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Iconography of the Czech written Utraquist graduals
Šárovcová, Martina ; Homolka, Jaromír (advisor) ; Royt, Jan (referee) ; Holeton, David Ralph (referee)
Iconography of the Czech written Utraquist graduals Abstract: My doctoral thesis is devoted to the iconographic problems of painting decorations of a specific type of liturgical manuscripts. The subject of my doctoral thesis are illuminated chant books (graduals) with Czech texts of Gregorian chant, which originated in the 16th century for the needs of utraquist Confraternities of Litterati. The iconography of illuminations is interpreted with regards to their liturgical and codicological context within single part of the gradual. In the text, I especially accentuate the topics and motives from the whole complex of the themes which deserve attention and which newly appear in the structure of painting decorations or it is possible to interpret them in connection with the haecceity of the (utraquist) iconography and confessional identity. Heuristic compilation of illuminated utraquist chant books, which is the part of the structured catalogue, and interpretation of their iconography, represents the first elaboration which is fundamental to successive study dealing with iconography of single subjects, illustrations of particular saints and patron saints of places and specificity of the utraquist and catholic iconography in the epoch before the battle of White Mountain in Bohemia. My thesis, with regards to...
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Medieval Stencil Painting in Central Europe
Csémyová, Eva ; Royt, Jan (advisor) ; Hlaváčková, Jana Hana (referee)
This thesis focuses on the topic of stencil painting in Central Europe. Based on the review of literature the current state of research is described and the technology is placed in the broader context of the decorative techniques used in the Middle Ages. Attention is paid to the history, process of making of the templates, method of their printing, the typology of used designs, the question of performing artists or craftsmen and wide possibilities of its application for the panel or mural paintings. The main focus of the thesis is the use of stencil painting and its specifics in the case of use for the polychrome of flat wooden ceilings and mobiliary in the churches interiors. The motifs used for their decoration are examined with regard to iconography, considered is also the possibility of the existence of overall iconographic program. The second part of the thesis consists of a catalogue with locations, where the stencil paintings have been used for decoration of flat ceilings or mobiliary in Czech, Slovak and Polish Republic. Keywords medieval art, stencil painting, ornament, Central Europe, wooden flat ceilings, mobiliary, polychrome, iconography
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Hercules theme in the decoration of Prague baroque palaces
Audzeyenka, Viktoryia ; Oulíková, Petra (advisor) ; Vymazalová, Marie (referee)
The bachelor thesis is devoted to the Herculean iconography of wall paintings in Prague aristocratic Boroque palaces. The introductory chapters describe the myth of Hercules in literary sources and its reflection in Czech and European art. The next part of the thesis is devoted to the description and analysis of wall and ceiling paintings, sculptural works, and stucco decorations with Herculean themes in selected palaces in Prague. The focus of the study will be an iconographic and iconological analysis of the decoration. At the same time, an attempt will be made to analyse the relationship between this iconography and the functional division of the residences.
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Seven Corporal Works of Mercy and Seven Deadly Sins in Czech Medieval Arts
Eichlerová, Eliška ; Vymazalová, Marie (advisor) ; Royt, Jan (referee)
The bachelor's thesis will deal with the theme of the seven-corporal works of mercy and the seven deadly sins in Czech fine art. These opposing themes develop primarily in a middle-class environment, where they were supposed to appeal to the moral life of the middle-class people. The first part of this thesis will discuss the development of the doctrine of the seven deadly sins in the Middle Ages. The variability of approaches to the seven sins will also be revealed by a comparison with the development of the doctrine of the virtues, where it is also possible to show the starting points for the formation of the medieval teaching on the seven-corporal works of mercy. The second part deals with the analysis of individual sins and acts of mercy, their meaning, and the way they are depicted. In the third part, I will also focus on individual examples of the depiction of this iconography in European art, and we will mention a few important works, especially from the High and Late Middle Ages. Following on from European art, the last chapters will focus on individual examples of the seven-corporal works of mercy and the seven deadly sins in the Czech environment, especially in the book painting and monumental mural.
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Cáb, Martin ; Hodboď, Tomáš (referee) ; Stratil, Václav (advisor)
In my final work I made a portrait of Jesus Christ. Due to the historical development of Christian iconography is an abstract concept, in which Christ is depicted with only simple concrete elements which are significant for his personality as the general level and particularly in my personal.
