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Motif of landscape in the work of J. M. W. Turner
KUČEROVÁ, Iva
The bachelor's thesis entitled landscape motif in the work of J. W. M. Turner is divided into a theoretical part and a practical part. The theoretical part deals with the personalities of J. W. M. Turner in the context of the time, especially the influence of his work on the artistic events of English landscape architecture. Attention is also focused on Turner's plein air artwork and the popular technique that became watercolor. This part also focuses on J. M. W. Turner's contemporaries who were creating at this time. The practical part is devoted to and inspired by J. W. M. Turner's artistic work. The aim of the practical part is watercolor paintings, sketch material and preparatory sketches from plein air.
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Depiction of the countryside in the works of 19th century painters (theoretical-practical thesis)
MARTÍNEK, Miroslav
This Bachelor's thesis "Depiction of the countryside in the works of 19th century painters" consists of two parts - theoretical and practical. The theoretical part describes the development of the depiction of the rural environment in the paintings of the 19th century. The main focus is on the Western painting tradition and important Czech painters. With regard to this topic, the historical context is also mentioned to better understanding of the theme. The practical part develops the knowledge that is mentioned in the theoretical part in the conditions of today's countryside. The sketch material is made similarly to the described painters. This material serves as experience for the final landscape paintings. At the very end, in the appendices, readers can familiarize themselves with the visual material that is mentioned in the text.
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A Night in the Mill
Topínková, Anita ; Havlíček, Jiří (referee) ; Zet, Martin (advisor)
Be moving, seek, hunt for sth, can´t find it so far, that is a promise of paradise, or a paradise itself. Mobility as a protest, pursuit of adventure, searching for escape, authenticity or identity.
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Autobiographical Reflections in Jane Austen's Fictional World
Vošmíková, Marcela ; Chalupský, Petr (advisor) ; Grmelová, Anna (referee)
This thesis deals with autobiographical reflections in selected novels of Jane Austen. The theoretical part looks into the social, historical, and cultural background in Jane Austen's lifetime. It also gives a general outline of literary genres in the late 18th and early 19th century. The practical part is focused on the analysis of various aspects in six Austen's books within the context of the available information about the writer's life. These novels are: Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma, Northanger Abbey, and Persuasion. This part deals with the question concerning an extent to which Austen's writing, the fictional worlds of her novels, can be attributed to the influence of her personal life and experience.
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Romantic idealism in George Sand's ''country'' novels
SOCHORKOVÁ, Kristýna
This bachelor thesis is concerned with the work of George Sand, an important French writer of the 19th century. The aim of the thesis is to fathom the writer's rural novels and to determinate the role of idealized elements in these novels. The thesis contains a theoretical and an analytical section. The theoretical section briefly introduces the historical and literary context of the Romantic movement in France and, subsequently, mentions George Sand's biography and literary output. The analytical section consists of analysis of Sand's rural novels (The Devil's Pool, The Country Waif, Little Fadette and Les Maîtres Sonneurs) with emphasis on identifying idealized elements. The analysis focuses on characteristics of main characters and the rural setting where George Sand strove to portray an image of an ideal human being. A summary of all four analyses follows and pursues interconnected themes in her rural novels.
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Christian Kitsch
ŠOJSLOVÁ, Lucie
This diploma thesis deals with kitsch as a manipulative tool parasitizing in the Christian environment, at the heart of which are especially emotionally colored and often sentimental themes that directly attack the feelings of the viewer. The main content is also the definition of similarities and differences between sacred and spiritual art, holy pictures and kitsch. The aim of the thesis is to bring the concept of "Christian kitsch", to point out its power and to think about the question of whether Christianity would even be able to exist without kitsch.
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The Representation of the Svojanov castle in the 19th and 20th Century Czech Literature
URBÁNKOVÁ, Soňa
The small town of Svojanov, dominated by a medieval castle, has become an inspiration for many authors, prose writers, and poets. The first references to Svojanov can be found at the time of the National Revival, and this literary tradition continues to the present time. The aim of this work is to document all available texts in which the literary image of the place was developed during the 19th and 20th centuries. In particular, the genres in which the given image was applied and how it changed in the context of contemporary literary discourses (emphasis will be placed on the dominant discourses of 19th-century romanticism, parnasism, realism). The available electronic resources (Caslin catalog, Retrobi database, ) will be used for the research and the resulting text will be provided to the Svojanov castle administration.
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Italy through the eyes of Romantic writer Alexandre Dumas
KOREŇOVÁ, Noemi
The aim of the presented bachelor thesis is to introduce Italy through the perspective of Alexandre Dumas the Elder, a Romantic writer, which he provides in a travel book dedicated to Tuscany - Une année a Florence. Based on an analysis of the set work, it deals with how the author´s experiences of the journey mediate historical, political and cultural events from contemporary Italy and to give an idea of his personal relation to them.
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The chateau Český Rudolec. Building history and stylistic context.
SMRŽOVÁ, Eva
The Bachelor Thesis The chateau Český Rudolec - building history and arts-historical context summarizes the basic information related to the chateau itself, but also to its close surroundings, with a focus on the last reconstruction into neogothic form and on the prospective owner Michael Angelo Picchioni. The chateau is then set in the context of similar 19th-century historicist buildings.
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