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Early Medieval Buttons from Bohemia in Cultural and Historical Context
Kalina, David ; Otavský, Karel (advisor) ; Košta, Jiří (referee)
Anglická anotace Presented BA thesis dealing with "Early Medieval buttons from Bohemia within their cultural and historic context" summarises the currently available archaeological material together with the published finds of the slavic buttons from 8th - 9th century in Bohemia. Introductional parts of the work characterize the button functions, materials used and fabrication technology. Major part of the thesis comprises the complete listing of the archaeological sites with the button finds, the description of buttons and the decoration typology. Bohemian finds are set in cultural and historic context as a part of the Great Moravian empire. Important part of the work is formed by the graphic plates of the individual sites and the comparative table including complementary fotodocumentation by the autor. Title: Early medieval buttons from Bohemia within their cultural and historic context Author: David KALINA Key words: Button / Archaeological finds / Goldsmiths / Ornamental decoration / Typology
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"The Grünes Gewölbe -between Art Repository and Baroque Museum. The Collection's History up to 1733."
Hlušičková, Pavla ; Zlatohlávek, Martin (advisor) ; Otavský, Karel (referee)
121 Anglická anotace The Green Vault is among Europe's most exquisite and most famous treasure chambers. It was established as a baroque museum by the Saxon elector and Polish king August the Strong (1670-1733) between 1723 and 1730. During that period, the Wettin dynasty's sumptuous collection of Renaissance and Baroque treasures was placed on view for the first time in eight presentation rooms of the Royal Palace. The inventories of 1733 have survived and form the basis for the present reinstallation of the treasure chamber. In those documents, this group of rooms is referred to as the "Secret Repository of the Green Vault of Dresden. The malachite-green hue of various architectural elements in the rooms of the secret repository probably led to their colloquial designation as the "Green Vault" from as early as 1572. Between 1723 and 1730 August the Strong realized his vision of a Baroque synthesis of the arts as an expression of wealth and absolutist power. In harmony with the festive architecture, 3,000 artworks were presented standing freely against a background of richly embellished and mirrored display walls and on ornamental tables. In this incomparable Baroque setting, the individual artwork receded behind the overflowing abundance of the whole. The rooms themselves have their origins in palace...
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History of Kupferstich-Kabinett (Collection of Prints, Drawings and Photographs) in Dresden between 1720 and 1780
Plzáková, Lucie ; Zlatohlávek, Martin (advisor) ; Otavský, Karel (referee)
The work describes history and development of Collection of Prints, Drawings and Photographs in Dresden in the years 1720 - 1780. Collection of Prints, Drawings and Photographs in Dresden was established in 1720 by Frederick Augustus I, Elector of Saxony and King of Poland (as Augustus II the Strong). The first director of Collection of Prints, Drawings and Photographs in Dresden Johann Heinrich Heucher bought a large Gottfried Wagner collection of drawings from Leipzig in 1728. Carl Heinrich Heinecken, the second director of Collection of Prints, Drawings and Photographs, cooperated with the art connoisseur and art collector Pierr Mariette from France. Collection of Prints, Drawings and Photographs in Dresden was avaible for the public in the second half of the 18. century. At the end of this work there is supplemented brief catalog of selected Drawings of the Italian masters of the 15th century from Collection of Prints, Drawings and Photographs in Dresden. These Italian drawings were a part of collection in Dresden already also in the years 1720 - 1780. Drawings are descripted and characterized there. Keywords: Dresden, Frederick Augustus I., Collection, Drawing, Italian Master.
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Factory Production of Parament in the 19th and 20th Centuries (in Bohemia and Moravia)
Kuldová, Marie ; Otavský, Karel (advisor) ; Martinek, Radek (referee)
Marie Kuldová Summary: Embroidered liturgical textile of the 19th century, from state and church collections of central Bohemia. From hand made to factory work. Basic meaning rests in documentation church texti1e from 19th century in territory of centra! Bohemia. This work presents results of field survey in funds of state castles (private chapels), churches, clergyman's houses and delivery transportation depository. This study is just a part of larger research project, continuing in follows years in cooperation with National monumental institute (NPÚ). Klícová slova / Key words: Výšivka - embroidery 19. století -19th century Rukodelná výroba - handicraCt production Tovární výroba - factory production Liturgický texti1- Iiturgical textile
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New goldsmiths works of the Luxembourg period in the St.Vitus`s cathedral
Kodišová, Lucie ; Otavský, Karel (advisor) ; Šmied, Miroslav (referee)
New goldsmiths works of the luxembourg period in the St. Vitus's cathedral New goldsmiths works of the luxembourg period in the St.Vitus`s cathedral Antonín Podlaha and Eduard Šittler described an exterior context of St. Vitus Cathedral Treasure in Prague more than 100 years ago. In the present time the leader of a proposed master thesis deals with the same problematics. There has not been provided any systematic research into many informative, interconneted descriptions of individual goldsmithworks in eight pre-hussite inventaries of the treasury. The thesis, based on knowledge of existing gothic goldsmithworks of the same kind and understanding of medieval terminology, will introduce inventaries mentioned above as an important source of information about Charles IV court art.
