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Orientalism or Ornamentalism?
Hubáček, Filip ; Rovná, Lenka (advisor) ; Blažková, Miloslava (referee)
Thesis "Orientalism or Ornamentalism?" is dealing with two rather different explanations of the nature of British imperialism. The work compares Edward Said's concept of Orientalism with Cannadine's Ornamentalism. Both concepts are not seen as contestant theories that have to be necessarily in a clash with each other. An opinion is presented that both theories aspire to explain and describe an identical subject - British Empire. Only they do so from different standpoints. As a way out of understanding them as a contradictory approaches is suggested "cubist thinking" of Empire.
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The motif of death in art in the years 1890-1918
Heřmánková, Klára ; Pech, Milan (advisor) ; Bendová, Eva (referee)
The aim of the bachelor's thesis will be to deal with the motive of death in the visual arts at the turn of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and during the First World War. It is a time of many social changes, when the number of suicides increased despite the increasing life expectancy. The work introduces and analyzes various motives related to death and dying and their changes over the course of almost thirty years. It will follow the content shift of these motives, such as the frequency of their occurrence, their connection with the development of society etc. In the context of the First World War, the bachelor's thesis will also include selected works created after 1918 related to the events in that times. Last but not least, the work introduces the topic from a sociological point of view, and therefore touches on statistical data on mortality and common causes of death in the years 1890 to 1918, etc.
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The villa architecture in Prague at the turn of the 19th and 20th century as a new phenomenon of living in the Central European context.
Klingerová, Ester ; Czumalo, Vladimír (advisor) ; Bendová, Eva (referee)
This Bachelor thesis deals with family villas in Prague from the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century, taking into account the European context. By that time a new relationship to modern architecture began to form. The thesis takes into consideration the displays of Art Nouveau and Modernism and the usage of folk features in the architecture of family villas. The first part of the thesis deals with the compilation of literary sources, which represents the theoretical basis of the following chapters. The second part is dedicated to the first family villas, which were built on the territory of today's Prague. The thesis clearly discusses the architectural work of four architects, some of whom were also builders. At the turn of the millenium, these architects had their family houses built or designed with the above-mentioned new features incorporated. The thesis focuses especially on the family villas of Jan Kotěra, Jan Koula, Karel Vítězslav Mašek and Dušan Samuel Jurkovič. The aim of this thesis is to create an idea of the importance of family houses at the beginning of the modern architecture and to show what sources of inspiration the architects used and who the typical builders were.
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Five in one: The Gallery of Fine Arts in Ostrava reopens the House of Art
Galerie výtvarného umění v Ostravě
Galerie výtvarného umění v Ostravě (GVUO) od května rekonstruovala střechu Domu umění. Památkově chráněná budova se znovuotevře vernisáží pěti výstav v úterý 15. října v 17 hodin. K vidění bude umění od 16. století až do současnosti. Představena bude tvorba Rudolfa Sikory s výrazným ekologickým poselstvím, ale také dílo Otto Gutfreunda, zakladatele kubistického sochařství. Obě výstavy budou v ostravském Domě umění k vidění do 12. ledna. Zároveň budou zpřístupněny i komornější projekty Kříž, nová stálá expozice Dům umění v Ostravě a Výstava jednoho díla ze sbírek GVUO.
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Otto Gutfreund: Breaking Point
Galerie výtvarného umění v Ostravě
Bod zlomu je pomyslná hranice mezi dvěma tvůrčími fázemi jednoho z nejtalentovanějších hybatelů české moderny sochaře Otto Gutfreunda. Autor se ve svém předválečném období zabýval aplikací metod malířského kubismu do sochy, což byl z podstaty nelehký úkol. Při jeho promýšlení se nechal inspirovat plošnými tendencemi v dějinách sochařství, jako byly například pozdní Donatellovy sochy, a především formou reliéfu, který je bytostně založen na postupech, kdy se hmota, kompozice i děj vepisují do plochy na základě úsporných objemových vztahů. Gutfreund šel ještě dál a principy reliéfní determinace do objemu sochy paradoxně převedl, respektive vytvořil iluzi objemu, a to na základě paradigmatu, že „objem je výsledek pohybu plochy“. Tyto analytické postupy konstrukce nové kubistické sochy jsou kontrastním protipólem Gutfreundova poválečného civilismu. Bodem zlomu se pro něj stala otřesná zkušenost první světové války, která založila cestu k jeho vnitřní transformaci směrem k civilismu. Gutfreund cítil nové úkoly a chtěl být angažován v budování republiky. Toužil po sdělnosti, poetické a civilní výpovědi, ovšem nikoliv v duchu banální popisnosti. Sochařův povalečný civilismus je tak radikálním odklonem od předchozí kubistické fáze. Jeho charakteristickými rysy jsou kompaktní objem, kultivovaná uhlazenost, věcnost a civilní výraz bez vyhrocené emocionality. Záměrem výstavy je obě tyto Gutfreundovy osobité polohy konfrontovat.
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Chess inspired by cubism
FARKAŠOVÁ, Lucie
The aim of this bachelor thesis is to design chess pieces with a playing board whose shape will be inspired by Cubism. The theoretical part deals with the historical background of Cubism, especially on the territory of Bohemia and its projection into architecture and applied art. Furthermore, the thesis focuses on the development of chess and the function of individual pieces. The practical part consists of designing procedures, sketches and technological procedures for the production of chess board and pieces.
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The House of the Black Madonna in Prague
PAVLÍČKOVÁ, Šárka
This thesis takes a close look at the cubist House of the Black Madonna in Prague, designed by the architect Josef Gočár and built in 1912. After introducing the theme and literature the author focuses on the history of the building, its analysis (description of the project, plan and both the exterior and interior). Later the author mentions and assesses expert opinions, direct comments on the building in articles or contributions in books concerning cubism or cubist architecture. This thesis also mentions one monography written on this building by Marie Platovská. After assessing the building the author smoothly continues with European architecture, more so its development and placement of the House of the Black Madonna into the European context. The author also tries to outline the international scale of development in present architecture, meaning to highlight the "cubist" buildings of today. The beginning of the present is "set" approximately from the 60´s until 2014. The buildings mentioned in this context are chosen according to their common elements edges or slanting surfaces, that can refer directly or non-directly to cubist architecture. The author also mentions the biography of the architect Josef Gočár and his work. The conclusion includes an overall assessment of the House of the Black Madonna. The thesis is concluded by a bibliography and a pictorial supplement.
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Matěj Blecha (1861-1919): Architect and property developer
Odcházel, Vojtěch ; Czumalo, Vladimír (advisor) ; Šmied, Miroslav (referee)
The topic of the thesis is a life and work of an architect and builder, Matěj Blecha (1861-1919). The form of the thesis is the classic monograph. It will cover Blecha's biography, chronologically ordered analysis of his works and buildings, which his company built from other architect's projects and also an overview of the company activities after the owner's death. The thesis will contain buildings catalogue in a standard form and their visual documentation. Key words Matěj Blecha, architecture, Neo-renaissance, Art Nouveau, Cubism, Prague, the 19th century, the 20th century, catalog
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The Magic of Folk Art
Winter, Tomáš
The paper follows the manner in which perception and the interpretation of the magical function of folk art has shifted in the past by looking at three examples.
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