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Public spaces of the city of Brno - theoretical work
Lelkes, Ivana ; Adamková, Jana (referee) ; Kopáčik, Gabriel (advisor)
Master´s thesis adresses the issue of public spaces of inner city of Brno. These spaces have good prerequisities to become attractive places for everyday use or for spending a good free time. These prerequsities include for example compact city structure, well defined public spaces, walking city distances, presence of public and commercial facilities and distinctive genius loci. But public spaces in these localities often do not fulfill their own potential and stay as average free space inbetween buildings. Thesis suggests a detailed system for categorisation of squares and streets in the inner city of Brno and examines the reasons for potential non-fulfillment on these typologies, it tries to find out the problems of public spaces and how they can be solved.
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Visual self-presentation of users on Tinder
Krkoška, David ; Hrůzová, Andrea (advisor) ; Lábová, Sandra (referee)
The thesis examines the visual self-presentation of users of the dating app Tinder and evaluates how this presentation varies by gender and culture. In the theoretical part, it examines the phenomenon of online dating and its social significance. It also puts it in the context of social changes and the transformation of intimate relationships. The second chapter elaborates on theories of impression management and their application to the online environment. It also describes the role gender plays in visual presentation and puts this topic in the context of male gaze theory and self-objectification theory. Finally, it discusses theoretical concepts related to the analysis of visual presentation. The practical part of the thesis then uses quantitative content analysis to answer the set questions. In the data interpretation section, users are also categorized based on dominant themes and visual strategy. The research revealed differences in the presentation of the analyzed groups and the inclination of men and women to present themselves through traditional gender roles. However, a type of female users whose presentation did not conform to this stereotypical portrayal was also revealed during the research.
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Comparison of photographer Nan Goldin's work with Instagram's users generated photography
Valentová, Marie ; Hrůzová, Andrea (advisor) ; Láb, Filip (referee)
Contemporary constantly expanding content of social media like Instagram brings the medium of photography to new contexts. Photography becomes an instrument of immediate communication and its historically defined functions are an object of change. The continuity of Instagram content creating, the personal perspective of its users, the constant presence of camera accompanying them are aspects analogous to the artwork of Nan Goldin. Goldin's photo essay The Ballad of Sexual Dependency (1986)has a character of visual diary that captures the life of her community with almost obsessive continuity. It's also captured from deeply personal perspective depicting intimate moments and describing Goldin's personal relationships. Publishing of The Balladand formation of Instagram is divided by more than twenty-five years and both events and its meanings are profoundly different. This thesis nevertheless presumes that comparison of these, in many aspects alike phenomenons can help describe the change of the function of the media of photography, explore contemporary tendencies in photography aesthetics, the meaning of instagram's content to its users and provide general understanding of the role of shared photography in social and historical context. The methods of comparison are semiotic visual analysis,...
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Color contrast and its importance in visual culture
MASOJÍDKOVÁ, Tereza
This thesis consists of two parts - theoretical and practical creative one. The subject of theoretical part is the significance of color contrast in visual culture, especially in free artistic creation. Written thesis about colors of important artists of the 20th century are introduced to the reader in this part. Practical part is based on theoretical knowledge. The goal of practical part is author's own visual interpretation of color contrast.
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Visual diary - His creation and use in education
Pešoutová, Monika ; Francová, Sylva (advisor) ; Novotná, Magdalena (referee)
The bachelor's thesis deals with a visual diary and it's creation. At the very beginning of the work is a theoritical part, containing an introduction to the diary and subsequently the necessary information about its brief history, creation, types, binding, tools and other necessary technical parameters suitable for creating a diary. In this part of the work, you will also get to know several important Czech and world artists, who are or have been involved in creating a diary and have a close or even deeper relationship with it. Their presentation is intended to serve as an inspiration, thanks to which we can understand the different perceptions of the diary. In this thesis, their life is very briefly introduced, followed by their work and primarily focused on the diary. Next, there is a practical part, in which it is possible to look into my creation of the diary, my thought processes that I had during the creation, and finally it contains a few photos from the diary as examples. At the end of the work, we come to the didactic part discussing the inclusion and use of the diary in education. At the end, you will find suggestions for art education lessons in connection with the diary. I am trying to figure out the possibility of reducing the time required, which can be the main stumbling block when...
