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Art and ritual: The Return of art to the ritual
SLUKOVÁ, Tereza
In this thesis, a student (Tereza Slukova) will examine the relationship between art and ritual, and the transformation both of these concepts have undergone. She will also examine their mutual coexistence and interaction throughout the history of Western culture. The student will base her analysis on the possible definition of both of these concepts and she will try to uncover the moments when their mutual interaction can be considered. In a subsequent part of her thesis, she will identify modern efforts to return art to is ritual function and the impact of these efforts on the transformation of traditional ways of creating, presenting and perceiving art.
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Aesthetics of Arts
Garila, Athina ; Hogenová, Anna (advisor) ; Blecha, Zbyněk (referee)
This Bachelor work has no intention to analysis the History of art, either to explain the terminology of philosophy thru time; Great Masters did this before and compare with them will be completely useless. The purpose of this work is to prove that aesthetics there for arts, are extremely important in our days not only because art domesticates the ferocious beast (humans included), but also because aesthetics is ethics. In order of course to understand this association between this triangle aesthetics-art-ethics, a short historical preview is necessary as well as the explanation of main terminology is require; At the end however when we see our course as human kind from the beginning until now a question will be born; did we failure, did the modern time pays the price of our ancestors or our own? And if our time is actually the worst of all times can this failure be reverse? And how can this and the next generations do something to change the course of history since the luck of ethics is more than obvious in every corner of our world? This work will give the facts and at the end will show reality in a cruel and row way; but the answers for all this question is still yours...
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Hieronymus Bosch and Venice
Novotná, Věra ; Zlatohlávek, Martin (advisor) ; Nespěšná Hamsíková, Magdaléna (referee)
This (bachelor) thesis concerns the phenomenon of Hieronymus Bosh and its possible links to art and life of Venice and Veneto in the sixteen century. The title of it is: Hieronymus Bosch and Venice. It is trying to set up tangible hypothesis based on broad study on literature concerning Bosch, especially his paitings, accommodated now in Palazzo Ducale in Venice,. Further it concerns on the sixteen century Veneto and, specifically and most importantly the mighty and beautiful art of the Serenissima. It is describing eventually indicated links if in at least two sources. It finally synthetizes the literature and concludes: there are no such confirmed indications in serious literature. It is further trying to include the panels in venezian contemporary art and its development, and is looking for any descendents of the Master in Veneto and in wider Europe, too. It gathers all Venetian donors and supporters, who had connections or knowledge on Bosch, Mainly it outlines the collection of Bosch's paintings owned by Cardinal Grimani; in comparison, too, other European noted collections, and their results. This work reveals importance of the works of Bosch and interest among the historians of arts since modern age, including last issues, on the other hand, the lack of serious studies on this specific...
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Balinese dance and drama
Vozábová, Jana ; Stehlíková, Eva (advisor) ; Pšenička, Martin (referee)
In my thesis I describe many kinds of theatrical forms in Bali island - Indonesia. I choose this theme of my diploma paper because in my studies of theater I'm focusing on Balinese dance and drama since four years ago. In academic year 2004/2005 I obtained scholarship of Indonesian government on studies in lSI, Institute of Art in Denpasar, Bali. My field of study was shadow puppets theater and dance drama. After my studies I return there every year to continue my research on Balinese theater and to get better in traditional Balinese dance which I am also teaching in Czech Republic. Three years ago I established civic association Kintari foundation which introduces Indonesian art and culture in Czech Republic and helps on humanitarian projects in Indonesia as well. My thesis is divided into three main parts: Puppet theater, Dance theater and Theater between puppets and dance art. There is also Balinese dividing of theater according to hindu religion which is the main indicator of Balinese theater. These groups are: wali, bebali and balih-balihan. The relegation to these groups depends on how important is a given kind of theatrical form for hindu religion. Wali are the holiest kinds of theater and dance, bebali are still connected to religious ceremonies and balih-balihan are just spectacular case. Theater...
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Evolutionary psychology of art
Lačev, Alek ; Štětovská, Iva (referee) ; Šípek, Jiří (advisor)
In this thesis I concern with a phenomenon of art within field of evolutio-nary psychology. This phenomenon apparently exceeds the functional and as such it "cries out for an explanation". I explain that evolutionary theories of art consider art in the light of scientific attempt to understand human nature. And in accord with those I ask, why art exists at all or why it is so prevalent in hu-man behavior. There are many evolutionary accounts of art. Yet, I will focus on four of the foremost evolutionary theories of and their proponents: (1) art as not an adaptation, but a byproduct of the evolution of human brain by natural selec-tion (Steven Pinker); (2) art as a product not of natural selection but of sexual selection (Geoffrey Miller); (3) art as an adaptation of social cohesion (Ellen Dis-sanayake) or (4) art as an adaptation of individual mental organization (John Tooby and Leda Cosmides). In the research part of the thesis I further examine one of the above men-tioned theories. Two hypothesis based on Millers theory are outlined and tested empirically in a form of personal ads. Results show, that neither more nor younger women answer to those ads which contain expression of artistic talent though. Thus they do not support Millers theory. Discussion summariz-es possible reasons for such outcome as well...
