth had close links with Pelhřimov. One of the key figures in the cultural life of the town was Karel Polesný (1880-1971), a grammar school teacher, a historian and a former fellow-student of Wirth at the art studies seminar. He can be used as an example to demonstrate links between the environment of a provincial town and modern tendencies in architecture and monument conservation. Important events were the creation of the first book about this small town (Wirth - Polesný, Pelhřimov, 1911), and the foundation and activities of the Pelhřimov branch of the Club for Old Prague, of which Polesný became president. With Wirth’s support Polesný brought the leading architects Pavel Janák, Otakar Novotný, and Josef Chochol to Pelhřimov. The background context of the buildings Janák designed in Pelhřimov is of interest either.
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The material left by Zdeněk Wirth on his death in the documentation department of the Institute of Art History AS CR
Krummholz, Martin ; Uhlíková, Kristina ; Vácha, Štěpán
The article deals with the extensive collection of materials left by Zdeněk Wirth, which he bequeathed shortly before his death to what is today the Institute of Art History, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic. The unusual quantity of these materials, quite exceptional for a personal collection, together with their nature (they include many photographs, plans, and drawings), suggest the hypothesis that the greater part of this collection consists of the remains of the former Historical Monuments Archive, built up during the interwar years at the State Photogrammetry Institute.
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"Don´t speak of an experience." The correspondence between Zdeněk Wirth and Antonín Matejček in 1915
Uhlíková, Kristina
The correspondence between the art historians Zdeněk Wirth and Antonín Matějček in 1915 documents in an interesting way the mentality of the people who established the foundations of the modern concept of art history studies in the Czech lands. In their letters, the two friends comment on contemporary events in the field, especially on articles that were published, and deal with behind-the-scenes negotiations about who would fill which positions in Prague institutions and plans for the future development of art history after the war was over.
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Zdeněk Wirth and Cubist architects
Švácha, Rostislav
In preservation of the historical cities, Wirth introduced modern methods influenced by Alois Riegl. He was convinced that the forms of Cubist architecture offered an ideal way how to innovate cities´s environment.
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Zdeněk Wirth and historical gardens
Muchka, Ivan
Zdeněk Wirth is one of the most importing Czech art historians in the first half of the 20th century and a universal figure, whose interest covered both a broad time span of the visual arts and a great variety of topics. One of his predilections was development of Bohemian gardens in European context. Muchka is attempting to raise questions of the sources of knowledge, which Wirth acquired at the beggining of his career.
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Zdeněk Wirth, the Czech art historian and monument conservation organiser
Uhlíková, Kristina
Zdeněk Wirth was one of the most influential figures in Czech cultural history in the first half of the 20th century. He had a major impact on the Czech art history field, he became one of the most active promoters of modern architecture in the Czech milieu, and it was also thanks to him that the importance of monument conservation by both the state and associations increased considerably. The paper summarizes the importance of this person.
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