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Czechoslovakia and the French modern art from 1923 to 1937
Savický, Nikolaj ; Prahl, Roman (advisor) ; Wittlich, Petr (referee) ; Lahoda, Vojtěch (referee)
Před koncem 19. století byly možnosti české politické reprezentace na mezinárodní scéně minimální. V těchto podmínkách představovaly vztahy s francouzskou reprezentací z pohledu české politické a kulturní elity nejen protiváhu proti německému vlivu, ale také také jistou náhradu za neexistující diplomacii a v mnohém nahrazovaly politickou činnost. Otevření francouzského konzulátu v Praze roku 1897 bylo důležitým momentem českého politického života. Na počátku 20. století zorganizoval Spolek výtvarných umělců Mánes řadu výstav francouzského umění, zejména v letech 1907, 1910 a 1914. České publikum tak mělo první příležitost vidět díla impresionistů, postimpresionistů a kubistů. Z druhé z těchto výstav zakoupil spolek Derainovo monumentální plátno Koupání (1908). Tato tradice byla přerušena první světovou válkou. Pět let po založení nezávislého Československa, byla obnovena. Činem československé vlády, majícím za cíl zlepšení česko-francouzských vztahů, pak vznikla jedinečná sbírka, která je dodnes celosvětově důležitá pro bádání o francouzském umění 19. a počátku 20. století.
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Modern trends in photography
Ličmanová, Kateřina ; Horný, Stanislav (advisor) ; Černý, Zbyněk (referee)
The aim of this thesis is to describe selected modern trends in photography and show their impact on society. The thesis describes the history of photography, sorting of digital cameras, and selected trends such as DSLR, mobile phones, selfie phenomenon, Polaroid, Lytro and aerial photography. In each trend there will be examples, users and financial demands.
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Illusion or reality? Iconography of Japanese and European landscape painting at the turn of the 19th and 20th century within the context of reflection of reality and a phenomenon of Japonism
Hánová, Markéta ; Royt, Jan (advisor) ; Lahoda, Vojtěch (referee) ; Prahl, Roman (referee)
It is an undisputable fact that Japonisme became one of the chief sources of inspiration for modern European visual arts which introduced new expressive modes in reflection of reality. Thanks to the Japanese influence a significant break was attained in landscape painting in a way of perceiving reality different from a mimetic way of representation. This genre witnessed a remarkable formalistic development which in general brought up a dynamic structure of painting by means of ornamental principles. An ornament then becomes a mediator of rhythmic perception in a painting which is not to reveal well described decorative patterns, however, rather its genuine features reflecting a continuing motion of visual particularities as well as a rhythmic change of composition or expressive means. This paper studies original principles of landscape painting that had penetrated into Japanese painting from China and which have entered in a visual vocabulary of European avant-garde since the second half of the 19th century. Thanks to a strong relation of Czech painters with the French milieu, the somentioned Japanese landscape principles were actually brought up in Czech art at the turn of the 19th and 20th century.
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Bullying in elementary school
Blatná, Pavla ; Lorenzová, Jitka (referee) ; Vítečková, Michaela (advisor)
This Masters Thesis attempts to link theoretical questions about agressiveness and bullying with practical mapping of the current situation and to present possible solutions. The theoretical part concerning agressiveness starts with various experts' theories of human behavior and progresses to describe contemporary problematic social phenomena such as pornography, media violence, addictive substances and virtual reality, which have been understood as factors increasing agressive behavior. Bullying, as a specific type of agressive behavior, is further described in the context of elementary schools. Theoretical framework of bullying is complemented with mapping of specific institutions involved in finding solutions to bullying in the Czech Republic. The last chapter presents information resources available to pedagogical staff within the Czech educational system who are interested in this socio-pathological phenomenon or must deal with it.
