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Image of woman in print media in interwar Czechoslovakia
Zamazalová, Michaela ; Pech, Milan (advisor) ; Czumalo, Vladimír (referee)
1 Abstract The thesis "The image of a woman in the press at interwar Czechoslovakia" deals with the visual presentation of a woman who was an integral part of the First Republic press. The thesis attempts to provide an analysis of selected periodicals (magazines especially for women) in terms of the depiction of women. The thesis surveys the changes in society and lifestyle in this epoch of our history which complements the cultural-historical background of the time and familiarity with contemporary press. The thesis focuses primarily on issues of women's emancipation, which were at that time very current and projected also into all areas of the art. Emancipation influenced significantly the whole Czech artistic creation. We can find some evidence especially in the press, which also mediated the reflection of period. The thesis focuses only on the most important press at these times with regard to its scope. Eva revue was especially important for emancipatory efforts and is compared here with men's magazine Gentleman and avant-garde magazine ReD. The main part of the thesis focuses on the actual image of women, generally and in specific cases. The thesis deals with the image of a woman in selected sections of the interwar women's magazines - fashion, sport and motoring. The thesis compares some newspapers...
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Graphic design of Czech interwar avantgarde magazines and its creators
Moučková, Kristýna ; Slanec, Jaroslav (advisor) ; Čeňková, Jana (referee)
Diploma thesis Graphic design of Czech interwar avant-garde magazines and its creators deals with yet not very well covered topic of analysation of visual form of First Czechoslovak Republic cultural magazines that contains some of the avant-garde methods in its graphics. This thesis in its theoretical part relies on foreign influences, mainly on Russian constructivism, Dutch De Stijl artistic movement and German school of Bauhaus that played major part in shaping of the Czech avant-garde. With regard to the main topic of the text the emphasis is on specifics of graphic magazine creation and design, specifically on the works of Karel Teige, Ladislav Sutnar and František Muzika. The practical part of the thesis is then dedicated to three avant-garde magazine analyses. Journals ReD, Žijeme and HOST represent three different approaches of how the creators were able to work all avant-garde elements in the graphic form of the periodicals. In the analysis the attention is paid mainly on the front pages, composition, fonts, image components, other graphic elements that make up the whole visual aspect of every page and graphic form of advertising. In the end all three magazines are compared with one another to provide at least elementary overview of avant-garde graphic methods used in Czech magazines in...
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Piano Works by Valentin Silvestrov
Polietaieva, Olesia ; Palkovská, Jana (advisor) ; Tichá, Libuše (referee)
This thesis deals with the life of Valentin Silvestrov (1937), a world-famous Ukrainian composer of the 20th and 21st centuries. It describes the composer's transition from avant-garde to postmodernism and it includes a full catalog of contemporary compositions as well as some didactic and interpretative notes on playing piano pieces through the musical portrait of the composer, his inner world and his musical development. KEYWORDS Valentin Silvestrov, Ukrainian composer, Avant-garde, Kitsch Music, Children Music, Weak style, Bagatelle
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Art as a tool of Nazi and Communist propaganda
KAŠTÁNKOVÁ, Veronika
This dissertation aims to introduce propagandistic activity of Nazi Germany and Communist Russia, which fundamentally impacted all areas of people´s lives including human culture, which signifies absolute freedom under normal circumstances. Art production was faced with such immense ideological pressure that the artwork became mere tools of the propagandistic regime. In order to fully comprehend the success of the propaganda, the dissertation focuses mostly on the official art production of both regimes and its insertion into historical and psychological context. The dissertation follows the development of both regimes and their art worlds in order to find their basic characteristics, which in turn serve to show the common principles used by the propaganda that managed to manipulate millions of people all over the world under different ideologies.
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Graphic design of Czech interwar avantgarde magazines and its creators
Moučková, Kristýna ; Slanec, Jaroslav (advisor) ; Čeňková, Jana (referee)
Diploma thesis Graphic design of Czech interwar avant-garde magazines and its creators deals with yet not very well covered topic of analysation of visual form of First Czechoslovak Republic cultural magazines that contains some of the avant-garde methods in its graphics. This thesis in its theoretical part relies on foreign influences, mainly on Russian constructivism, Dutch De Stijl artistic movement and German school of Bauhaus that played major part in shaping of the Czech avant-garde. With regard to the main topic of the text the emphasis is on specifics of graphic magazine creation and design, specifically on the works of Karel Teige, Ladislav Sutnar and František Muzika. The practical part of the thesis is then dedicated to three avant-garde magazine analyses. Journals ReD, Žijeme and HOST represent three different approaches of how the creators were able to work all avant-garde elements in the graphic form of the periodicals. In the analysis the attention is paid mainly on the front pages, composition, fonts, image components, other graphic elements that make up the whole visual aspect of every page and graphic form of advertising. In the end all three magazines are compared with one another to provide at least elementary overview of avant-garde graphic methods used in Czech magazines in...
