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Caricatures and Humoristic Illustrations by Hugo Boettinger between 1918 and 1934
Ždychová, Dagmar ; Pech, Milan (advisor) ; Winter, Tomáš (referee)
Caricature and Humoristic Illustrations by Hugo Boettinger between 1918 and 1934 Abstract This bachelor's thesis deals with caricatures and humoristic drawings by Hugo Boettinger from 1918 to 1934. The author first introduces the sources, the role and the nature of caricatures and humorous illustrations in the first Czechoslovak republic. The author gives some insight into the life story of Hugo Boettinger, his art conception of caricatures and humoristic drawings and topics that interest Boettinger. The main part focuses on the uncovering the meaning and historical context of his drawings. Boettinger paid attention to politics and to the situation of the Catholic Church in the newly established Czechoslovak Republic. In his paintings he dealt with social issues, technological advances, snobbery and small town inclination and in generally with changes in attitudes and values in life of society. He reflected the perception of fashion trends in relation to the changing social status of women. As an artist he watched the events on the art scene and parodied particularly avant-garde art. In the last section the author offers a comparison of drawings by Hugo Boettinger with other contemporary caricaturists and draftsmen. Keywords Hugo Boettinger - Dr. Desiderius - Caricature - Humoristic illustration - Drawing -...
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French and czech modern art in the caricature in the years 1911 - 1918
Ždychová, Dagmar ; Lahoda, Vojtěch (advisor) ; Prahl, Roman (referee)
This thesis analyses caricatures of modern art in France and Bohemia in the period from 1911 to 1918. The author has set a goal to show diverse perspectives on modern art and artists on the basis of caricatural drawings that were published in humoristic magazines during the targeted period. Specifically, the aim of this study is to understand the actual perception of avant-garde art, especially of cubism, in Bohemia and France. At first the thesis overviews the available literature referring to this topic to later discuss the evolution of caricature. Thought the study the focus is drawn to development of one specific genre within caricature art - caricature of visual arts - plus the tradition of "caricatural salons" in the 19th century. The following chapter deals with the meaning of an image and chosen humoristic periodicals in the years of 1911-1918. The body of this paper, however, aims to present general chronological background together with major topics present in modern caricature both before the First World War and during the changes resulting from wartime. At the same time this chapter compares and contracts Czech and French caricature of modern art. The following chapter devoted to the interpretation of caricatures on the basis of the theory of laugh by Henry Bergson and Sigmund Freud's...
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French and czech modern art in the caricature in the years 1911 - 1918
Ždychová, Dagmar ; Lahoda, Vojtěch (advisor) ; Prahl, Roman (referee)
This thesis analyses caricatures of modern art in France and Bohemia in the period from 1911 to 1918. The author has set a goal to show diverse perspectives on modern art and artists on the basis of caricatural drawings that were published in humoristic magazines during the targeted period. Specifically, the aim of this study is to understand the actual perception of avant-garde art, especially of cubism, in Bohemia and France. At first the thesis overviews the available literature referring to this topic to later discuss the evolution of caricature. Thought the study the focus is drawn to development of one specific genre within caricature art - caricature of visual arts - plus the tradition of "caricatural salons" in the 19th century. The following chapter deals with the meaning of an image and chosen humoristic periodicals in the years of 1911-1918. The body of this paper, however, aims to present general chronological background together with major topics present in modern caricature both before the First World War and during the changes resulting from wartime. At the same time this chapter compares and contracts Czech and French caricature of modern art. The following chapter devoted to the interpretation of caricatures on the basis of the theory of laugh by Henry Bergson and Sigmund Freud's...
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Caricatures and Humoristic Illustrations by Hugo Boettinger between 1918 and 1934
Ždychová, Dagmar ; Pech, Milan (advisor) ; Winter, Tomáš (referee)
Caricature and Humoristic Illustrations by Hugo Boettinger between 1918 and 1934 Abstract This bachelor's thesis deals with caricatures and humoristic drawings by Hugo Boettinger from 1918 to 1934. The author first introduces the sources, the role and the nature of caricatures and humorous illustrations in the first Czechoslovak republic. The author gives some insight into the life story of Hugo Boettinger, his art conception of caricatures and humoristic drawings and topics that interest Boettinger. The main part focuses on the uncovering the meaning and historical context of his drawings. Boettinger paid attention to politics and to the situation of the Catholic Church in the newly established Czechoslovak Republic. In his paintings he dealt with social issues, technological advances, snobbery and small town inclination and in generally with changes in attitudes and values in life of society. He reflected the perception of fashion trends in relation to the changing social status of women. As an artist he watched the events on the art scene and parodied particularly avant-garde art. In the last section the author offers a comparison of drawings by Hugo Boettinger with other contemporary caricaturists and draftsmen. Keywords Hugo Boettinger - Dr. Desiderius - Caricature - Humoristic illustration - Drawing -...
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