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The Image of Jan Hus in the Early Modern Czech Literature
Hejdová, Tereza ; Andrlová Fidlerová, Alena (advisor) ; Škarpová, Marie (referee)
The work The Image of Jan Hus in the Early Modern Czech Literature tries to map different ways of description of this Czech preacher in selected literary texts from 15th to 18th century, to capture the changes which his image underwent. The chosen authors come from different countries and use different languages, represent different environments, social classes and opinion groups, they also have different education and religion. Individual literary works were assessedby means of comparing the key episodes that are either repeated in the texts, or the author intentionally did not use them. To understand the image of Jan Hus as a whole, also contemporary iconography was taken into account , which in some cases has been taken from other literary texts than those which were compared, so that the image of Hus whereas complete as possible. The comparison of the texts and iconography showed, how accurate the observation of the described scheme was and how the image of Jan Hus was gradually changing. The combination of written and iconographic material from specific time intervals allowed us to observe the gradual change of conceptions of the personality of Jan Hus and events connected with him, because the authors represent the opinion of their ethnic group and time. The image of Jan Hus is therefore very...
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Czech Architectural Photography in the 1920s to the 1950s
Kubištová, Mariana ; Lahoda, Vojtěch (advisor) ; Schlosser Trnková, Petra (referee) ; Pospěch, Tomáš (referee)
Mariana Kubištová CZECH ARCHITECTURAL PHOTOGRAPHY IN THE 1920s TO THE 1950s Abstract The thesis Czech Architectural Photography in the 1920s to the 1950s presents the theme of architecture photography, from the 1920's to the 1950's, focusing on Czech cultural setting, observing photography meeting contemporary acts in the field of architecture, thus the photography of modern architecture. It methodologically researches the theme from a visual study viewpoint; however it applies a little more traditional approaches, which try to define architecture photography depending on functions it carries out; to demarcate its various categories, describe its history and name some of its important representatives. Each of these approaches is able to capture a different aspect of the observed theme. The first part of the thesis attempts to answer what architecture photography is, what we can qualify as architecture photography and how we can approach and interpret it. It summarizes research and knowledge of this field up till now, not just within Czech cultural setting but also abroad. Last but not least, it tries to outline historical, social and artistic context of the researched era. The second part counts with the presumption that the core and the biggest volume of visual material lies in the field of professional...
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The Paradise - graphic cycle by J. E. Ridinger. Iconography and context.
TUHÁČEK, Jan
Johann Elias Ridinger, an Augsburg graphic artist, painter, and publisher, has done more than 1200 graphic artworks during his lifetime. In the late 1740s, he created a twelve-part graphic cycle The Paradise, in which he depicted tens of different animals alongside the figures of Adam and Eve. The primary part of this bachelor thesis outlines the development of this theme in art history and presents the number of renaissance and baroque artworks. It also deals with a traditional Christian and moralist symbolism of animals, and then this gained knowledge can be applied to the Ridinger's series. The main goal of this thesis is to present the meanings of animals, to put them in the context of the creation of man, his original sin, and his expulsion from the garden of Eden, and together with it to use these principles on the individual leaves of the cycle. Another task is to introduce this artwork in terms of graphic technology and preserved preparatory works. The task of the last chapter is to complete the idea in its entirety by placing the cycle in the author's overall work, implying the question of the customers, and briefly discussing the successors to the theme of original sin.
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František Bílek´s work in České Budějovice - art historical characteristics
FILOUS, Štěpán
This bachelor thesis will focus on the work of the sculptor František Bílek (1872-1941) in České Budějovice. Bílek created two monumental sculptural works right in the city - a stone monument to the writer Otakar Mokrý (1919) in today's Na Sadech park and several pieces of sculpture decoration in the interior of the Husův sbor church (1924) on today's Palacký square. Preparatory drawings and sculptures for both works have been preserved in the collections of Aleš South Bohemian Gallery in Hluboká. The aim of the thesis will be primarily a thorough iconographic analysis of Bílek's monumental realizations and also their art-historical analysis, while the author will use the just-mentioned related works in AJG. The author will also focus on the ordering context of the creation of the monument and the church decoration, or the position of both works in Bílek's related work. If it is possible and appropriate, the author will include references to other works in the AJG, which illustrate the iconographic and material breadth of Bílek's work.
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Metodika správného postupu při popisu knižní vazby českého původu a její slepotiskové výzdoby
Slovik, Radomír
Metodika stanovuje na konkrétních příkladech historických vazeb pravidla, jak správně postupovat při odborném popisu slepotiskové výzdoby historických vazeb českého původu ze 16. století. Uživatele názorně povede v tvorbě správného popisu knižní vazby a určení jejího typu, dále mu pomůže při identifikaci užitých materiálů a zvoleného typu kompozičního schématu vyplněného otisky nářadí. Důraz bude kladen na unifikovanou terminologii a ikonografii popisu motivů slepotiskového nářadí. Samostatná pozornost bude navíc věnovaná způsobům dokumentace slepotiskové výzdoby vazeb. V neposlední řadě bude důraz kladen na unifikovanou terminologii.
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