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Jakub Teplý - East Bohemian sculpturor on the border of late baroque and neoclassicism
Šafka, Václav ; Adamcová, Kateřina (advisor) ; Macek, Petr (referee)
The basic aim of this bachelor thesis was to research personality and work of late baroque scupltor Jakub Teplý (1729-1802) through archive materials and literature. This sculptor was reliably working in Pardubice, its close regions and in the city of Ledeč nad Sázavou between 1761 and 1797. The motivation for making a detailed medallion and catalogue of the sculptor's work was that he has not received deeper attention of the Czech art history yet - a profile of his life, as well as the history of his works, have been missing. In addition, his work has not been surveyed in the frame of Bohemian sculpture of the second half of the 18th century. A critically-conceived review of all these aspects should have led to a fundamental sum of facts that would make it possible to interpret Teplý through relevant information in the future. In addition to this, a number of topics, which appeared during the research, could be essential for next studies of this sculptor and the wider cultural and historical context of the eastern Bohemian region in the 18th century - such as the sculptor's Viennese studies, his support of Franz Brandstein, his work in Ledeč or the character of the ordering practice in Pardubice in the second half of the 18th century. Key words baroque, rococo, classicism, sculpture, eastern...
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