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Checking of Vehicle Identifiers
Motúz, Ondřej ; Panáček, Vladimír (referee) ; Motl, Jakub (advisor)
Diploma thesis is focused on identifiers of vehicles and their parts. The thesis gives an overview about available identifiers situated on the vecihles. Further more the thesis deal with potentional forgery and altering of identifiers and as a next shows potentional ways how to detect a manipulation with them. Practipal part of thesis includes a proposal of methodology for checking vehicles based on identifiers. There was also created a cathalogue of the Skoda vehicles. It gives an overview of identifiers for selected vehicles of the brand Skoda.
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Reproduction as a problem of ontology and the value of an aesthetic object
RIGANOVÁ, Šárka
This thesis looks into problems of sensory indistinguishable Copy in ontology and evaluation of an aesthetic object in the field of fine arts. For this purpose it presents and compares chosen theoretical approaches of - Nelson Goodman, Reinold Schmücker, Günther Patzig, Eddy Zemach and Denise Dutton - on ontology of a work of art, an original and a Copy. It further observes approaches and solutions in the field of evaluating works of art and their Copies by already mentioned Nelson Goodman and then Arthur Koestler, Mark Sagoff, Kendall L. Waltonn and Tomáš Kulka, with emphasis on the theory of aesthetic dualism by Tomáš Kulka. His theory of aesthetic dualism, together with distinguishing identity of a work of art and its tangible holder (artefact; above all G. Patzig, E. Zemach), is initial for the suggestion of a new approach through aesthetic triadism. Aesthetic triadism suggests the solution of a problem of evaluating works of art and Copies with three values: aesthetic and artistic value (related to the work of art) and the value of authenticity (related to the artefact). This approach is afterwards confronted with mentioned theories of evaluation and then used in relation to aesthetic object, its constitution and evaluation. Aesthetic triadism leads to satisfying solutions of main and partial questions that are asked in this thesis - it leads to a conclusion that evaluation of a work of art and a Copy can be in theory comparable by its aesthetic and artistic value and different evaluation can be restricted only on the value of authenticity. On the other hand, in specific reception of works of art or Copies the value of authenticity can influence constitution and evaluation of an aesthetic object so much that it leads to a different view of an aesthetic object both in its aesthetic and artistic value.
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Technical examination of documents and means of payment, technical protection against forgery
Štalmachová, Martina ; Štourač, Petr (advisor) ; Konrád, Zdeněk (referee)
The first segment of this magisterial thesis essay offers a theoretical, as well as historical, overview of the issue, describing the foundations, upon which it stands, as well as its development, as addressed in Chapter Two. Chapter Three focuses on the analysis and the condition of the situation in Czech Republic, complimented with visual aides in the form of graphs and other material, in regards to the international field. The essence of this chapter is the comparative consideration of the question of protection against forgery and alterations of means of payment and other documents. The core of the subject, as well as its individual aspects, are then dissected in the following segment beginning with Chapter Four. Discussed here are various forms of protection, mechanisms applied, realized either in the shape of different mechanical devices, as well as a number of safety features embedded in the means of payment itself. The following, fifth chapter, deals with the question of forgery of coins. After this excourse into the field of forgery and protection against it in general, Chapters Six and Seven center around the detection and resolution of criminal activity of this kind, describing the individual methods, analyses, tests and practices used in clarification of answers that are vital to its solving.
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The Problem of Art Forgery
PLÁŠILOVÁ, Lenka
This bachelor thesis will deal with the issue of counterfeit and stylishly imitated works of art, their identity with a focus on theoretical problems that the existence of falsified artworks brings. Firstly, the most famous examples of revealed artistic falsum will be introduced. Consequently, I will analyze aesthetic and ethical problems caused by the phenomenon of artistic falsification. An important part of this work will be formulation of artworks' identity problems, especially in relation to the Anglo-American aesthetics. One of the most important sources for this work will be a monograph by Tomáš Kulka: Umění a falzum (2004) and his conception of dualism in aesthetic theory. In addition to Kulka's approach, I will mention authors such as Nelson Goodman, Denis Dutton, Mark Sagoff and Arthur Koestler. The aim of this work is to evaluate a functionality of presented approaches to the given issue.
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Falsification of paintings and its impact on the Czech art market
Bergerová, Anna ; Janištinová, Anna (advisor) ; Prokůpek, Marek (referee)
The aim of this thesis is to analyze the impacts of the falsification of paintings on the art market and on individuals. Another aim of the thesis is to identify the risk factors of buying art works on the Czech market. The partial aim is to bring to readers a comprehensive view of the issue of the falsification of paintings on the domestic art market. The theoretical part is based on the literature that has not been published so far and maps the basic mechanisms of falsification of paintings. The practical part is based on interviews with experts, criminologists and collectors who have a personal experience of buying a forger. Based on the results of the interviews, the issues of falsification of painting works are answered, the most frequently falsified Czech artists are identified and the risk factors that lead to the purchase of counterfeit. Three artists demonstrate an analysis of expertise and forensic technique in determining the authenticity of the art work.
