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The Neorenaissance Church Architecture in Bohemia and Moravia
Sládeček, Petr ; Kuthan, Jiří (advisor) ; Rakušanová, Marie (referee) ; Švácha, Rostislav (referee)
The aim of this thesis is to systematically analyze the Neorenaissance churches and interpret them within the context of the nineteenth century architecture. During the second half of the nineteenth century in the central Europe the Neorenaissance style had become ubiquitous. However, its extensive use for secular buildings contrasts with the situation in the field of sacral architecture. New churches were designed mainly in the Neogothic style; the Neoromanesque style was also acceptable, though less frequent. Widespread reluctance towards the Renaissance, mainly among the clergy, but also among some architects, is considered to be the main reason. In monument preservation the cult of Gothic resulted in the Neogothic purism, to which usually fell victim any "ungothic" part of a historical building. Therfore, the number of Neorenaissance churches, compared to that of Neogothic, is significantly smaller. The Neo-Renaissance style, however enjoyed great popularity among Czech evangelical churches since the 1880's, mainly because it was considered to be less costly than the Gothic style. The Neorenaissance churches have not yet been systemically researched. Therfore, the research concentrates particularly on the archive materials that have not been published and are scattered around in many...
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Negators and approvers: Neo Cubism in today´s architecture
Švácha, Rostislav
The line of "Neo-Cubism" belongs to the architectural movements after 2000. It has its roots in the tradition of Czech architectural Cubism of the 1910s. Some architects of today work consciously with references to Cubist architecture, some of them deny this historical background. It is interesting in both cases to study the techniques which help these architects to achieve "Cubist" forms.
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Zdeněk Wirth and Cubist architects
Švácha, Rostislav
In preservation of the historical cities, Wirth introduced modern methods influenced by Alois Riegl. He was convinced that the forms of Cubist architecture offered an ideal way how to innovate cities´s environment.
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Loos’s Raumplan as an English house turned upside down
Švácha, Rostislav
Analyses the interiors of Vienna architect Adolf Loos and his work with space. Loos’s cascade-structured space resembles the interiors of English modernist houses. However, Loos does not measure the varied vertical clearance of his rooms from the floor – in the English way – but from the basic level of the ceiling.
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