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Origin, evolution and essence of the Puppet Guignol in French theatre and its contemporary adaptation
Lamperová, Zuzana ; Pohorský, Aleš (referee) ; Voldřichová - Beránková, Eva (advisor)
Guignol, a French puppet born in the early nineteenth century in the hands of Laurent Mourguet, a silk weaver often unemployed during the Revolution, celebrates in 2008 his bicentenary. Accompanied by his wife, cantankerous Madelon, and his best friend, drunkard Gnafron, improvising commentaries to the news of the day, he became very popular all over the France. Unlike his colleagues of Commedia dell'Arte, he was close to the daily lives of his working-class audience. In contrast to other regional puppets, Guignol still appears regularly on stages of French theatres. In my study, I have first explained the origine and the evolution of the Guignol theatre. I have as well tried to show the identity and the behaviour of the Lyon most famous puppet, in one of the traditional pieces, Le Déménagement (Moving). Guignol appears to be here a poor, unhappy and unemployed silk weaver, who will lose his apartment, if he does not pay the rent to his landlord. Anyway, he does not surrender, and tries to keep the right to live in his flat by words, and when this does not help, by beating the authorities. Guignol's show is a comedy, but it also has a social message. There are a few publications regarding Guignols history, but none of them shows Guignol in the context of the other puppets in French modern theatre.That is...
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Nippon re-discovered. The image of Japan in central European modernism 1920-1940
Čapková, Helena ; Švácha, Rostislav (referee) ; Lahoda, Vojtěch (advisor)
Japanese influence on Europe was particularly strong in the period of japonism, which is widely pinned down and limited to the second half of 19th century. However, this Japanese vogue transformed into a sophisticated knowledge and admiration for Japanese art, philosophy and everyday life by the interwar period. This transformation happened within a framework of international modernity and is a subject of this text. What is the Japanese element in modernism that alludes its latent japaneseness? I argue that it is a symptom of Japanese aesthetics that deeply rooted into common consciousness by the time between the wars. The geographic focus of this paper is on Central Europe and Japan. Japanese art scene has been an active participant of international art debates since the beginning of 20th century. This dynamic situation in Japan played a crucial role in seeking the history and unique face of modernism. Many prominent artists took part in this process including the ones for Central Europe. Therefore, few case studies will be included, such as on Johannes Itten, Bedřich Feuerstein and Bruno Taut.
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Czech theatrical poster 1968-1989: visual semiotic
Sýkorová, Lenka ; Holý, Bohuslav (referee) ; Lahoda, Vojtěch (advisor)
Method of visual semiotics applied in the environment of the Czech theater-posters in the period of 1968 - 1989 discovered conscious or subconscious reflections in the works of artists cooperating on the art designs advertising the National Theatre in Prague and other Prague's stages, as E. F. Burian Theatre (Divadlo E.F.Buriana, now Divadlo Archa) and S. K. Neumann Theatre (Divadlo S. K. Neumanna, now Divadlo Pod Palmovkou). Presented text deals with question of mapping out the posters created for an official theater stage of the National Theatre in Prague in the period of normalization. It contains a list of posters published by the National theatre in Prague in the period 1968-89 and a visual collection of such posters - altogether 70 posters. As main sources of information served year-books "Czech graphic art and maps" (Česká grafika a mapy), "Bibliographic catalogue of the CSSR" (Bibliografický katalog ČSSR) published by the State Library of the CSSR, the Archives of the National Theatre, Anenské square 2, Prague 1, Archives of the Moravian Gallery in Brno, and personal archives of the artists themselves. Phenomenon of posters includes both visual and textual information, often transformed by means of a shortcut into a sign, a metaphor or a symbol. Basic structure of the explanation of the visual...
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Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter of Mario Vargas Llosa
MIKOTOVÁ, Michaela
The first part of the thesis informs about a period, which influnced writers born after the year 1930; outlines formation of the "boom" and "post boom" phenomenon. In the second part there is introduced the writer Mario Vargas Llosa not only as a successful writer of novels but also in other aspects of his works. The third part of the thesis concerns the procedures and narrative theories of Vargas Llosa. A part of this whole is also an effort to outline the connection between post-modernism and reality and fiction. In the fourth part I pursue an analysis of narrative perspective of the novel Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter. The thesis is closed by a consideration about art and kitsch in the connection with the mentioned novel.
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