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The study of the Amazonian Pavilion
Trčková, Veronika ; Vacek, Oldřich (advisor) ; Pavel, Pavel (referee)
If we designed a building intended for people, we would be able to base it on many predetermined regulations and standards. The only remaining work would be a detailed literature study and creation itself. Constructing buildings for regular farm animal breeding would, in a simplified way, follow the same pattern. However, the ecosystem pavilion is a very particular space. It's a combination of animals, plants, people and various technical, operational, layout and stage design solutions.
Designing a tropical pavilion is a very complicated creation, requiring a coordination of various fields which need to find a way to cooperate. Therefore, the architect needs to work closely with zoologists, botanists, breeders and others, try to gain an insight into the animal farming issues and acquire the knowledge of trends in breeding and exposition practice.
The aim of the diploma thesis is to summarize the findings drawn from reference literature and to develop a comprehensive research which consists of historical development of menageries, continues to contemporary modern zoological garden and finally to ecosystem pavilion phenomenon. After this complex issue, we review the foundation data on the definition and characteristics of the territory supporting the pavilion study and we reflect on the principles of designing the ecosystem pavilion.
The project itself is a study of pavilion interior which represents a sector of Amazon ecosystem. We can simply say that it comprises living botanical and zoological collections of this habitat, which are supplemented by imitations of natural elements. It results in an almost perfect impression of the environment. In accordance with these basic principles, a philosophy of zoo exhibition concept is developed. A man and farmed species are put on a same level. The probability of a visitor to see the animal in the exhibition is the same as the chances of the animal to hide from unwelcome guests. This fact increases the ressemblance of the pavilion ecosystem visit to a real expedition into the countryside.
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"Death, Death, you are always so carving of lives." Mortality and funeral ritual in Cheb in the second half of 19th century
KOLOUCHOVÁ, Jana
The presented thesis deals with the phenomenon of death in the second half of the 19th century using the area around the Cheb town as an example. The source base is made up by information from Christian registers of deaths, prescriptive regulations and tangible evidences. As a main methodological basis the Historical Demography was chosen, but the other approaches were used as a Historical Anthropology and Art History. The most important emphasis was oriented on getting results from statistical research. The index of death issues was researched from several circumstances. Not only the data on approximate life expectancy, infant mortality and seasonal movement was reached, but also the analysis of the causes of death was made with the respect of its German terms. The attention was oriented on infectious diseases, with which the society of the second half of 19th century was afflicted too. The question of spread of epidemics is given into the wider context in the subsequent chapter, which is devoted to influence to prevent the gradual lengthening of life expectancy. The attention was devoted to the analysis of preserved tombstones from the 2nd half of 19th century on the base of fieldwork. The artifacts were assessed from the point of view of artistic representation. The epitaphs were recorded as well for the identification of specific persons. The conclusion of this topic was the thought of vandalism of modern time and the importance of preservation of the testimonial of funeral culture as a proof of high art. The main aim of presented thesis is not only to find out what were the mortality situations of the monitored period, but also the changes of funeral rite influenced by emancipation of bourgeois society. The connection with early modern period tradition of colossal noble funeral ceremony was pointed out. The shift of attention from the deceased to the bereaved was substantiated on the analysis of the preserved tombstones from the second half of 19th century and from the parsing of the funeral announcements in the regional press. The complexity was amplified by the study of lives of the two generations of sculptors from Cheb, who influenced unchangeably the appearance of the local cemetery. Thanks to the language analysis of the term ?the Death? presented on the pages of Glossaries from that time and by the excursion into the folk?s habits connected with the end of life journey of rural population, the issues of Death and funeral ritual were studied from multiple perspectives. For obtaining the complete view, there was necessary to work not only with results of statistics, but also to consider the interdisciplinary approach.
