The aim of my work is to explore the motives of racial and national prejudice in the drama of the Spanish Golden age. On selected examples from the late Renaissance and early Baroque plays, I reflect on the frequency and expressiveness of racially defaming allusions and attitudes based on delegitimization and discrimination of ethnic groups in the religiously and nationally consolidating state. I also notice the development of contemporary xenophobic motives, targeted at members of nations professing Islam and Judaism, as well as other "pagan" ethnic groups. Using literature I try to classify these motives, alternatively to set them into a contemporary historical and biographical context.

This thesis deals with literary work of Josef Čapek in relation to the concept of visual contrast. First, the historical background is set up, with highlights of then exposed interest in Baroque era on one hand, and increasing threat of World War II on the other. Both of these moments were relevant in connection with one of the most crucial cultural events in First Czechoslovak Republic: the exhibition of Pražské baroko 1600-1800. The essential hypothesis suggests that based on what has been indicated, some elements of the Baroque aesthetics appeared to be relevant for Josef Čapek's unique artisic expression as well, since they became subject of integration to his aesthetic frame. In this respect, the common ground between Čapek's modern artistic approach and Baroque aesthetics is believed to be shaped by the notion of visuality. Finally, these ideas are applicated on Čapek most prominently Baroque-influenced works, Kulhavý poutník and Psáno do mraků. Keywords: Josef Čapek, Baroque, exhibition, Pražské baroko 1600-1800, visuality, contrast, chiaroscuro, Kulhavý poutník, Psáno do mraků

Keywords: Regional history, project methods, baroque and baroque culture Abstract: The thesis deals primarily with the baroque era of Lysá nad Labem regional history and its application in the educational project at the secondary level of a primary school. The first part of the Diploma thesis contains a short overview of regional literature concerning Lysá as well as pedagogic literature suitable for project training. There is an overall characteristic of the Baroque era in the Czech lands with the focus on how it was expressed in art, religion and thinking of people back then and how it influenced the landscape formation. The emphasis is placed on the Baroque era of Lysá nad Labem. Its history is being described along with the history of the most influential family in the area the Sporcks. All of the baroque monuments in the town and its surroundings are described in order for the theoretical part to be complete and with respect to their possible application in the project training. I have also explored the significance of regional history and project training. Now turning to the practical part of the Diploma thesis. By means of a project that was executed as a part of the History instruction at the Lysá nad Labem primary school, I attempt to prove the value and suitability of such project training for...

(in English): The goal of this dissertation is to demonstrate that the novel Where Tigers Are at Home from the French author Jean-Marie Blas de Roblès belongs to baroque aesthetics. The main terms are explained in the first part and also the formal side of the novel is described there. In the second part then is briefly mentioned the life of the author Jean-Marie Blas de Roblès and the plot of the novel. Chapters concerning the individual baroque characteristics are found in the third part. At the beginning we can find the chapter treating the typification of the characters, following are the chapters about inconstancy, theatre of the world, women in the novel, morbidity and brutality, baroque blending of passion and faith, chapters discussing intertextuality and symbolism and at the end is the chapter dealing with the blending of the author with the novels characters. A specific feature that is found in baroque literature is treated in each chapter and then applied on the text of the novel. After considering all of these baroque features I clearly proved with this dissertation that the novel shows such an amount of baroque features that it belongs to the baroque aesthetics.

anglicky: Title of the thesis: Molière in modern Czech theatre Keywords: Molière, preciousness, classicism, baroque, comedy, commedia dell'arte, comedy-ballet. Abstract: The thesis treats the works of Jean-Baptiste Poquelin also known as Molière and their legacy in modern Czech theatre. It characterizes French society of the seventeenth century and the main features of contemporary philosophical and artistic styles, focusing on the dramatic creation of classicism. It also summarizes the life of Molière and his work, subdividing it according to generic, formal and thematic criteria. Within this frame, it gives a detailed analysis of the most important plays, representing the individual categories. It also studies the modern Czech theatrical stage. Focusing on the historical context, it explores the development of the stage from the end of the Second World War until nowadays. It gives a complex outline of Molière's plays presented during the different periods, evaluating the influence of cultural and historical context on the particular interpretation. This evaluation is based on the information presented in contemporary press and promotional materials of the given theatres and thus examines Molière's plays performed on Czech theatre stages in the present. On the basis of a questionnaire...

