This work deals with analysis and comparation of three baroque hymn-books by authors Jan Amos Komenský, Jiří Třanovský and J. J. Božan. Hymn-book by JAK, Tranoscia Citharu sanctorum and Slavíček rájský are analysed according to their authors? creed and period context and they are compared according to their content and arrangement of their songs.

This thesis deals with syntactical analysis of historical text from the beginning of the eighteenth century. The title of the work is Vidění rozličné sedláčka sprostného and it was written by Valentin Bernard Jestřábský (1630 ? 1719), who was an important writer and a preacher in that time. One of the chapters is part of the appendix in this work as it was analyzed more properly than the others. The aim of our research is analysis of the structure of the compound and complex sentences in baroque texts and also the outline of the used formal means (grammatical and lexical) that the author used for expressing semantic relationships within the sentences.

This thesis explores specific ways of using female singing voice in subculture of historically informed performance of baroque music in the Czech republic. The thesis is based on principles of cultural theory and cultural analysis. Main source for my research were interviews from the years 2015 and 2016 held with female singers specialized in historically informed performance, and my own living experience first as voice student, later as a performer in the field of baroque music. I explore ways of fulfilling fundamental demand of the subculture for "historical authenticity" (which is usually defined as "how did the music sound at the time of its origin"). I come to key term of "naturalness" and I further explore how this concept is embodied by the singers, how it affects the sound of the voice and aesthetic expectations of the singers and also listeners. I put the experience of "authentic" and "natural" interpretation of baroque music in context of thinking about pleasure, especially in terms of jouissance and plaisir described by Roland Barthes.

The master thesis "Roman baroque building elements on St. Joseph church compared to other churches in Central Europe" deals with Roman buildings features in the Carmelite nuns church of St. Joseph in the Lesser Town of Prague. It elucidates the main architectural theme, which is using the architectonic elements of the dome of St. Peter's basilica in the interior of the church of St. Joseph. The thesis sums facts about Abraham Paris - the most probable author of the ground plan. Apart from the detailed description St. Joseph church, the chapters devoted to architecture describe also some Roman churches which might have served as models for St. Joseph church. The thesis further mentions the influence of contemporary philosophical views on emerging baroque buildings in Rome and in Bohemia. The thesis also includes examples of using architectonic elements from famous Roman buildings understood as a way to communicate certain ideological intentions. Keywords Discalced Carmelite nuns, St. Joseph's church, baroque architecture in the Netherlands, Roman influence in Central Europe, oval ground plan

Sacral Works of Baroque Painter John Peter Molitor Thesis deals with sacral work of John Peter Molitor (1702-1757) baroque painter of german origin working in Bohemia. He studied art in Germany but in Bohemia he was influenced by V. V. Reiner's work. His subject areas were portrait and sacral works were where he was excellent. We can find some portrait traits of particular persons at some Molitor's paintings of saints. His realization in the sacral sourroundings can be found in Middle Bohemia and Prague. He worked mainly for churches but he also worked for aristocrats whom he decorated the interiors of palace chapels. The fundamental part of thesis is catalog of wall paintings and altarpieces which contain a lot of extant works but also a few destroyed realizations. Thesis outlines facts about J. P. Molitor and his religious paintings realizations.

Umělecká tvorba malíře Jana Jiřího Heringa. Diplomová práce. Marie Opatrná. vedoucí práce: Doc. PhDr. Martin Zlatohlávek Ph.D. - Praha, 2011 - 245 s. Abstract The theme of this thesis is The Production of Painter Jan Jiří Hering who painted during first half of the 17th century. There are described the resources and patterns of his artistic work, which technique brought to our country Italian and Netherlands artistic elements. The thesis involves all paintings and drawings, which are attributed to Hering or to his workshop, and compares them with each other.

Résumé Michael Osvald Thun's art commissions - inseparable part of a baroque aristocrat's image in the second half of the 17th century The dissertation deals with the art commissions of wealthy count Michael Osvald Thun who represents one of key builders in Bohemia in the second half of the 17th century. Beside buildings, an emphasis is also placed on other categories of art commissions, for example collections of sculptures and paintings. In the introduction, I define a terminology and summarize an existing research in the field of aristocrat art commissions. The next part analyses used sources, primary and secondary, dealing with history of the house of Thun, its financial standing, and person of Michael Osvald Thun. The fourth part is dedicated directly to Michael Osvald Thun, where I describe his family situation, upbringing, education process and adulthood. He was raised with respect to family values, public duty and administration of the family property that was a prerequisite for art commissions. The fifth part compares Thun's art commissions with art commissions of his siblings. Some of them hold significant bishop and archbishop posts. This helps up uncover ties and positional interactions between different art commissioners. The sixth part is focused on Michael Osvald Thun's art commissions where...

disertační práce v anglickém jazyce MGR. ING. MARIE OPATRNÁ REFLECTION OF ITALIAN PAINTING IN WORK OF "CZECH" ARTISTS AND ITS INFLUENCE ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF BAROQUE PAINTING IN THE PERIOD 1611-1650 Školitel práce: DOC. PHDR. MARTIN ZLATOHLÁVEK, PHD. The thesis deals with "Czech" painting of the first half of the 17th century and the Italian influences in it. In order to understand the origin of these influences, it explores Italian sacral painting of the whole 16th century. Nevertheless, the main attention is dedicated to the second half of this century. The part of this theme is explained on the development of academic studies from the 20th century. The second part of the thesis deals with the Czech art-historical literature and with the subject of protobaroque or early baroque painting. These two parts define terms of these periods and their approaches to painting. The main point of interest is the transition in the field of sacral painting from the art of late renaissance to the art of early baroque. The existence of this special period of sacral painting in Czech area is supported by examples of images and their analysis. The conclusion summarizes new findings and opens questions about new view on the Czech painting of the 17th century and about new methodological attitudes.

Project deals with renewal of the Mill Grounds In Tasovice. Designed strategy is divided into several steps which respond to imperfections of directive approach and doubts about result of conventional renovation. Emphasis is on gradual transformation which is achieved by flexible duation of each phase. Projects is trying to understand and articulate difference between medieval and modern needs.

The dissertation is dealing with work of Viennese architect and builder from the first half of the 18th century Antonio Ehorto Martinelli in the Schwarzenberk's service in the years 1722-1732. It contains an index of buildings, that Martinelli was working on for Schwarzenberks, including contentious and mistakenly ascribed buildings. The collected information is based on study of extant archival collections, on field research of separate buildings and on study of the relevant literature. The main goal was an evaluation of separate Martinelli's architectural fruitions relating to history of art, and furthuremore an attempt to compare them both within the bounds of the whole architect's work and within the bounds of contemporary Czech and Austrian architecture. The knowledge of work of A. E. Martinelli in the Shwarzenberk's service was markedly extended on the occasion of dealing with the settled topic and moreover a few little and even a few bigger new pieces of knowledge appeared, e.g. information about concerned gangers, building development of the studied objects out of the settled period etc.