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New Movements in the Church and Postmodern Spirituality
Noska, Martin ; Lachman, Jan (advisor) ; Zach, Pavel (referee)
Growth of the postmodern spirituality is caused by the transformation of our society from modern to postmodern one or from industrial to information type that has begun in the middle of the 20th century and continues to the present. These social changes affect not only churches, but also for majority of human beings the relationship to God. Postmodern man/woman does not like archaic traditional forms of the spirituality; he/she tries to live his/her relationship to God in individual specific form, sometimes completely modified according to their visions. It causes the spiritual deregulation, which is the typical phenomenon of present time. Many new movements in church based on postmodern principles try to satisfy the spiritual needs of today's men/women, for whom are the old church institutions functionless. In my opinion, this trend will continue in future in this direction. The growing of new movements and the decay of the old institutions is easily noticeable already today. The main characteristics of postmodern spirituality are for example the charismatism, emphasis on personal relationships, evangelicalism, spontaneous missionary activities and the new forms of ecumenism. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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The influence of the Catholic church on the status of women in contemporary Czech and Italian society
Zoufalá, Marcela ; Soukup, Václav (advisor) ; Matějů, Martin (referee)
The object of the work is an empirical-theoretical analysis of the relation between institutionalized religious faith and the female role in the given context.There are several fundamental topics we have focused on in this comparative research: divorce, contraception, interruption, AIDS and preservative, assisted reproduction, the potential promotion of women in the hierarchy of the Catholic Church and duty of celibacy. The project is composed of two relatively independent parts. The concept of the first part forms a theoretical base, which should map the historical changes of the family institution, the phenomenon of gender as a cultural construct and the role of the Catholic Church as a significant sociocultural imperative. Second, the empirical part of the project requires survey-based research among Czech and Italian women. So far the questionnaire has been distributed in Italy (March - May 2005; the number of collected questionnaires from Italian respondents is 411) and in the Czech Republic (May - July 2006; the number of collected questionnaires from Czech respondents is 411). The next country where the research will be worked out is Slovakia (in the year 2007/2008).
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French poetry and its Czech translations of the 1960's
Plačková, Anna ; Šotolová, Jovanka (referee) ; Belisová, Šárka (advisor)
This thesis, subtitled Boundaries of Poetry - Boundaries of Translation, examines the French poets who published their works in the post World War Two era. One of the aims has been to find out if these poets have been translated into Czech. The situation of the era seems to be a very special one: in the 1960's, more than 2000 poets published their poems in France; looking at Czech translation of French poetry, one may, however, get the impression that this was the era of only one French poet: Jacques Prévert. The term modern 101 poetry itself also need clarification, as it is very often associated with poets of the 19th century (e.g. Charles Baudelaire, Stéphane Mallarmé). The focus of this thesis lies on the 1960's, for several reasons: in terms of time, the decade lies quite close to present day; and yet, it still has the much desired distance, which allows for a more objective examination. The era is also special in terms of politics: the end of World War Two, the 1948 Communist Coup in Czechoslovakia, French colonial policy in Africa, and the socio-cultural upheaval and changes brought about by it, especially in 1968. Moreover, the conditions for the translation of Western literature into Czech were extremely favourable at that time - Stalin's death in 1953 was gradually followed by a period of détente,...
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Development of unemployment in Russia
Zaytseva, Alina ; Maitah, Mansoor (advisor) ; Kuzmenko, Elena (referee)
Unemployment is the most important and the most pressing topics of economic and social problems of the modern times, and considered to the second evil of macroeconomics, has a wide range of social and economic negative impacts.
Bachelor thesis Development of unemployment in Russia deals with the assessment of development of unemployment in the Russian Federation after 1991 and the state of the labour market. In the theoretical part are discussed the general context of unemployment as a macroeconomic phenomenon: different labour market models, ways of measuring unemployment and its types. In the practical part place emphasis on the evaluation of unemployment in the Russian Federation for the period 1991-2014: the provision of the specifics of the labour market in Russia since 1991 and is analysed of statistical data related to unemployment.
Unemployment in Russia in the years 1991-2014 was in many ways affected by the changes, which went through the transformation of the Russian economy in the post-Soviet period.
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