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Motifs of Pre-Colombian America in Muralism
Taltynová, Marie ; Brenišínová, Monika (referee)
The thesis Motifs of Pre-Columbian America in Muralism focuses on Pre-Columbian motifs in the work of three representatives of Mexican muralism − Diego Rivera, José Clemente Orozco and David Alfaro Siqueiros. Muralism is an art movement that is based on monumental painting with clearly defined social and educational function. It started to develop within an initiative of the post-revolutionary Mexican government, in the 1920s. Gradually, it gained international fame and today it is widely regarded as a uniquely Mexican style of art. An integral part of the muralist imagery form scenes from the life of Pre-Columbian cultures. The main objective of this thesis is to analyse these scenes, to identify the origin of particular motifs, their original meanings, and the new meanings they demonstrate in the context of the murals. The work also reflects where and how muralists acquired knowledge about Mesoamerican civilizations and focuses on analysing the nature of the overall image of the Pre-Columbian past they created within their murals. The work seeks to clarify the question of how specifically the muralist approach to Pre-Columbian cultures was innovative in comparison to previous tendentions in Mexican art. The paper uses qualitative methods of analysis of the available written sources and analysis...
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Motives of the pre-Colombian art in modern Mexican art
Taltynová, Marie ; Křížová, Markéta (advisor) ; Binková, Simona (referee)
Diploma thesis Motifs of pre-Columbian America in modern Mexican art deals with the pre- Columbian motifs in the work of three leading representatives of the Mexican muralism - Diego Rivera, José Clemente Orozco and David Alfaro Siqueiros. Muralism, monumental painting with a clearly defined socio-educational function, started to develop on the initiative of the post- revolutionary Mexican government, since the 1920s of the 20th century. During its development, it gained international fame and today it is widely regarded as a uniquely Mexican style of art. An integral part of muralism form scenes from the life of pre-Columbian cultures. The main objective of this work is to analyse these scenes, the origin of particular motifs, their original meanings and meanings, which they assumed in the context of the murals. The work also reflects where muralists acquired knowledge about the Indian civilizations and what image of pre-Columbian past they created. The work also seeks to clarify the question in what specifically was the muralist access to pre-Columbian cultures innovative. The paper uses qualitative methods of analysis of the available written sources and analysis of visual materials.
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Art, avant-garde and kitsch in works of Clement Greenberg and Matei Călinescu
Taltynová, Marie ; Kulka, Tomáš (advisor) ; Dadejík, Ondřej (referee)
Bachelor thesis Art, avant-garde and kitsch in works of Clement Greenberg and Matei Călinescu deals with kitsch in relation to avant-garde and to contemporary art, and to the visual arts in general. It is primarily based on the essay Avant-Garde and Kitsch by American critic Clement Greenberg and the essay Kitsch by Romanian literary scholar Matei Călinescu. The first part is devoted to outlining the concept of kitsch according to these two theorists, with an emphasis on the thinking about the origin and nature of kitsch. The second part deals with revising Greenberg's beliefs that condemn popular culture, official culture and academism for kitsch and highlights avant-garde as the only worthy manifestation of art of his time. On this basis, the work examines why avant-garde seemed like the pure opposite of kitsch in the thirties, and why to the contrary today we find that contemporary art is often influenced by kitsch.
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