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The illuminated manuscripts for Albertus de Sternberg and their circle
Gaudek, Tomáš ; Hlaváčková, Jana Hana (advisor) ; Royt, Jan (referee)
The text disserts upon the iluminated manuscripts of the 14th century. The main interest is focused on the codices group of an illuminator generally refered to as the Master of Sternberg manuscripts. Possibly the oldest of them might be the Graduale for the monastery of Augustinian Hermits in Ročov (SOkA Louny, I G 7). This manuscript, unfortunately not completed, was ordered by Albertus de Kolowrat. Yet the most important offer came to the illuminator from Albertus de Sternberg, the Bishop of Litomyšl, for whom the Liber pontificalis (Prague, Library of Strahov Abbey, DG I 19) and the Bible (Kraków, Biblioteka Jagiellonska, 284/I a II) were created. This illuminator's ouvre is certainly one of the first-rate artistic enterprises among manuscript illumination of the time. The Old Testament from the Library of Prague National Museum ( KNM XV B 4) is sometimes also associated with the Master of Sternberg manuscripts and considered his oldest work. Nevertheless, as this thesis aims to show, this codex belongs among a different, already defined manuscript group. Another part of this thesis is devoted to the Master od Sadská Bible, who has often been considered a pupil of the Master of Sternberg manuscripts. An analysis of his ouvre and its comparison to some of the other manuscripts of the time lead towards...
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The illuminated manuscripts for Albertus de Sternberg and their circle
Gaudek, Tomáš ; Royt, Jan (referee) ; Hlaváčková, Jana Hana (advisor)
The text disserts upon the iluminated manuscripts of the 14th century. The main interest is focused on the codices group of an illuminator generally refered to as the Master of Sternberg manuscripts. Possibly the oldest of them might be the Graduale for the monastery of Augustinian Hermits in Ročov (SOkA Louny, I G 7). This manuscript, unfortunately not completed, was ordered by Albertus de Kolowrat. Yet the most important offer came to the illuminator from Albertus de Sternberg, the Bishop of Litomyšl, for whom the Liber pontificalis (Prague, Library of Strahov Abbey, DG I 19) and the Bible (Kraków, Biblioteka Jagiellonska, 284/I a II) were created. This illuminator's ouvre is certainly one of the first-rate artistic enterprises among manuscript illumination of the time. The Old Testament from the Library of Prague National Museum ( KNM XV B 4) is sometimes also associated with the Master of Sternberg manuscripts and considered his oldest work. Nevertheless, as this thesis aims to show, this codex belongs among a different, already defined manuscript group. Another part of this thesis is devoted to the Master od Sadská Bible, who has often been considered a pupil of the Master of Sternberg manuscripts. An analysis of his ouvre and its comparison to some of the other manuscripts of the time lead towards...
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The Master of Zvíkov Lamenting of Christ
Slávková, Gabriela ; Ottová, Michaela (advisor) ; Mudra, Aleš (referee)
The Master of Zvíkov Lamenting of Christ In the 1960' s this anonymous master was called František Kotrba, according to the work of Lamenting of Christ which was found in Zvíkov Chapel. The Master was active in the first quarter of 16th century and worked in the area of south-west Bohemia (Horažďovice, Kašperské Mountains), where quite a lot of his works were found. We rank the carver among the school constituency of the Master of Žebrák Lamenting of Christ who was one of the most important artists of Podunaj school in Bohemia, working probably in České Budějovice. Secular form works through the works of the Master of Zvíkov Lamenting of Christ. In comparison with the Master of Žebrák, the carvings are mostly moderate in the expression and partly simplified. On the other hand, the relief style is absolutely clear and precise, so the polychrome on the statues could be very thin. In this bachelor assignment I aimed to place the Master of Zvíkov Lamenting of Christ into the context of time, ask and answer the questions of his existence, but my main task was to make a catalogue of the most important works attributed to this master so far.
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Secure and privacy-preserving data communication
Bernát, Michal ; Člupek, Vlastimil (referee) ; Malina, Lukáš (advisor)
This thesis discusses the possibility of ensuring the safety, integrity and authenticity of data communication with respect to user privacy. This thesis describes the fundamentals of smart grid networks with capabilities of existing forms of security to communications that have been chosen as a target for application deployment of group signatures to ensure the security, integrity and authenticity of data communications. It describes the concept of a zero-knowledge and cryptography primitives. Further, the basic principles are presented, the history of development, and various schemes are compared based on the construction and performance. The second part is given to the deployment and optimization of group signatures for computationally limited devices. Within the draft report were to be implemented in the Java language chosen scheme HLCCN, DP and BBS. They were then tested under various platforms which were measured and evaluated performance parameters of the schemes. The optimization of the work is focused on the times of signatures, which are critical to a smart grid system. Under the platforms are deployed pre-processed pairing optimization methods and other methods resulting from the deployment platform as JPBWrappera and native libraries to deliver more efficient times of sgnaiture. At the end of the thesis are evaluated achievements of optimization methods and the appropriateness of the deployment of smart grids.
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Violette Leduc. An existentialist woman-writer in France.
Habartová, Vendula ; Jamek, Václav (advisor) ; Voldřichová - Beránková, Eva (referee)
Violette Leduc. An existentialist woman-writer in France The aim of this diploma thesis is to describe and evaluate the work of French writer Violette Leduc from the point of view of existentialism, which she is considered to be a representative of. There is an outline of the basic context of the writer's life and work at the beginning and description of the genre of autobiography follows. The main body of the work includes association of her life with existentialism (she took an active part in existentialists' literary group and she kept a close personal relationship with some of the representatives of this movement: Sartre, Beauvoir, Camus); and with literature in terms of intertextuality (internal coherence and inspiration of her work); and with themes of her work as such and her perception of them. Both perspectives are interconnected because Leduc's work is mainly autobiographical. The core purpose of the work is to investigate the reflection of ontological and ethical demands of existentialism in the author's elaboration of authentic experience. The interpretative part deals with her essential trilogy: : La Bâtarde, La Folie en Tête, La Chasse à l'Amour. Both the typical features of existentialism and the features of Leduc's work that go beyond it are explained on the basis of these three texts. The...
