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Early medieval crypts in Bohemia
Tiagusheva, Tatiana ; Royt, Jan (advisor) ; Kuthan, Jiří (referee)
This thesis is devoted to early medieval crypts in Bohemia. It aims to create a catalog the early medieval crypts in the Czech until the end of the 13th century. It analyzes the existing literature on crypts in the Czech Republic, crypt functions in the Medieval Church, the presence or the absence of crypts in the architecture of the Benedictine and Cistercian monastic orders. Also it characterizes the typology of medieval crypts. This thesis describes ten early medieval buildings, from the oldest to the newest ones: the crypt of Břevnov Monastery, the crypt of basilica of Saint Wenceslas in Stará Boleslav, the crypt of the Sázava Monastery, crypts of Spytihněv's basilica in the Prague Castle, the crypt of the Doksany monastery, the crypts of Basilica of St. George in the Prague Castle, the crypt of the Hradiště nad Jizerou Monastery, the crypt of Teplice Monastery, the crypt of the church of Saint Gall in Poříčí nad Sázavou and the crypt of the St. Stephen's church in Kouřim.
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The influence of the Classical antiquity on the Romanesque period in Bohemia and Moravia
Jubánek, Tomáš ; Royt, Jan (advisor) ; Kuthan, Jiří (referee)
My bachelor's thesis tries to describe and document the mediated influence of the Classical antiquity on constructions in the Romanesque period in Bohemia and Moravia. It takes into account the historical development from the beginning and extinction of the antiquity era until the end of the Romanesque period, contextually elaborates on the development of architecture in Western and Central Europe and on significant buildings - the model examples it illustrates the ways of influence of antiquity leading to the territory of Bohemia and Moravia with special regard to Christianity and its role in the formation of architecture, as well as the witness of ancient architecture, Marcus Vitruvius Pollio. It documents, on few suitable examples, the influence of the antiquity on the architecture of specific buildings in Bohemia and Moravia, namely the Convent of the Premonstratensian Sisters in Doksany, palace in the Olomouc castle, the Church of St. Procopius in Záboří nad Labem, the Church of St. James the Older in Jakub near Kutná hora and finally the Church of Sts. Peter and Paul in Řeznovice in Moravia. The results of the examination are then evaluated at the end of the bachelor's thesis.
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Influence of temperature on parameters of lithium-ion cells
Kuthan, Jiří ; Sedlaříková, Marie (referee) ; Máca, Josef (advisor)
Masters Thesis summarizes the theoretical findings about lithium-ion akumulators. It gives a overview of the basic types of galvanic cells, then deals in detail with the lithium-on cell. It's composition, electrochemical principle of working, thermal dependence, construction and area of application. The thesis describes the basic methods of measuring lithium-on cells, such as cyclic charging and discharging, cyclic voltammetry. The practical part compares selected types of materials for negative elektrodes in different temperatures.
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Architecture of Franciscan Observant Monasteries in Bohemia, Moravia, Silesia and Upper Lusatia in Second Half of the 15th Century
Křenková, Zuzana ; Kuthan, Jiří (advisor) ; Jakubec, Ondřej (referee) ; Jarošová, Markéta (referee)
So far the history of medieval Franciscan Observance has been considered as the history of individual monasteries, or more generally as the history of disputes concerning education, culture and nationality. The aim of the present dissertation is to describe the history in terms of cultural history, to analyze wider issues of architecture regarding monastic buildings of the last big monastic community of The Middle Ages, to describe them and evaluate. The basic structure of the dissertation consists of monographic chapters monitoring the history and building development of fifteen preserved and thirteen extinct monasteries in territory of the Czech monastic province (Bohemia, Moravia, Silesia and Upper Lusatia). The catalogue part is introduced by chapters summarizing the historical context of Franciscan Observants' activities within a short period between the second half of the 15th century and the first half of the 16th century, during which the Observants of the Czech province experienced both the stage of raise and decay. The history of the order is then followed by an essay on the rules of the process of foundation constructions of the convents, the order rules limiting artwork and mainly the character of the order architecture. Key words Franciscan Observants, Late Gothic Architecture,...
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Hrádek u Nechanic - Local Architecture and Its Source of Inspiration
Sieglová, Kateřina ; Kuthan, Jiří (advisor) ; Novotná, Eva (referee)
HRÁDEK U NECHANIC - ARCHITECTURE AND ITS INSPIRATORY SOURCES Chateau Hrádek u Nechanic was built by František Arnošt, the count of Harrach (1799-1884) as a new representative residence of the county family and also as a Harrach's earldom administrative centre. The foundation-stone of the carcass was layed in the year 1839 and the ceremonial laying foundation of the chapel took place two years later. The construction was officially completed in the year 1857 but works in interiors were practically proceeding during the whole second half of the 19th century. Subject of this work is architecture of the chateau Hrádek u Nechanic and its inspiratory sources. We talk about first large aristocratic building in the whole Habsburg Imperium that was in such an integral resemblance influenced by the english Gothic Revival phenomenon - an architecture, an interiors culture and a lifestyle. As an author of building plans is despite many obscurities considered Edward Buckton Lamb (1806-1869). It makes from count František Arnošt of Harrach propably the only one developer in the Habsburg Imperium who gave an order of a project for his chateau directly to an english architect. During the construction were made changes and adjustments by the vienesse architect Karl Fischer who took also a control of bulding. At the...
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The Creation and Primary History of the Early and Hight Middle Ages Sacral Center of Romanesque Galleried Church of St. Jacob the Greater in Vroutek u Podbořan
Ryantová, Tereza ; Scholz, Stefan (advisor) ; Kuthan, Jiří (referee)
Name of work: The Creation and Primary History of the Early and Hight Middle Ages Sacral Center of Romanesque Galleried Church of St. Jacob Větší in Vroutek u Podbořan Summary: In the first chapter I resume the existing art-historical, historyographycal and archeological finding of theme "Church of St. Jacob Větší in Vroutek". Next I deal with colonisation of teritory around Vroutek and with history of village Vroutek. In the next chapter I deal with Hrabišici, especially with Kojata Hrabišic, with which the beginning of the church is associated. I deal with the testaments, by which Kojata buqueathed Vroutek for the monastery of Křižovníci in Zderaz in Prague. Next I describe the interior, the exterior and the vicinage of the church. In the next chapter I try to do the reconstruction of original condition of the church and I catch rebuildings of the church. Especially I describe the reconstruction in the end of 16th century and the reconstruction in the second half of 20th century. I deal with analogies to the church in Vroutek too. Finally I try to describe the creation of sacral center of the church.
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Medieval sacral architecture in the Upper Otava until 1420
Bartová, Veronika ; Kuthan, Jiří (advisor) ; Homolka, Jaromír (referee)
Medieval religious architecture in the upper Otava until 1420 The diploma thesis the medieval religious architecture in the upper Otava region until 1420, and aims to put it into a historical context. The review of the existing literature sources leveraged understanding of the architectural movements used before 1420: the Gothic and Romanesque styles. These styles posses certain significant characteristics that can be used to map their development, as well as comparison of those two. The objects can be split into categories based on those characteristics. This paper looks at those categories and studies the development within.
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