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Karel Teige's Book cover as a mirror of the avant-garde
ŠVEJKOVSKÁ, Karolína
The thesis deals with the issue of linking visual representation of a literary work of art, especially with the connection of Karel Teige typographical book envelopes to the poetry collections of Czech authors of the first half of the twentieth century. It focuses on the period of Czech avant-garde and new possibilities and limits of genre, artistic and semiotic definition. Attention is also devoted to contemporary anthology, professional journals and articles, especially by Karel Teig's production, in which he illustrates his concept of modern art. It also includes the marketing and aesthetic-educational character of visual imagery in literature for children and youth.
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From Scribe to Ministerial Counsellor: The Involvement of Jiří Mařánek in the Cinematography of the Forties and Fifties
Kupková, Marika ; Klimeš, Ivan (advisor) ; Skopal, P. (referee) ; Heczková, Libuše (referee)
1 Abstract The thesis focuses on the involvement of Jiří Mařánek in the management of the Film Department of the Ministry of Information during the years 1945 - 1948. His ministe- rial engagement is related to the contemporary strengthening of the importance of literary preparation of the film and to the associated state dramaturgical supervision. Jiří Mařánek belongs to the circle of writers connected on one hand through their affiliation with the interwar avant-garde movements, on the other hand by their postwar involve- ment in the power apparatus that ended by the political and economic changes in the late forties and fifties. His professional fate speaks about the changes of cultural policy of the state, about the institutional development of the cinema and about the relations between literary and cinematic arts. It is a testimonial of what a successful professional career meant for a man of letters and what relationship it had to the cinema. We follow therefore a relatively brief but breakthrough episode of a writer and retired officer in the position of the Ministerial Counsellor, and we try to place its course and causes into a complex network of historical and social contexts and personal motivation. Focusing on this personality unburdened neither by a historical uniqueness, fundamental role of...
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The feminine character in El final del juego by Julio Cortázar
Hubáčková, Ema ; Poláková, Dora (advisor) ; Krátká, Tereza (referee)
(in English) I have decided to dedicate my final thesis to a very important Argentinian author, translator and intellectual, Julio Cortázar. This work is based on one of his most important publications, Final del juego, concretely on the position of the women that are included in the stories of this publication. We can notice that Cortázar places a woman almost in every part of this book, but she is always seen in a negative way. This work is not written from the point of view of a feminist ideology. This thesis tries to compare the author's technique of writing with the one generally used in his era. We are going to analyze some concrete short stories from our corpus and we will search for the answer to why in some cases the work of Cortázar differs from other authors of that era and in what does it differ. The goal of this work is not only to analyze his work and present his ideas, but also to search for the possible roots and cause of his style of writing in such negative way about the women. Not only are we going to study his biography, but also the greek mythology and other aspects.
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Czech avant-garde argumentation, in ReD magazine's replies to outer eriticism
Škopková, Andrea ; Kučera, Štěpán (advisor) ; Köpplová, Barbara (referee) ; Bednařík, Petr (referee)
The theme of the work is assessment of argumentation strategies used by Revue Devetsil (ReD) editors, eg in response to articles published elsewhere or other critical contributions - especially in the context of conflict of art and politics. In particular, the observed situations relate to cases in which ReD editors expressed their views on the evaluations of contemporary avant-garde movement. The content of the study is an analysis of argumentation techniques according to social viewpoint. Rather than formal stylistic means, the text is oriented to contents and context of the use of specific or repeated arguments, especially the position from which the message is being produced. At the same time, the work captures the communication traits and characteristics of the First Republic cultural journalism and the position of the Czech avant-garde at the turn of the 1920s and 1930s. The thesis is divided into four chapters and a conclusion. The first one presents the media landscape of the First Republic cultural journalism, the second chapter informs about Devetsil movement, third part focuses on presentation of the goals of the Revue Devetsil, the fourth chapter presents examples of argumentative concepts on the genre of the manifesto, the polemics and the theoretical study. The conclusion discusses...
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Degenerate art in Nazi Germany, its influence and response in our country
KAŠTÁNKOVÁ, Veronika
This dissertation aims to introduce the concept of the so-called Degenerate art which was created in Nazi Germany. The dissertation focuses on the historical context which led to the emergence of hatred towards modern art and the subsequent impact of Nazism on the German art scene. The main focus is dedicated to the "Degenerate Art" exhibition which represents the climax of Nazi's attempt to ridicule and criticise the avant-garde. A section of the thesis concentrates on the "Great German Art Exhibition", which contained the official works of the Third Reich. As it was opened only few metres from the "degenerate" art, it can be seen as evidence of a well elaborated Nazi propaganda. The influence of Nazi cultural politics and the Degenerate art in Czechoslovakia and the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, including summary of the response from historical press, creates an essential part of this dissertation.
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