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Vojtěch Preissig and typography of his time
Hošková, Markéta ; Prahl, Roman (advisor) ; Vlčková, Lucie (referee)
This bachelor thesis is focused on the restoration of typography from the 1890s to the first half of the 20th century. Special attention is paid to the Vojtěch Preissigs typograhy and his work on the original Czech typography font. Following the legacy of Vojtěch Pressig is the typography work of some of his contemporaries also included in this thesis, especially work of Jaroslav Benda and Karel Dyrynk. This thesis creates a summary of the overall situation of the Czech typography within a given period.
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Sculptor Franta Úprka and his sepulchral works
Eretová, Monika ; Prahl, Roman (advisor) ; Wittlich, Petr (referee)
This dissertation deals with sepulchral artworks of Franta Úprka (1868-1929), the Czech sculptor. At first his life is described. Franta Úprka was born in Kněždub, south-eastern Moravia. Beginning of his artistic activity belonged to the end of 19th century, when he worked as an assistant of two famous Czech sculptors - A. P. Wagner and Bohuslav Schnirch. His own career took place in the first two decades of the 20th century. Name Úprka is best known for Joža Uprka, Moravian painter and Franta's elder brother. Although Franta Úprka lived and worked in Prague from 1890th, the midpoint of his artistic interests and main theme of his sculptures was depicting people, traditions and subjects from his home country, Moravian Slovakia. Moravian Slovakia was specific part of Moravian countryside full of long lasting and still surviving folklore, folk traditions, peculiar vivacious characters and intact nature. As Auguste Rodin said during his visit of Moravian Slovakia in 1902 it was kind a Greek Helada overflowing with bright colours, sunshine and cheerful relaxed atmosphere. On the other side, common people lived there their uneasy rural lives with all ordinary worries and pleasures. Both sights of the issue were solved by Úprka's artworks. Very specific and the most significant part of his chef-d'oeuvre...
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Café Architecture - The Café Space in Studies and Realizations of Architecture in first half of the 20 th Century
Bendová, Eva ; Švácha, Rostislav (advisor) ; Wittlich, Petr (referee) ; Prahl, Roman (referee)
The dissertation under the title "Café Architecture. The Café Space in Studies and Realizations of Architecture in first half of the 20th Century" deals with the question of the meaning and form of the café institution in modern times, from 18th century, especially in the years 1898-1939. The emphasis is placed on the Prague environment, but we cannot seal ourselves off from the inter-disciplinary or geographic overlap in the case of significant examples outside of the Prague environment, especially in European capitals (Vienna, Berlin, Paris). The café space as an architectural structure and phenomenon related to the modern urban society must be viewed from many different angles. To understand what is happening in the cafe and to realize the importance of social events, we reconstruct historical fact: we observe the topography of cafés, its visitors and its founders, but especially specific experience moments from cafes. This work attempts to capture what phenomena of modernity is mainly related to the café, how it is characterized by the artists and architects themselves and how they in turn determine café space. I divide the work into two basic sections therefore. Cultural-historical study summarizes thinking about the institution of café and watches its specifics as a typical space of modernity that...
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Painted curtains of Czech provenance in the last quarter of the 19th century
Rozinek, Josef ; Prahl, Roman (advisor) ; Leubnerová, Šárka (referee)
Main task of this work is to present painted curtains of the Czech provenance and situated on the Czech territory during last quarter of th 19th century. At the beginning I will present the development of theater curtains in general. There will be also described Czech painted curtains from the end of 18th and 1st half of the 19th century and the foreign examples. Subsequently will be analyzed the curtains of the national Czech and German theaters ant there will be made comparison between these two types. At the end will be described the specific element of painted curtains. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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Conditions and Impacts of the Auguste Rodin's Exhibition in Prague 1902
Knapová, Martina ; Wittlich, Petr (advisor) ; Prahl, Roman (referee)
One of the main goals of this thesis is to map and describe the events which resulted in the Auguste Rodin's exhibition in Prague 1902 and its impacts on the Czech contemporary artistic scene. First chapter shortly focuses on the evolution of often complicated relationship between Paris and Prague and its connection to the exhibition. Following chapter elaborates on the preparations which took place before the actual exhibition, such as the steps which had to be taken by the Manes Association of Fine Artists to make the event happen (mutual correspondence between Stanislav Sucharda and Auguste Rodin, unique issue of the magazine Volné Směry, Prague municipal's delegation visit at Rodin's studio in Paris, Josef Mařatka's involvement in the organization of the exhibition etc.). Next chapter continues to describe the steps which had to be taken before the grand opening to general public. Fifth chapter covers Rodin's arrival to Prague and the most important items of his agenda, which had been prepared for this significant French sculptor. Second, and substantial, part of this thesis elaborates on the fallout caused by Rodin's work and his visit to Prague and the various means that local artists came up with when trying to deal with it. This part of the thesis not only includes the basic range of...