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"Human Laughter, Class Struggle Hatred": Art and Political Parties Propaganda in Czechoslovakia between 1918 and 1939
TOMÁŠ, Adam
This research is aimed to interpret some of the important moments during the time between the two world wars in Czechoslovakia, mainly their visual aspect such as propaganda material and specific mythology. Theoretical prologue is followed by twelve more or less autonomous chapters focused on individual phenomenons, especially political caricature, as being reflected in the press of the first Czechoslovak republic. Introductional theoretical chapters cover the problematic of propaganda, as well as other particularly linguistic fields, which at that time were newly applied to visual image. The issues mentioned, along with Roland Barthes' similar approach, lay groundwork for us to understand the idea of propagandistic power of image, such as enemy stereotypes, antisemitism, or ideologically biased image of tramping. The themes of the chapters were chosen in such a way, so that they would describe important events and phenomenons of the 1918-1939 era in Czechoslovakia, with emphasis on their ambivalence as well as on the fact that they are open to a new interpretation. This specific approach was also the reason why I omitted events such as establishment of the republic or the Munich Agreement from the thesis - we can consider the propaganda related references of these events in periodical press of the time as straightforward, and therefore not needed to be discussed. The most traditional propaganda material, for example fliers during election time, were not covered for the very same reason. I have intentionally placed the partially separate topic of national Sokol meetings, interpreted as the live image of the ruling democratic discourse in Czechoslovakia, at the end of my thesis.
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Camera Obscura as an Unique Tool of Recording Reality. Possibilities of its Application in Contemporary Art Education
Nováčková, Marie ; Magidová, Markéta (advisor) ; Pfeiffer, Jan (referee)
Marie Nováčková Bachelor thesis Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Education, Department of Art Education Camera obscura as an Unique Tool of Recording Reality. Possibilities of its Application in Contemporary Art Education. The thesis follows camera obscura as an unique medium for artistic work. Forms of camera obscura are described through the cultural and historical context, focusing on contemporary visual culture and pinhole photography. The pinhole camera is seen as a tool for artistic work, which can be subject to the author, can cooperate with him or can be artistically autonomus. These theoretical findings are reflected in the conception of an educational program connecting learning about the development of photographic images with the individual perception of their stories. A pinhole photography and the related story from the practical part is a comic strip created by using photographies made by pinhole camera, which storyline supported by a drawing. The comic strip is called The Ravens Player and its format is structured as Bach's composition Toccata a fuga in d-moll. Key words: analog photography, camera obscura, pinhole camera, art education, visual culture, comic strip
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Industrial culture, photography and child
Blažková, Františka ; Šmíd, Jan (advisor) ; Sedlák, Michal (referee)
Thesis tracks historical, social and artistic aspects of industrial culture, with focus on two main fields: architecture and photography. Thesis also includes a brief chapter about industrial music and interview with Franz Trechler, who is a famous musician, for completion. The outset of industrial architecture, its development and revitalization, placement in contemporary culture are the stressed themes. There is also focus on the artists who engaged/are engaging in industrial painting and photography. Apart from overview of aforementioned topics thesis also includes an opinion of unbiased child observer on industrial architecture and photography. These two are combined in a work of applied art consisting of collage of photographs with added mixed media. Complementary questionnaire was also part of the research. The group of children consists of three different classes so various ages could be represented. As a conclusion, thesis compares the works with corresponding parts of the RVP and rlooks into the hypothesis, that artwork on previously unknown topic can be succesfully fulfied. Original author's artwork consists of series of surreal collages using photographs, which are completed with drawing and where the compositions were inspired by industrial music.
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