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Self-portait in sculpture in Bohemia
Havelková, Tereza ; Konečný, Lubomír (advisor) ; Prahl, Roman (referee)
There is only limited amount of sculptural self-portraits. Only few sculptors captured their own appearence and they did it only exceptionally twice in their lives. The first known self-portrait is Petr Parléř's bust in St. Vitus Cathedral's triforium. It is a historically unique example and it remained isolated in the Czech area for a long time. During the Baroque, there began a long line of self-portrait effigies within larger iconographic units, so called cryptoportraits. Three- dimensional effigies, as reliefs, occur with the same frequency.The major turning point for the creation of scuptural self-portraits was made by J. V. Myslbek with his effigy from 1902. He prescribed in its entirety the type of respectable person, the type of representative bust. Since then, there can be found the increasing use of sculptural self-portraits appear, the continuous chronological sequence and its development can be traced in the work of his pupils. The sculptors usually portrait themselves as serious persons; they try to capture all their current experience with representative effigies. Even the expressional part of these effigies represent faithful reflection of reality with accurate depiction of human physiognomy and character. Their work with space is consistent but only minimal with extra-portrait...
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