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Urbanism and the Eternal City of Rome
Mele, Valentino ; Pfeiffer, Jan (advisor) ; Fulková, Marie (referee)
Master's thesis is devoted to the topic of urban planning and the city of Rome. The aim of the thesis is to explore the ways of depicting urbanism in contemporary fine arts, forms and topics in which it is presented. Furthermore, the essential part of the work is the history of urbanism, the principles and deviations of urbanism and especially the Eternal City (Rome). As far as Rome is concerned, the author discusses her foundations, the growth of the city from the very beginning of the foundation, the influences of urbanism, the demonstration of the characteristics of the ancient "urbe" and how today's contemporary artists solve new ways of urbanization, or how and in what way they are inspired by Roman cities? An important element of the cities is not only the city planning itself, but also its Genius loci, the spirit of the place, the author separates and explores the cities of the day and the night cities and explores what are their differences in character. An important part of the thesis will be: How do today's children perceive cities, what do they mean to them? What do they think is important and what is the function of a city? How can a city educate a child culturally? The author will propose a set of art assignments for primary and secondary school pupils, which will present the...
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Waldgirmes in the context of the Augustan period
Kůt, Karel ; Musil, Jiří (advisor) ; Bouzek, Jan (referee)
1 Title: Waldgirmes in the context of the Augustan period Author: Karel Kůt Department: Institute for Classical Archaeology, Charles University Supervisior: Doc. PhDr. Jiří Musil, PhD. Abstract: The thesis focuses on the locality of the Roman period in Waldgirmes (contemporary Germany) in the context of Roman expansion in the time of Augustan rule. It concentrates on archaeological situation, structure and disposition of objects and used building technologies. It brings the interpretation of local space and references to ancient sources. It approaches a broader perspective from the viewpoint of Augustan horizon with its related invasion to Germany, where the axis of army penetration was formed by the rivers Lippe, Mohan and Lahn. As the Romans used to establish their supporting strategic points along these rivers, the thesis focuses also on other fortifications and constructions created in this period and in the given area. It also takes into consideration the forms of coexistence of the Romans with the original inhabitants. Keywords: Waldgirmes, Augustus, Romans, Germania
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