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Portrait of Polyxena of Lobkowicz - haptic model for the disabled people
NOVOTNÁ, Petra
This bachelor thesis consists of two parts - theoretical and practical. First chapter of the theoretical part deals with the issue of renaissance woman in society. It shows a woman in role as a virgin, wife and widow; it describes education that every woman had to go through; and it looks at noble woman in point of view of aristocracy. Second chapter of the theoretical part is dedicated to a specific noblewoman Polyxena of Lobkowicz, maden name Polyxena of Pernstein and describes her lifeway. Last chapter of the teoretical part deals with the problematics of perception of visual impairment and focuses on the methodology of compensatory aids, especially haptic models for visually impaired ones. Practical part of this bachelor thesis has the goal to transform the Polyxena's paintings into the haptic model in the form of relief which is primarily intended for the blind and partially sighted.

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