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Caspar David Friedrich, The motif of figure at the window, its genesis and evolution.
Hájková, Zita ; Konečný, Lubomír (advisor) ; Prahl, Roman (referee)
The thesis deals with the life and work of Caspar David Friedrich (1774 - 1840) who is considered one of the most important painters and drawers of the German romanticism. His main contribution for painting was the creation of pictures with subjective, later also politically motivated symbolism. The themes of his works in particular included the nature where persons often stand and watch the landscape in distance. The first chapter provides information on the personality and work of the painter who created a new style of landscaping. In nature he discovered the spiritual element that he connected with the picture. The work then describes the influences of the romantic literary movement and religion on his work. The second chapter presents a female figure turned with her back to the viewer in a painting called Woman by the Window from 1822. Various interpretations of art historians connected especially with romanticising visions of individuality and infinity are presented. The origin and development of the female figure turned with her back to the viewer in painting from prehistoric times up to the 20th century is also outlined. The phenomenon of a window in art is explained in the third chapter. A window in interior and a view from a window is also demonstrated as a mean of expression of an artist....
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Figure portrayal in Czech painting of the second third of the 19 century in European context
Řezáč, Jan ; Prahl, Roman (advisor) ; Petrasová, Taťána (referee) ; Machalíková, Pavla (referee)
In my Ph.D. thesis I suggest methodological approach to the figural painting of the middle of the 19 century, creation of the Czech painter Josef Manes in particular. In this period figural artists still learned to copy historic models in both academic and non-academic institutions. But the figure starts to be also presented as identifying element of the society, newly establishing nations in particular. Also emancipation of artists and their effort for conceptual expression (self-representation) is reflected in the presented figural form. Painting of the late romanticism is characterised by adoptions of Michelangelo's and manieristic way of portrayal of human body. Thus there is a remarkable shift from so far popular classical Raffaelo's renaissance figure. For Josef Manes, usually only graphic patterns were available. In this thesis I also analyse Manes's anthropomorfisations and his tendencies to deform anatomic proportions of depicted figures. I show that these features of Manes's art have social, mental and formal background. I aimed to find interpretations of Manes' artistic approach, probably influenced by ideas from Munich, Dresden, Vienna and Düsseldorf. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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Motif of landscape in the work of J. M. W. Turner
KUČEROVÁ, Iva
The bachelor's thesis entitled landscape motif in the work of J. W. M. Turner is divided into a theoretical part and a practical part. The theoretical part deals with the personalities of J. W. M. Turner in the context of the time, especially the influence of his work on the artistic events of English landscape architecture. Attention is also focused on Turner's plein air artwork and the popular technique that became watercolor. This part also focuses on J. M. W. Turner's contemporaries who were creating at this time. The practical part is devoted to and inspired by J. W. M. Turner's artistic work. The aim of the practical part is watercolor paintings, sketch material and preparatory sketches from plein air.
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Depiction of the countryside in the works of 19th century painters (theoretical-practical thesis)
MARTÍNEK, Miroslav
This Bachelor's thesis "Depiction of the countryside in the works of 19th century painters" consists of two parts - theoretical and practical. The theoretical part describes the development of the depiction of the rural environment in the paintings of the 19th century. The main focus is on the Western painting tradition and important Czech painters. With regard to this topic, the historical context is also mentioned to better understanding of the theme. The practical part develops the knowledge that is mentioned in the theoretical part in the conditions of today's countryside. The sketch material is made similarly to the described painters. This material serves as experience for the final landscape paintings. At the very end, in the appendices, readers can familiarize themselves with the visual material that is mentioned in the text.
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A Night in the Mill
Topínková, Anita ; Havlíček, Jiří (referee) ; Zet, Martin (advisor)
Be moving, seek, hunt for sth, can´t find it so far, that is a promise of paradise, or a paradise itself. Mobility as a protest, pursuit of adventure, searching for escape, authenticity or identity.
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Autobiographical Reflections in Jane Austen's Fictional World
Vošmíková, Marcela ; Chalupský, Petr (advisor) ; Grmelová, Anna (referee)
This thesis deals with autobiographical reflections in selected novels of Jane Austen. The theoretical part looks into the social, historical, and cultural background in Jane Austen's lifetime. It also gives a general outline of literary genres in the late 18th and early 19th century. The practical part is focused on the analysis of various aspects in six Austen's books within the context of the available information about the writer's life. These novels are: Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma, Northanger Abbey, and Persuasion. This part deals with the question concerning an extent to which Austen's writing, the fictional worlds of her novels, can be attributed to the influence of her personal life and experience.
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Romantic idealism in George Sand's ''country'' novels
SOCHORKOVÁ, Kristýna
This bachelor thesis is concerned with the work of George Sand, an important French writer of the 19th century. The aim of the thesis is to fathom the writer's rural novels and to determinate the role of idealized elements in these novels. The thesis contains a theoretical and an analytical section. The theoretical section briefly introduces the historical and literary context of the Romantic movement in France and, subsequently, mentions George Sand's biography and literary output. The analytical section consists of analysis of Sand's rural novels (The Devil's Pool, The Country Waif, Little Fadette and Les Maîtres Sonneurs) with emphasis on identifying idealized elements. The analysis focuses on characteristics of main characters and the rural setting where George Sand strove to portray an image of an ideal human being. A summary of all four analyses follows and pursues interconnected themes in her rural novels.
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Christian Kitsch
ŠOJSLOVÁ, Lucie
This diploma thesis deals with kitsch as a manipulative tool parasitizing in the Christian environment, at the heart of which are especially emotionally colored and often sentimental themes that directly attack the feelings of the viewer. The main content is also the definition of similarities and differences between sacred and spiritual art, holy pictures and kitsch. The aim of the thesis is to bring the concept of "Christian kitsch", to point out its power and to think about the question of whether Christianity would even be able to exist without kitsch.
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The Representation of the Svojanov castle in the 19th and 20th Century Czech Literature
URBÁNKOVÁ, Soňa
The small town of Svojanov, dominated by a medieval castle, has become an inspiration for many authors, prose writers, and poets. The first references to Svojanov can be found at the time of the National Revival, and this literary tradition continues to the present time. The aim of this work is to document all available texts in which the literary image of the place was developed during the 19th and 20th centuries. In particular, the genres in which the given image was applied and how it changed in the context of contemporary literary discourses (emphasis will be placed on the dominant discourses of 19th-century romanticism, parnasism, realism). The available electronic resources (Caslin catalog, Retrobi database, ) will be used for the research and the resulting text will be provided to the Svojanov castle administration.
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