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The Pietá of Vsemerice in context of beautiful style pietás
Čtvrtníková, Marie ; Ottová, Michaela (advisor) ; Royt, Jan (referee)
The thesis is dedicated on the one hand to the iconographical type of pietà in general and to its development from the beginnings of the 14th century to the first decades of the 15th century. But firstly the text is devoted to the The Pietà of Vsemerice, sculpture of high quality from the first half of the 15th century. Pietà of Vsemerice is compared with the production of Master of Týn Calvary in the field of the style and in some cases (where possible) also in the technological domain. The bachelor work sets the goal to summarize existing scientific outcomes and to propose some plausible answers to the questions concerning the Pietà of Vsemerice. In particular, these questions relates to the specifications of the time and place of her creation, of the authorship, and, last but not least, of her original destination. The thesis is structured into four chapters. First two of them deal with the pietà at general level and in the context of the sculpture in the Czech lands. Another two chapters are dedicated specifically to the Pietà of Vsemerice, the first of them resumes existing knowledge in the art history of the sculpture discussed, in the second one the author brings her own interpretation. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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Divine and human or the devotional image in the 14th century focused on the evolution of the Pieta
Cimler, Čestmír ; Royt, Jan (advisor) ; Nespěšná Hamsíková, Magdaléna (referee)
This Bachelor Thesis refers to the genesis of new types of art pieces which were created to excite more emotional experience in the audience connected with the suffering of Jesus and Virgin Mary.Those devotional images like Mystic Crucifiction, Pieta or Maria Gravida began accruing at the turn of the13th and 14th century in the milieu of mendicant monasteries. This Thesis is especially focused on iconography of the Pieta. The mourning Virgin Mary, holding body of the dead Christ is actual theme throughout centuries, expressing the suffering from the lost of her only son. During the 14th century was the theme of Pieta divided into three types (vertical, horizontal and diagonal). Apart form the works of Wilhelm Pinder and Lech Kalinowsky this theme haven't been still compiled. The aim of this thesis is explanation of the terminology of devotional images and it's creation according to the present specialized literature. The main idea of the Thesis is brief clarification of the genesis of iconography of the Pieta (pointed to the three examples from the Czech Republic) and indication of it's function and potential background of creation in the medieval monastic spirituality.
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