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Goldsmithing in Bohemia during the Luxembourgh Era from the Viennese Royal Court Collections
Kodišová, Lucie ; Otavský, Karel (advisor) ; Mudra, Aleš (referee)
Key words: Charles IV, Luxembourgs, medieval Bohemia, goldsmith, Secular and Ecclesiastical Treasury in Wienna. This bachelor thesis is about significant Czech goldsmith works produced in the 14th century Bohemia which are nowadays located in Secular and Ecclesiastical Treasury (Weltliche und Geistliche Schatzkammer) in Vienna. After depicting of a concise development Viennese court collections the text concentrates on the seventeen works of art, specifically on their history, technical qualities, artistic or art historical charakteristics. The thesis includes several items of the Holy Roman Empire treasury which were modified or supplemented between 1350 and 1378, when Charles IV managed them. Afterwards it discusses tree reliquaries, which became a part of the Holy Roman Empire treasury during the Sigismund of Luxembourg era. The treatise also deals with a Czech royal spehere and scepter, which were used until 1627. In conclusion there are described another three reliquaries deposited in the Ecclesiastical Treasury in Vienna. The possibility of their Czech origin is a matter of great concern for some authors.
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Silver liturgical tools of various historicist styles in Prague churches
Bodnárová, Jana ; Otavský, Karel (advisor) ; Stehlíková, Dana (referee)
Silver liturgical tools of various historicist styles forms very interesting chapter of churches artistic handicraft history. But still a bit neglected. Only in recent years this issue is given more attention in some chapters of books dealing with art, artistic handicraft or religious art of that time. In this work, i would to deal to liturgical tools made in 19th century by Prague goldsmiths. It is this century's time, which alternated historical styles in relatively quick succsession. While often developer in parallel and not everywhere with the same intensity. I tried to figure out how all these changes reflected in particular in Prague goldsmith art and handicraft which were formed for the Prague churches, monasteries and chapters.
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Renaissance furniture and interior in Central Europe
Fričová, Michaela ; Otavský, Karel (advisor) ; Fronek, Jiří (referee)
The aim of the bachelor's thesis about renaissance furniture and interior in Central Europe is the presentation of renaissance furniture-making and the culture of habitation in Central Europe in culturally historic continuities. In defines the specific principle of furniture creations demonstrated by concrete examples in the following catalogue part. The introduction to the probleme is presenting in the first chapter a summary of the preceding development of furniture art and the whole culture of habitation in Europe. In the second chapter there has been mapped the pervasive change, which the cultur of habitation hat gone trough in the territory of Central Europe during the 16th and the half of the 17th century describing the typological extension of used furniture. At the same time i tis concerning itself with the ideological origins and the historical conditions and the impact upon the whole appearance of the interior. The third chapter is briefly characterizing the production of furniture from the point of wiew of technology, the material structure, the construction and means of production. It is describing the mostly amplified used decoration tenique, and its inspirations. Besides these technical aspects i tis pursuing the economically social backgroud of the produktion of furniture in Central...
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Bohemian Baroque Cut Glass
Bednářová, Tereza ; Otavský, Karel (advisor) ; Brožková, Helena (referee)
Bohemian Baroque Cut Glass Bohemian Baroque cut glass dates back to the reign of Rudolph II., when numerous artists came to Prague including gem cutters and, later on, also glassmakers such as Caspar Lehmann. The promising development was interrupted by the Thirty Years' War. However, that was followed by a prosperous period and advances in perfecting the glass, which came to be known as "Bohemian crystal" due to its properties that were similar to rock crystal produced at an earlier time. Bohemian crystal triggered a development in engraving and cutting techniques for which it was suitable due to its unusual hardness, and soon the Bohemian cut glass attained an exquisite quality. The development of Bohemian glassmaking was also influenced by other countries with their own specific glass production, such as Italy and Germany. The products, which were purely status symbols at first, gradually became popular and reached the wider public. The motifs of the Bohemian Baroque cut glass came primarily from graphic works and coins, and were further influenced by the style of the time and clients' wishes. Two regions with the highest concentration of glassworks gradually developed in the lands of the Bohemian Crown. The first was South Bohemia and the second North Bohemia, which also became a centre for...
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The Art Nouveau Decor in Prague Ecclesiastical Milieu
Pospíšilová, Inka ; Otavský, Karel (advisor) ; Rakušanová, Marie (referee)
The main theme of bachelor thesis "The art nouveau decor in the Prague ecclesiastical milieu" is to open the questions of applied art using in the roman catholic church and its auxiliary time frame is delimitated by the years 1890-1914. The fact, that the Art Nuovo program was fullfiled especially in big cities, was the reason for focusing on Prague. The first chapter is devoted to the Art Nuovo as a phenomenon, to the research development and basic literature within delineated theme. For functional reasons is this chapter divided into the artistic and ecclesiastical part, whereas the first and larger of them is deailing briefly with the Art Nuovo participations abroad and its acceptance. The second chapter closely evolves the term "Art Nuovo", its newly brought ideas and time space in which we can talk about this movement. The next chapter of the work concentrates on the Czech, especially Prague milieu as the seat of institutions partaking in applied art: It means School of Decorative Arts, Museum of Decorative Arts, Establishment of Artěl, Prague Art Workshops and The Association for Czech Works. With particular filelds of the applied art concerned related subchapters: Glass, metalworks and jewels, clay and ceramics, textiles, furniture and bookbinding. The fifth closing chapter describes...
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