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The phenomenon of the falsifications of the objects of fine arts
Chvojková, Veronika ; Švestka, Jiří (advisor) ; Půtová, Barbora (referee)
The thesis focuses on theoretical analysis of the cultural phenomenon of artwork forgery. It describes the history of forgery in painting and sculpting in the Western society. The analysis is based mostly on philosophy and history of art, psychology, and history. The culturological approach is used, mainly in the interdisciplinary mapping of the historical and psychological process of artwork forgery. The thesis analyses contemporary approaches to the identity of artwork and its forgery, it also depicts partial problems of artwork forgery. To challenge this phenomenon, famous examples of forgers are used and decribed, such as Alceo Dossena, Han van Meegeren, Eric Hebborn, and Wolfgang Beltracchi. The situation and legal concenquences for forgers in the Czech Republic are also described. The aim of this thesis is to offer a complex overview of the phenomenon of artwork forgery.
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František Kaván (1866-1941) in the Letters for his Wife and Friends
Charvátová, Eliška ; Ebelová, Ivana (advisor) ; Zachař, Michael (referee)
This rigorous thesis presents compiled and edited collection of letters from the czech landscape painter František Kaván (1866-1941), a scholar of Julius Mařák's painting school, to his second wife Pavla Kavánová-Šírová, the publisher and gallerist František Topič, the painter Oldřich Blažíček and the librarian and bibliographer Ladislav Jan Živný. The edition is based on 259 letters kept in the Museum of Czech Literature in Prague and the Archives of the National Gallery in Prague. The correspondence describes a life of the painter from the year 1894 to 1941. The rigorous thesis analyses and comments approachable literature and deals with relevant sources of material. Editorial comment summarizes principles and methods applied in this thesis, one part is dedicated to the editor Svatopluk Klír. The main parts are chapters based on commentary of selected passages of 259 edited documents with further relevant information in the apparatus. A part of the thesis are indices and list of sources and literature. Fulltext edition of mentioned documents is a part of my bachelor and diploma thesis. This edition of Kaván's letters from 19th to second part of 20th century reflects till now uncompiled sources and throug them give as a new insight into life and work the significant czech landscape painter, his...
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The theme of the Falsification in Umberto Eco's Novels: Foucautt's Pendulum, Baudolino and Prague Cemetery
Doležal Nováková, Lucie ; Pelán, Jiří (advisor) ; Polišenská, Vladimíra (referee)
This thesis studies forgery which appears in selected novels by Umberto Eco. They are Foucault's Pendulum, Baudolino and The Prague Cemetery. At the beginning theoretical basis of Eco's thoughts about the structure and character of forgery is described. Later different types of forgery are identified in the selected novels. The part about Foucault's Pendulum describes not only the forgery itself, The Plan, but also the theoretically-historical basis of the novel as well as conspiracy theories and the political and social situation in Italy in those days. The part about Baudolino describes the historical forgery - The Realm of Prester John and The Grail Legend, which we can find in fiction books these days. The last studied novel, Eco's latest, The Prague Cemetery involves antisemitism and concerns the creation of an irrational xenophobic document,which entered history under the name of The Protocols of the Elders of Zion. The part of the thesis about thisnovel also concerns theoretical thoughts about a creation of an enemy, which Eco described in his book Inventing The Enemy. The conclusion of this thesis summarizes results of the search for the forgery in the selected novels and the way Eco uses historical forgeries in his fiction works.
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Ontology of the aesthetic object and the value of the artwork, reproductions and forgery
RIGANOVÁ, Šárka
This bachelor thesis is focused on issues originals and copies of works of art (reproductions and forgeries), namely problems of constitution of the aesthetic object and its value. In this purpose I compare Nelson Goodman´s theory of autheticity of works of art to Eddy Zamach´s theory of identity of works of art. I compare these theories with Roman Ingarden´s theory of aesthetic object. I am focusing too on influence of non-aesthetic´s informations about artefacts (originals, reproduction, forgery) on constitution of aesthetic object and its judgment of value marginally.
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Technical examination of documents and means of payment, technical protection against forgery
Štalmachová, Martina ; Štourač, Petr (advisor) ; Konrád, Zdeněk (referee)
The first segment of this magisterial thesis essay offers a theoretical, as well as historical, overview of the issue, describing the foundations, upon which it stands, as well as its development, as addressed in Chapter Two. Chapter Three focuses on the analysis and the condition of the situation in Czech Republic, complimented with visual aides in the form of graphs and other material, in regards to the international field. The essence of this chapter is the comparative consideration of the question of protection against forgery and alterations of means of payment and other documents. The core of the subject, as well as its individual aspects, are then dissected in the following segment beginning with Chapter Four. Discussed here are various forms of protection, mechanisms applied, realized either in the shape of different mechanical devices, as well as a number of safety features embedded in the means of payment itself. The following, fifth chapter, deals with the question of forgery of coins. After this excourse into the field of forgery and protection against it in general, Chapters Six and Seven center around the detection and resolution of criminal activity of this kind, describing the individual methods, analyses, tests and practices used in clarification of answers that are vital to its solving.
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