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The Imperial Propaganda with Focus on the Female Element in Portrait Art
Mrázková, Eliška ; Ondřejová, Iva (advisor) ; Titz, Pavel (referee)
The thesis is focused on the imperial propaganda in sculpture, gems and coins. It focuses primarily on the importance of the female element of propaganda, therefore describes how the goddesses are compared to empresses and how it happens. It also deals with portraits of emperors, who use display of female goddesses and personifications or other female elements in their portraits. The thesis rates the frequency of female subjects in different periods and their changes, separates the general set of themes of propaganda used by each emperor and female elements specific to a particular ruler. It follows the gradual portrait emancipation among women close to the emperor. Social changes and their reflection in political propaganda are also seen. Time period begins with the reign of Augustus, continues with Julio-Claudian dynasty, the year of four emperors, Flavian dynasty, Adoptive emperors and Severan dynasty.
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Mythological deities and beings associated with water depicted in the mosaics of ancient Rome
Odler, Ján ; Ondřejová, Iva (advisor) ; Titz, Pavel (referee)
This thesis focuses on the mosaic scenes of Roman era, especially on the gods and other mythological figures associated with water. The thesis is divided into 10 chapters. The first chapter is dedicated to the mythology of gods and characters and their brief iconographic characterization. Other chapters are divided by the areas that were under domination of Roman Empire. Each of these chapters has identical structure. The text deals with the mosaics and motifs of these areas in general. Then there are described subsequently collected examples of mosaics. On the basis of the description and characteristics is the last chapter sub-section dealing with similarities and comparison. The penultimate chapter focuses on a mosaic in terms of several aspects: production, technology, workshops, location, different techniques, signatures and trademarks. The conclusions that result from surveyed sample mosaics are summarized at the end of thesis. It is especially focused on the motifs and characters. Keywords Iconography, mosaics, Roman art, deities
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Representation of plants in Roman wall-paintings
Kossuthová, Patrícia ; Ondřejová, Iva (advisor) ; Titz, Pavel (referee)
(english): This paper discusses displaying plants on the murals, especially in the area of Pompeii and further around affected by eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD. Showed plants in this work are divided into several categories according to the context of the show. This work contains a list of identified plant species, which is demonstrated in individual examples of paintings. In addition to paintings in Pompeii area this work mentions the example of a display of plants in the garden painting in the Villa di Livia at Prima Porta, near Rome. Keywords: Roman wall-painting, Roman art, plants, Pompeii
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The Imperial Propaganda with Focus on the Female Element in Portrait Art
Mrázková, Eliška ; Ondřejová, Iva (advisor) ; Titz, Pavel (referee)
The thesis is focused on the imperial propaganda in sculpture, gems and coins. It focuses primarily on the importance of the female element of propaganda, therefore describes how the goddesses are compared to empresses and how it happens. It also deals with portraits of emperors, who use display of female goddesses and personifications or other female elements in their portraits. The thesis rates the frequency of female subjects in different periods and their changes, separates the general set of themes of propaganda used by each emperor and female elements specific to a particular ruler. It follows the gradual portrait emancipation among women close to the emperor. Social changes and their reflection in political propaganda are also seen. Time period begins with the reign of Augustus, continues with Julio-Claudian dynasty, the year of four emperors, Flavian dynasty, Adoptive emperors and Severan dynasty.
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Mythological deities and beings associated with water depicted in the mosaics of ancient Rome
Odler, Ján ; Ondřejová, Iva (advisor) ; Titz, Pavel (referee)
This thesis focuses on the mosaic scenes of Roman era, especially on the gods and other mythological figures associated with water. The thesis is divided into 10 chapters. The first chapter is dedicated to the mythology of gods and characters and their brief iconographic characterization. Other chapters are divided by the areas that were under domination of Roman Empire. Each of these chapters has identical structure. The text deals with the mosaics and motifs of these areas in general. Then there are described subsequently collected examples of mosaics. On the basis of the description and characteristics is the last chapter sub-section dealing with similarities and comparison. The penultimate chapter focuses on a mosaic in terms of several aspects: production, technology, workshops, location, different techniques, signatures and trademarks. The conclusions that result from surveyed sample mosaics are summarized at the end of thesis. It is especially focused on the motifs and characters. Keywords Iconography, mosaics, Roman art, deities
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The Imperial Portrait since Augustus till Traianus
Mrázková, Eliška ; Ondřejová, Iva (advisor) ; Titz, Pavel (referee)
This bachelor thesis deals with the portraits of emperors and their wifes in free-standing sculpture and coins. The time period includes the Agustan era, the Julio-Claudian dynasty, the Year of the Four Emperors, the Flavian dynasty and Nerva and Traianus from the Adoptive Emperors. The thesis compares the artistic interpretation of emperors and ancient literary sources. It describes geographical differences in portrait before and after the accession and context with Roman political propaganda. Historical background is added.
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