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Sepulchral production of the Specialized sculpture-stonecarving school in Hořice 1884 - 1928
Machová, Gabriela ; Pech, Milan (advisor) ; Bendová, Eva (referee)
Funeral artworks were an important part of production of the Imperial and royal renowned specialized sculpture and stonecarving school in Hořice below the Krkonoše mountains. The bachelor thesis presents sepulchral works produced by the school chronologically according to school chronicles and annual reports, in context with school functioning and school personages. Since the school's foundation in 1884 until the retirement of the second school director, Václav Weinzettl, in school year 1928-1929. Keywords Hořice, sepulchral art, tombstone, cemetery, sculpture
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Sculptor Franta Úprka and his sepulchral works
Eretová, Monika ; Prahl, Roman (advisor) ; Wittlich, Petr (referee)
This dissertation deals with sepulchral artworks of Franta Úprka (1868-1929), the Czech sculptor. At first his life is described. Franta Úprka was born in Kněždub, south-eastern Moravia. Beginning of his artistic activity belonged to the end of 19th century, when he worked as an assistant of two famous Czech sculptors - A. P. Wagner and Bohuslav Schnirch. His own career took place in the first two decades of the 20th century. Name Úprka is best known for Joža Uprka, Moravian painter and Franta's elder brother. Although Franta Úprka lived and worked in Prague from 1890th, the midpoint of his artistic interests and main theme of his sculptures was depicting people, traditions and subjects from his home country, Moravian Slovakia. Moravian Slovakia was specific part of Moravian countryside full of long lasting and still surviving folklore, folk traditions, peculiar vivacious characters and intact nature. As Auguste Rodin said during his visit of Moravian Slovakia in 1902 it was kind a Greek Helada overflowing with bright colours, sunshine and cheerful relaxed atmosphere. On the other side, common people lived there their uneasy rural lives with all ordinary worries and pleasures. Both sights of the issue were solved by Úprka's artworks. Very specific and the most significant part of his chef-d'oeuvre...
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