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Renáta Tyršová
Rozinková, Kateřina ; Prahl, Roman (advisor) ; Machalíková, Pavla (referee)
Summary: Main task of this work is to present life and work of important person of Czech culture and society at the end of the 19th century - Renáta Tyršová. The work presents the biography of this author including family relations. At the next part of the work is analyzed the work of Renáta Tyršová at the field of art criticism. At the end is described her work in context of art criticism history in Czech lands.
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Michael Osvald Thun's Art Commissions - Inseparable Part of a Baroque Aristocrat's Image in the Second Half of the 17 th Century
Pátek, Jakub ; Prahl, Roman (advisor) ; Biegel, Richard (referee) ; Šroněk, Michal (referee)
Résumé Michael Osvald Thun's art commissions - inseparable part of a baroque aristocrat's image in the second half of the 17th century The dissertation deals with the art commissions of wealthy count Michael Osvald Thun who represents one of key builders in Bohemia in the second half of the 17th century. Beside buildings, an emphasis is also placed on other categories of art commissions, for example collections of sculptures and paintings. In the introduction, I define a terminology and summarize an existing research in the field of aristocrat art commissions. The next part analyses used sources, primary and secondary, dealing with history of the house of Thun, its financial standing, and person of Michael Osvald Thun. The fourth part is dedicated directly to Michael Osvald Thun, where I describe his family situation, upbringing, education process and adulthood. He was raised with respect to family values, public duty and administration of the family property that was a prerequisite for art commissions. The fifth part compares Thun's art commissions with art commissions of his siblings. Some of them hold significant bishop and archbishop posts. This helps up uncover ties and positional interactions between different art commissioners. The sixth part is focused on Michael Osvald Thun's art commissions where...
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Jan Quirin Jahn and the dictionary of the history of art? (Beginning of the history of the art in Bohemia)
Marešová, Jana ; Prahl, Roman (advisor) ; Machalíková, Pavla (referee) ; Mádl, Martin (referee)
Práce je věnována osobnosti malíře a osvícenského erudity v jedné osobě, Janu Jakubovi Quirinu Jahnovi (1739-1802) a jeho nedokončenému projektu dějin umění založeném na životopisech umělců. Protože součástí práce je také komentovaná edice, je rozdělena na dvě části - teoretickou studii a komentovanou edici. Teoretická část sumarizuje vývoj biografií umělců od antiky až do konce 18. století v Evropě. Další kapitoly jsou pak zaměřeny na osobnost Jana Jakuba Quirina Jahna a jeho rukopis o dějinách umění. Tento rukopis se skládá ze tří částí - úvodní historické studie, výběru životopisů umělců, kteří do Jahnovy současnosti působili v Čechách a z ukázky medailonů, které Jahn shromažďoval excerpcí ze zahraniční literatury, doplňoval archivním výzkumem a nakonec je řadil do složek podle panování.
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Caspar David Friedrich, The motif of figure at the window, its genesis and evolution.
Hájková, Zita ; Konečný, Lubomír (advisor) ; Prahl, Roman (referee)
The thesis deals with the life and work of Caspar David Friedrich (1774 - 1840) who is considered one of the most important painters and drawers of the German romanticism. His main contribution for painting was the creation of pictures with subjective, later also politically motivated symbolism. The themes of his works in particular included the nature where persons often stand and watch the landscape in distance. The first chapter provides information on the personality and work of the painter who created a new style of landscaping. In nature he discovered the spiritual element that he connected with the picture. The work then describes the influences of the romantic literary movement and religion on his work. The second chapter presents a female figure turned with her back to the viewer in a painting called Woman by the Window from 1822. Various interpretations of art historians connected especially with romanticising visions of individuality and infinity are presented. The origin and development of the female figure turned with her back to the viewer in painting from prehistoric times up to the 20th century is also outlined. The phenomenon of a window in art is explained in the third chapter. A window in interior and a view from a window is also demonstrated as a mean of expression of an artist....
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