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Light as an image. Light in Czech fine art from the 1940s to the present days
MICHALINOVÁ, Denisa
The subject of this master thesis is the phenomenon of light as a specific artistic medium. The main focus will be put on issues of non-narrative light installations, the dichotomy of picture/image and light (projected light, projected picture/image), light and space (changes in perception due to light intervention) and their synthesis, the symbolism of light and its transformations. The aim is to describe the context of the inclinations towards light as an artistic medium in the work of selected artists and to explain the links of this shift towards new forms of fine art especially after 1989. The argumentations will be based on the works of key personalities of the Czech and foreign art scene, namely the work of Zdeněk Pešánek (1896-1965), Dan Flavin (1933-1996), James Turrell (*1943) and others. The text will map related manifestations and tendencies in contemporary Czech art through a critical naming of the methods and procedures of light creation by these artists.
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Zdeněk Pešánek and his participation on the International exhibition in Paris in 1937
Linhová, Lucie ; Lahoda, Vojtěch (advisor) ; Rakušanová, Marie (referee)
This Thesis explores two artworks by czech sculptor Zdenek Pesanek - a cycle of light-kinetic sculptures The One hundred years of electricity and a light foutain The Fountain of spa which were made in 1930s. Both artworks are analyzed in the context of contemporary art in Czechoslovakia, with regard to kinetic tendencies abroad and in connection with the autor's previous work. These artworks are among works of kinetic art, which is directly dependent on electricity and its aim is to shape an urban interior. In view of this fact the Thesis outlined the impact of the development of electricity to production of a light urban space and the autor's relationship to czech contemporary avant - garde association Devetsil. The cycle of the light-kinetic sculptures The One hundred years of electricity is analysed from an assignment, through a preparation models to an implementation and a presentation of sculptures in Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague in 1936. The cycle and the next work The Fountain of spa were exhibited at the International Exhibition in Paris in 1937 in the Czechoslovak's pavilion. There represented Pesanek's works Electric Companies in Prague and contemporary phenomena related to the theme of the exhibition - Art and technology in modern life. In the Thesis are described circumstances...
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Kinetic object
KŘEPELKOVÁ, Lenka
In this bachelor thesis the kinetic art is introduced. It is split into two parts one is theoretical and the other one is practical. There is an analysis of the kinetic art in the theoretical part where the origins of this art are described and are followed by its development through ages. After that the European point of view and a list of the most significant artists who influenced this movement the most is given. This thesis focuses on Vratislav Karel Novák, a famous czech artist, who contributed to the development of kinetic sculptures in the Czech Republic. In the practical part a 3D object built from exchangeable parts is presented as well as sketches of those parts.
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The convergence of film and architecture. The case of Prague
Poláková, Sylva ; Hanáková, Petra (advisor) ; Petříček, Miroslav (referee) ; Pospiszyl, Tomáš (referee)
This dissertation examines the as yet untethered practice of the convergence of film and architecture in public municipal spaces against the backdrop of the idea of the relocation of the moving picture. Since this is an interdisciplinary practice whose forms and operations are influenced by a host of dynamics, the initial film perspective is supplemented by related themes from the spheres of architecture, public municipal space, and the organisation of culture and the applied arts, including advertising. The wide range of subjects covered in this dissertation is given focus by narrowly localised research examining the situation in Prague from the 1990s until 2010. Along with the case study, the chapters devoted to the discursive field form a progress report on the situation as regards this particular media practice, the outputs of which are subject to a short half-life that considerably limits the possibility of archiving them. The structure of the case study is derived from a specific classificatory framework and is close to the "catalogue" format, determined by a series of questions - who participated on the convergence of film and architecture and where, when and how. Though a specific segment of time was monitored, it did not remain free of links to previous working methods, historical situations and...
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Zdeněk Pešánek and his participation on the International exhibition in Paris in 1937
Linhová, Lucie ; Lahoda, Vojtěch (advisor) ; Rakušanová, Marie (referee)
This Thesis explores two artworks by czech sculptor Zdenek Pesanek - a cycle of light-kinetic sculptures The One hundred years of electricity and a light foutain The Fountain of spa which were made in 1930s. Both artworks are analyzed in the context of contemporary art in Czechoslovakia, with regard to kinetic tendencies abroad and in connection with the autor's previous work. These artworks are among works of kinetic art, which is directly dependent on electricity and its aim is to shape an urban interior. In view of this fact the Thesis outlined the impact of the development of electricity to production of a light urban space and the autor's relationship to czech contemporary avant - garde association Devetsil. The cycle of the light-kinetic sculptures The One hundred years of electricity is analysed from an assignment, through a preparation models to an implementation and a presentation of sculptures in Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague in 1936. The cycle and the next work The Fountain of spa were exhibited at the International Exhibition in Paris in 1937 in the Czechoslovak's pavilion. There represented Pesanek's works Electric Companies in Prague and contemporary phenomena related to the theme of the exhibition - Art and technology in modern life. In the Thesis are described circumstances...
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