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Realism at Prague university during the reign of Wenceslas IV
Řezník, Jan ; Hogenová, Anna (advisor) ; Rybák, David (referee) ; Demjančuk, Nikolaj (referee)
This thesis is devoted to the analysis of the realist view in the dispute about the nature of universals at Prague university during the reign of Wenceslas IV. At the same time, I explore the realism of the beginning of the fifteenth century in the Czech intellectual environment with regard to its international influences, with which I deal both synchronically and diachronically. I inquire into Prague realism as an original tradition of thinking, which is inspired by the philosophy and logic of foreign thinkers, but such influence is recontextualized into the Czech intellectual environment in a completely unprecedented way. My epistemological framework is based in inductive research, which I conduct by combining the results derived from the analysis of independent datasets of primary data. Such methodological choice enables me to carry out triangulation, i.e. finding the objective truth through approaching the topic from various viewpoints. I reach the conclusion that the dispute about the nature of universals at Prague university at the beginning of the fifteenth century cannot be reduced to the opposition between the nominalism of German masters and the realism of Czech masters, but realism can be apprehended as an important school of thought in terms of establishing an independent tradition of...
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Iconography of the historical regions in the bohemian visual art from 17th to 19th century
DRDÁKOVÁ, Kateřina
This bachelor thesis is focused on Czech historical regions from the 17th to the 19th century. Mostly on their pictures, which are appearing in the Czech art. The thesis focuses, for example, on a graphic sheet of the university thesis by Antonín Martin Lublinský. And in particular on the thesis of Jan Felix of Brandenstein, which illustrates the fifteen Czech regions paying tribute to Archbishop Jan Bedřich of Wallenstein. From the graphic works I carry on with the allegorical Map of Bohemia in the shape of a rose, which was used as an illustration for the book The Beauty and Wealth of the Czech Lands by Bohuslav Balbín. The next part of this work will lead to the 19th century to the creation of monuments, precisely on the monument of Franz I., also known as the Kranner's fountain. Finally the work focuses on the decoration of the original stage curtain in the National Theater by František Ženíšek. I compare the regions within their illustrations and meaning. I will emphasize especially on the individual shifts that occurred in the context of the ruling Habsburg dynasty, Czech baroque patriotism and national revival.
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Matthew of Cracow. His activity in Prague and the manuscripts containing his works in czech milieu
Lužný, Michael ; Zilynská, Blanka (advisor) ; Doležalová, Lucie (referee)
This thesis deals with Matthew of Cracow. This significant late-medieval scholar spent the greatest part of his life, from the 60s until the beginning of 90s of the 14th century, at the Prague university. The majority of his voluminous literary heritage was created during the years spent in Prague. His most important works belonged to the wide reformation movement which was gaining ground in the late 14th century Bohemia, when the crisis of the Catholic Church escalated. The first part provides a brief overview of Matthew's stay in Prague. The emphasis is placed on extant sources proving Matthew's Prague activity, which are confronted with some deductions and assumptions present in older literature. This thesis includes a list of manuscripts containing transcriptions of Matthew's texts kept in Czech institutions. Based on an analysis of this list, the main part of the thesis then shows the reception of his texts in the Bohemian milieu. This kind of research has not yet been conducted in Czech historiography and thus creates a foundation for the future study of Matthew and other members of the Prague pre-Hussite university.
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Apotheosis of Emperor Joseph I. in Prague collection of university theses
VAŇKOVÁ, Kristýna
Apotheosis of Emperor Joseph I in Prague collection of university theses. The bachelor´s work will deal with university theses of Prague environs that came into existence between 17th and 18th century. Two graphics will be the main object of bachelor´s work; their theme is the glorification of Emperor Joseph I. of Habsburg. Attention is concentrated on iconography analysis of two graphics, determination of the identity of depict persons and historical events. University theses are set into the historical and artistic context of the time of their origins and are given into connection with imaging glorification of Habsburg family on graphics of Prague university environs.
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Václav Novotný (1869-1932) – pupil, colleague and teacher
Hoffmannová, Jaroslava
Václav Novotný felt to be a pupil of first directors of the Historical Seminary, Jaroslav Goll, Professor of General History of the Czech Charles-Ferdinand University in Prague, and Josef Emler, Professor of Auxiliary Historical Sciences ibidem and Archivist of Prague City Archives. Authoress characterizes all Novotný´s university teachers. From 1898 Novotný was Privat-Dozent and from 1905 Professor of Czech History of the Czech Charles-Ferdinand University in Prague. Authoress characterizes the Novotný´s colleagues at the Faculty of Philosophy & Arts, between them former fellow-students Josef Pekař, Jaroslav Bidlo, Gustav Friedrich and other. Novotný had many pupils as a teacher, and he selected as his successor between them Otakar Odložilík.
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Bolzano and his disciples (Robert Zimmermann in particular)
Lorenzová, Helena
Deals with the professional careers of Bolzano's disciples who have achieved an important position within Austria (the Austro-Hungarian Empire). Pays special attention to the philosopher and aesthetician Robert Zimmermann (1824 - 1898), a professor at universities in Prague and then Vienna, who is still acknowledged as the author of the first history of aesthetics and the founder of formalism in aesthetics and the theory of art.
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