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"Malo mori quam foedari": The Symbol of the Ermine in the Visual Arts and Period Thinking.
Marešová, Markéta ; Konečný, Lubomír (advisor) ; Dobalová, Sylva (referee)
The master's thesis "Malo mori quam foedari": The Symbol of the Ermine in the Visual Arts and Period Thinking focuses on the origin and development of ermine symbolism and its application in the European environment between antiquity and the end of the 16th century. The springboard for this work is the iconic painting of the Italian Renaissance attributed to Leonardo da Vinci, Lady with an Ermine, in which this animal holds a prime position. By placing the ermine in the foreground of the painting and thanks to the exceptionally masterful rendering, the artist gives the creature and its symbolism a key role in the reading and understanding of the painting's meaning. The advanced level of humanistic education in the European royal courts made it possible to not only create but also to understand various symbolic references in the visual arts and literature. One such example is the symbolisms of the ermine, the roots of which reach as far back as ancient history. The central aim of the presented work, besides the evaluation of existing knowledge concerning the Lady with an Ermine, is the synthesis and presentation of interpretations of the ermine as a symbol in all its depth and breadth, and in all its historic and local transformations that have thus far not been systemically mapped. The basis of...
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Miscellanea Testudinis, The Study of Depiction and Symbolism of Tortoise in European Fine Art
Lovászová, Nella ; Konečný, Lubomír (advisor) ; Dobalová, Sylva (referee)
This master's thesis deals with a symbolism of tortoise in fine art. The text is limited to the European art only, to keep the range of the thesis sustainable. The thesis is devided into three parts. The first chapter focuses on literature, as a source of meanings for fine art. There are in detail described beginnings of literature about turtles and development of the dominant lines of their symbolism until 17th century. It is about "Tortoise-Lady", "Tortoise-Beast & Heretic" and "Slow Tortoise". Within the second part there are briefly mentioned the shades of turtle meanings that were not specified in the previous chapter due to the time period limitation. The third section includes a case study of the painting "Bathers with a Turtle" by Henry Matisse. It contains also occurrence of "Tortoise-Lady" within the history of art.
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Rubens's Personal War
Šedivá, Nella ; Konečný, Lubomír (advisor) ; Dobalová, Sylva (referee)
Bachelor thesis concerns the relationship between Peter Paul Rubens and war. Since 1620 we can find the war in the majority of his composition. The war became very personal topic for Rubens, not only because arts and business does not prosper thorough war years, it was also due to his role as a diplomat for peace. He assumes the role of peacemaker just since the 20s. This work tries to show his role as a man of peace through extensive biography, which deals mainly with Rubens's diplomatic and political role, and through the succeeding two chapters which concern the history and iconography of the Allegory of consequences of war picture. The war became to be the connection of it all and the picture Allegory of consequences of war is the key picture which shows this relationship.
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The Development of Floral Still Life Paintings from antiquity to the late Baroque
Semrádová, Alžběta ; Konečný, Lubomír (advisor) ; Dobalová, Sylva (referee)
The thesis provides a general outline of the development of the still life paintings from antiquity to the end of the Baroque era in the European cultural context with an emphasis on the floral still lifes. The text is divided into four chapters. The first chapter is devoted to the still life paintings in ancient times, which later inspired painters of the younger ages, but also tries to point out to the different understanding of these specific thermes. Some quotations of ancient literature are attached. The second chapter introduces the medieval still lifes. In those times the Christian iconography has formed. The independent still lifes did not exist, however slowly began to appear within religious images like the bearers of the hidden symbolism. In the following chapter the Renaissance still life is introduced in the context of reducing the differences between art and nature observation in connnection with scientific knowledge. The last chapter deals with the Baroque still life painting, examines the development of individual still life paintings, mainly from the 17th and 18th centuries, and presents the differences between still life produced in different European art centres.
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On garden walls and garden portals
Dobalová, Sylva
An article deals with a concept of enclosed garden (hortus conclusus), characterized by a surrounding wall, which was elaborately designed. The existence of such an intimate space demands special attention of appereance of entrance.
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