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The late gothic panel painting in mining towns of central Slovakia
Šugár, Martin ; Homolka, Jaromír (advisor) ; Royt, Jan (referee) ; Gerát, Ivan (referee)
The subject covers the collection of master paintings of high quality which are a part of altar retabulums dated to the last quarter of 15th and the begining of 16the centuries. They document the artistic development of mining towns in central Slovakia (out of which Kremnica, Banska Štiavnica and Banská Bystrica are the most notable ones). An important part of artistic development formation in the region was taken by Benedictine Monastery in Hronský Beňadik. The conserved resource origins from many anonymous painters. Ouf of them a crucial part belongs mainly to Master of Kremnica (short time ago named Master from Lúčky, in hungarian Jánosréti Mester), and Master Jakub. The biggest response belongs to the masterpiece of Master MS - panels from the former High altar in The Church of St. Catherine in Banská Štiavnica from 1506. The painters workshop existence is not approved by documents. Their activities might be documented only by analysing the masterpieces themselves. At the beginning their typical features were influenced by Little-Poland art (altarpieces created for Dominican and Augustinian Monasteries in Cracow), Lower-Rhine art (Master FVB / Frans van Brugge, Master of the Life of the Virgin / Meister des Marienlebens), Upper-Rhine art (Martin Schongauer) and Swabian art (Bernhard Strigel).
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Authentic existence and the "American dream" in Dreiser's fiction
Černá, Pavlína ; Procházka, Martin (referee) ; Roraback, Erik Sherman (advisor)
If we ask ourselves what makes a nation, the most common answer would probably be the national attributes such as the same language, race, shared territory or history platform. But then how is it in the case of the United States of America? Its language, English, is originally a language from the British Isles, its population consists of many people of different races and cultural backgrounds. It would be quite problematic even to speak about some common past or a specific territory.1 So, what is it then that makes the United States of America? Harvard's Sacvan Bercovitch argues that this "nation is defined by the mythic word America"2 and for him "America is a myth."2 Taking the definition of myths, in the original meaning of the word they are "stories, usually concerning superhumans or gods, which are related to accompany or to explain religious beliefs: they originate far back in the culture of oral societies. A mythology is a system of mythical stories which, taken together, elaborate the religious or metaphysical beliefs of the society."3 Myths are important in functioning as building blocks of the nation, more precisely they "shape the way we see the world, how we think of ourselves, where we look for origins and purpose, including national origins and purpose." Finally, "every great culture has had a...
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Communication as a tool for helping seniors in senior care providing institutions to an active life
KLIMKOVÁ, Lenka
Communication is one of the most important needs of man whatever his age. A good communication is the basis of relation between the nursing staff and clients. By means of good communication an agreeable atmosphere is created in senior homes, mental state of clients can be influenced and physical hardships are relieved. My paper aimed at describing principles of successful communication with seniors applied within complex care for clients in social and health institutions, including free time activities in the Senior Home Máj in České Budějovice and in Senior Home of Mistr Křišťan in Prachatice. The first one presuming that one of the general principles of effective communication with seniors applied in complex care for clients of health and social institutions is an interested, personal relation of the staff towards the client, accepting his/her personality, empathy and listening to him/her, creation of a friendly and optimistic atmosphere, recognition and encouragement of the client's efforts. This hypothesis was confirmed. The second hypothesis presumed an important role in encouragement of activity in seniors, the clients of health and social institutions, is played by communication methods applied in free time activities, entertaining therapeutical techniques and animation games aiming at encouragement, motivation and empowerment of clients. This hypothesis was confirmed as both institutions offer many free time activities encouraging communication, encouragement and motivation of clients. The staff realize that existing communication is not ideal as it is nurses who communicate most often with seniors when providing nursing and medical care and they would need more time. However, seniors realize and understand the lack of time on the part of the staff. Information for the practical part of the bachelor thesis was collected by means of a quantitative research in the form of a group structured interview, applying mainly the method of a directed interview and analysis of documents.
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Being the self: Heidegger's concept of autenticity and its critique
Puc, Jan ; Kouba, Petr (referee) ; Kouba, Pavel (advisor)
The diploma thesis pursuits an answer to the question to the meaning of being oneself. Martin Heidegger's philosophy, as elaborated in Being and Time, underlines the importance of this anthropological question giving it a focal position in the ontological query. For Heidegger, the individuality is identified with an act of acceptance of one's own, typically human way of being, which is the ground for disclosure of Being itself. The work traces this correlation by interpreting Heidegger's concept of human in two steps: the first, meanings hidden in the definition of man as a possibility are qualified, then, the notion of "authentic" existence as a prominent way of revelation of one's own being possibility is put in the centre of interest. I find the core of authenticity, characterized by Heidegger as "resoluteness" (Entschlossenheit), in the act of acceptance of the burden of existence, which I bring to its consequences for selfunderstanding of the man. This point opens the discussion as I consider the understanding of one's own life aimed towards a possibility which man finds himself or herself in one of the basic ways of orientation in the world. However, this conception is not compatible with Heidegger's notion of authentic existence. In the end, consequences of the confrontation of the both concepts of...
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