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Funeral Scenes in Minoan and Mycenaean Pictorial Art in LM IIIA-B and LH IIIA-B Periods
Žežule, Jakub ; Bouzek, Jan (advisor) ; Ondřejová, Iva (referee)
The subject of this paper is the portrayal of funeral scenes in pictoral art of the Third Phase of Late Minoan and Late Helladic culture. The topic of this study is the iconography of pictoral vases and clay coffins (larnakes). However, in the attempt of their interpretation, the author also sometimes considers seals, frescoes and the like. Occasionally, he also uses data from other ancient cultures of the Eastern Mediterranean basin. The goal of the Essay is to clarify some of the customs and worldview associated with death within the Minoan and Mycenaean civilizations.
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Sculptural Decoration of First Czechoslovak Republic's Administrative Buildings
Červený, Marek ; Lahoda, Vojtěch (advisor) ; Wittlich, Petr (referee)
We can consider the sculptural decoration of first Czechoslovak Republic's administrative buildings to be one of the typical manifestations of its time. In its iconography it translated to its contemporaries, as well as to the future generations, the basic ideological motives which the representative, artists and major part of the society considered to be the most important for the existence of the young democratic state. Their message is so clear that even today it can be understood. This thesis discusses in the first chapter the roots of basic iconographical circles (labor, working people) in the Czech art of the end of 19th and beginning of 20th century. Afterwards it focuses on the wider conditions of European art leading to the growing interests in realistic, neo-classical art and new objectivity. Following parts are aimed on arrival of civilism into the Czech interwar art scene and discuss the terms social art, social realism and social civilism and its possible use in the scope of sculptural decoration of administrative buildings. Then continues the overview of the most important iconographical motives which penetrated into the field of the sculptural decoration with special focus on the Czechoslovak pavilion at the International exhibition of decorative arts in Paris 1925. The following...
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Representation and Symbolic Meaning of Vegetation in Roman and Early Christian Art
Zvířecí, Petra ; Ondřejová, Iva (advisor) ; Bouzek, Jan (referee)
and keywords The thesis discusses the depiction of selected plant species in Roman and Early Christian art and further shortly deals with most considerable elements of vegetable ornaments and its development. The diploma work turns to symbolic meaning of the plants in connection with a religion and mythic tradition. First and second chapter pursue the depiction of herbs and trees (bushes) on mosaics, frescoes and relief-sculpture. In the third part the attention is paid to the significant elements of vegetable ornament: palmette, rosette and acanthus. Sometimes representations of plants from older period are mentioned for the sake of better explanation of their symbolic context (ancient Egypt, Greece). The thesis gathers information from writings of antique authors, in chapters dealing with Christian period from Bible and apocrypha, as well as from modern works related to the problematic. An objective of the thesis is to cover the differences in symbolic meanings of plants after an oncoming of Christianity, to determine, whether those plants were depicted onwards and in which context.
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Devotion and iconography of St. Mary Magdalene
Urbánková, Zuzana ; Royt, Jan (advisor) ; Pučalík, Marek (referee)
The Diploma thesis "Devotion and iconography of st. Mary Magdalen" - Two biblical characters have been associated with Mary Magdalene since the time of Gregory the Great; the unnamed sinner and Mary of Bethany. According to the Bible Mary Magdalene was one of the women who accompanied Jesus during His ministry. She was the woman from whom Jesus had cast out seven demons. She washed Jesus' feet with her tears and ointment. When Jesus was crucified she was there standing under the cross. She was present at His funeral. On Easter Sunday she went to the grave of the Lord to anoint His body. She discovered the empty tomb and saw the resurrected Jesus, who appeared to her as a gardener and sent her to announce His Resurrection to His disciples. She is considered "the apostle of the Apostles". According to an old French legend she was put in a boat without sails or oars and sailed to Marseilles, where she preached the gospel. Then she retreated to a cavern. There she lived as a recluse for thirty years. Every day she was lifted by angels up to heaven. She was buried in Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume. Her main cult centers were the places where her relics had been preserved; Vezelay in Burgundy in the Romanesque period , and Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baumesince since the 13th to 18th century. She is usually...
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Iconography of Bohemian Territorial Saint-Patrons in Book Illuminations of 16th century
Duchoslavová, Markéta ; Royt, Jan (advisor) ; Pučalík, Marek (referee)
Iconography of Bohemian Territorial Saint-Patrons in Book Illumination of 16th century The research subject of this thesis are illuminated manuscripts, not only liturgical books but first of all musical manuscripts of the rife literary fraternities - their hymn-book and graduals. These sources came up in the different religious groups - both Catholics and non-Catholic. The ambition of this thesis is research of relation for Bohemian territorial Saint-Patrons and iconographic analysis of style and character of depiction in different religious environments.
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The Iconography of Buddhist Art in Korea
Lee, Michaela ; Löwensteinová, Miriam (advisor) ; Ferklová, Blanka (referee)
in English: The aim of this thesis is to present the Korean Buddhist sculpture throughout the Korean history. The thesis presents Buddhist iconography at the beginning, focusing on the Korean art especially. Afterwards the main and most important Buddhist sculpture masterpieces are introduced. The sculptures represent certain period of Korean history. The work contains Korean Buddhist sculptures from the times of introducing Buddhism in Korea, i.e. Three Kingdoms period, and then presents the Buddhist sculpture from this time on, in Unified Silla, Koryŏ Kingdom and Chosŏn Kingdom. Key words: Buddhism, sculpture, iconography, Korea
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Iconography of river and sea monster in the Greek and Roman Art
Odler, Ján ; Ondřejová, Iva (advisor) ; Bouzek, Jan (referee)
This thesis is dealing with the iconography of the river and sea monsters in Greek and Roman art. The work is divided into five chapters. The first chapter deals with mythology of the river and sea deities, four selected examples are examined (Achelous, Ketos, Nereus and Triton). Deities are examined each from the second to fifth chapter. Each chapter except the first is divided according to the material of the iconographic sources, on the vases, gems, coins, reliefs, sculptures, sarcophagi, etc. Iconographic sources are described in detail in the chapters, primarily those, which are different. At the end of each chapter, except of the first, is a summary, in which are the sources compared and evaluated. In this summary are described the differences of the iconographic sources.
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Campi's Chess
Drössler, Karolína ; Konečný, Lubomír (advisor) ; Zlatohlávek, Martin (referee)
This thesis is about life work of Cremona painter, architect and decorator Giulio Campi (1508 - 1573), who created the painting "Game of chess". In the end of my thesis, the iconography of this painting is analyzed. Thesis includes history of chess play and it's influence on art, including the meaning of a each single chess figures. It also focuses on a female painter Sofonisb Anguissole, who is an author of famous painting with a chess theme and it compares her to Giulio Campi.
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