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Czechoslovak modernist Illustration of the 1950s and 1960s and Its Influence on the Identities of Contemporary Czech Artists>
Šrámek, Jan ; Horáček, Radek (referee) ; Sylvestrová, Marta (referee) ; Pospiszyl, Tomáš (referee) ; Stratil, Václav (advisor)
A doctoral thesis “Czechoslovakian modernist illustration of the 1950s and 1960s and its influences in the contemporary Czech visual culture” is focused on how a modernist illustration of the 1950s and 1960s influences Czech contemporary authors, especially illustrators. We can witness a particularly strong influence of the above mentioned modernist illustration and visual culture of that period in general among producers employing digital tools and vector graphics served. The thesis contains a historical study which follows developments of the visual language of graphic arts (illustration in particular) in the 1950s and 1960s in relation to fine arts. There is a special focus on a position of the 1960s’ modernist illustration within the applied arts of the period. Biographical study dedicated to illustrator M. Šašek introduce key figure of the (late) modernist period.
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Cholín publication
Krejčová, Kristýna ; Franta, Jiří (referee) ; Macháček, Mikuláš (advisor)
In short, my aim of this work is to introduce a unique place connected with my childhood – Cholín – by the media of comics and to outline its unusual social structure. I am trying to achieve this goal differently than by collecting data and structuring them. Instead of that, I create stories based on reality. My inspiration comes from oral narration and literary sources that have been published by members of the Cholín community. In parallel, I work with a local urban legend named Kvakev which is becoming a central figure. With her help, the comics are changing into a fictional document balancing between reality and imagination.
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History of music
Janeba, Jakub ; Čumlivski,, Jan (referee) ; Macháček, Mikuláš (advisor)
In the book History of Music, the reader learns about music through all epochs of humanity (from prehistory to the present) in a simple, comprehensive way. The book is illustrated to entertain both small and large readers who appreciate the quality of the workmanship. The text in the book is processed in structured info-blocks, profiles of musicians and short poems, serving as a mnemonic aid. As part of my bachelor's thesis, I deal with a graphic concept, illustration, the concept of publishing a book, the preparation of a sales e-shop.
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Beetle armour
Polášková, Lucie ; Ryška, Pavel (referee) ; Vaněk, Vojtěch (advisor)
The bachelor's thesis deals with the creation of an author's accordion book, examining the relationship between textual and pictorial communication of information. The narrative is thematically set in the stylized realm of insects, where it works with the metaphor of the exoskeleton of the beetle as a portable armor, architecture, or outline. The fictional story deals with the life cycle of a beetle. He wonders how beetles are born and how do they leave the world? The aim of my bachelor thesis is the realization of an atypical prototype of an accordion book, which is located on the border of a building kit, a toy and a book. The realization of the prototype will use traditional techniques, including digitization and image post-production.
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Ink
Vomelová, Lenka ; Rydval, Michal (referee) ; Macháček, Mikuláš (advisor)
-ink- ink is a small independent publishing house, that is aiming to publish student-written literature with graphic design and illustrations made by young designers and artists. Main goal of the publishing house is to support, execute and spread projects of young, not yet estabilished authors and artists and thus develop the contemporary art scene. The visual identity of the publishing house is left open, it is going to be created in time by the books that are going to be published by ink. The logo is often used as a background to posters, or a stamp over photographs. I'm letting the content to speak for it's brand, not the logo. I created business cards, bookmarks, a stamp, wrapping papers that are used for parcels as well as a background for posters, and stickers. Novel Devil Novel Devil is a first book published by ink. Author of the book is Jan Smutný, recent graduate of Faculty of Fine arts in Brno. Illustration and the overall design of the book are made by me. The design is inspired by gothic books written in textura or bastarda and illustrated with woodcuts. My aim was to create a book clearly referencing this visuality, but not a „retro“ or a historicist book. I tried to create a classical book with a modern twist. That's why I chose new, modern typefaces Enigma and Lapture and the illustrations are just vector lines. Because of the theme I work only with black and and background white colour. The book was published in 200 copies.
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MAP
Merta, Johana ; Sterec, Pavel (referee) ; Mikyta, Svätopluk (advisor)
I present complex of artistic works, which I created durring my Masters studies and its interruption, so since 2012 till 2017. My topic which I worked with was cartography transfer of space to flat with manipulations of sizes and visual shortcuts and visualisations of outvisible spaces. Together with my activity I will introduce also work of another 5 artists, which I ofered them the topic of map of parallel Universe to their focus and visions.
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Theodor Phoenix, 49 cm/3000 g
Lysá, Monika ; Vlková, Veronika (referee) ; Stratil, Václav (advisor)
The practical part of the thesis is an intimate and inner parent album, which is based on illustration of spoken word. It replaces the ordinary photo album, which is for a long time a social necessity of every young mother. During interviews with close friends of the author were created drawings that captures photographically „uncapturable“. They expressively displays completely new experience, which the mother has to go through for the very first time - mood swings, strange tastes, childbirth, but also the moment of conception. Work replaces the mentioned photo album and was formed as a family heirloom. Therefore, considerable attention has been paid to the external processing of the album.
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Lock
Čech, David ; Motal, Tomáš (referee) ; Vaněk, Vojtěch (advisor)
The bachelor's thesis combines an artist's comic book and a gamebook. Following the example of classic gamebooks, the narrative is divided into numbered segments between which the player chooses. Thematically, the work focuses on architecture, especially on the interiors and their interconnection with the selected objects. In this case, the individual segments correspond to the specific physical spaces of the illustrated building. The work contains a minimum of text and the main part of the information is communicated through the image. The output of the bachelor's thesis is a paper version of the artist's interactive content. The main part of the content is a series of consecutive illustrations. Using the numeric navigation, the player can move between pages and thus compose a picture of the situation that the story part of the work presents. The aim of the work is the creation of an artist's interactive comic book, that is not based on the text, but lets the player interact directly with the visual environment.
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Collage Is Alive and Kicking!
Soudková, Kateřina ; Šachová, Kateřina (referee) ; Kögler, Žaneta (advisor)
The output of my studio thesis – redesign of a book called Zůstaňte s námi by Marek Šindelka, follows to the theoretical section titled Collage in contemporary Czech illustration and brings up the know-how of said issue. This fictional redesigned story book by contemporary Czech author deals with the current possibilities of the collage technique, its practical application in the field of graphic design and strives for its reconnection with modern Czech books.
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