This thesis is dealing with life and work of Anton Schmidt, the remarkable architect of czech late baroque period. The text focuses mainly on his sacral architecture, especially on St. Michael Archanděl in Smržovka, which represents the notable example of baroque dynamism in czech architecture of the second half of the 18th century. Anton Schmidt is recognized as very important figure of czech late baroque architecture. He followed the tradition of domestic high baroque epoque and the work of K. I. Dientzenhofer. But on the other hand, Schmidt introduced various motifs of neoclasicissm very early into czech milieu. Therefore the typical feature of his architecture is the synthesis of styles combined with refine architectural language. His most important works are - besides the church in Smržovka - church St. Bartoloměj in Černouček, Kounický palace in Prague- Malá Strana and castle in Zahrádky u České Lípy. This thesis brings also a new discovery of previously unknown Schmid's structure - church St. Jan Nepomucký na Poušti in Železný Brod.

The aim of this thesis is to record and evaluate from art-historical point of view the stone sculptural and woodcarving work of Jan Karel Hammer, whose activity was documented between the years 1737 and 1757 on the border of central and southern Bohemia. The topic of thesis was chosen due to the fact, that this interesting artist has not yet been introduced to the professional public. Automatic attribution of all sculptural and woodcarving work in the area around Čimelice, where Jan Karel Hammer spent the last two decade of his life, to his hand together with a sharp increase of works, that are assumed to belong to him, led to the need for critical review. With the exceptions of Hammer's works the information was drawn from topografical, historical and regional literature and from archival sources. Because of the literary character and limited number of sources the main emphasis was placed on formal analysis. The examined material was divided into several cathegories, as can be seen in the structure of final catalogue. Thanks to detailed knowledge of works it was possible to identify author's distinctive style, which can be detected also in the workshop production, and all specifics of his work. Attention focused on the sources of inspiration and style orientation took us to the Prague art center...

This masters’ treatise is named Baroque literature of Lithuania. It presents panorama of baroque literature in Lithuania in limits of present country. To reach this goal it analyses the literature from the three positions. Firstly, studies the political and historical backgrounds of the state from the early 16th century till the middle of 18th century. Secondly, shows the silhouettes and productions of the most famous and less known, or already forgotten writers, who wrote their compositions in Polish, Lithuanian and Latin languages. Thirdly, presents the most popular kinds of literature of this age. The dissertation consists of three chapters. The first chapter shows general background of baroque epoch development in West Europe. Explains the mining of baroque term and presents the historical and social circumstances of development of the stile in Lithuania. The development of literature of the trend appears on the last part of the chapter, which briefly describes the activity of Vilnius University – the place where was created baroque literature of Lithuania. The second chapter was divided for three parts with regard to languages’ situation of the country and includes by two representatives of everyone of it. Latin language represents M.K. Sarbiewski and Z. Lauksmin, Polish language – P. Skarga and Z. Morsztyn, Lithuanian language – M. Daukša and K. Širvydas. The last part of the chapter shows the first women in literature, who’s activity coincidenced with the baroque... [to full text]

Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757) – vienas žymiausių Baroko epochos italų kompozitorių, klavesinininkų, vargonininkų, pedagogų ir atlikėjų. Jo klavesininė kūryba yra neabejotinas XVIII a. muzikinės kultūros fenomenas. D. Scarlatti kūryba susijusi su laikotarpiu, kada nuo polifoninio stiliaus pereita prie homofoninės muzikos kalbos braižo. Nors kompozitorius yra sukūręs įvairių muzikinių kompozicijų, tačiau reikšmingiausią kūrybos dalį sudaro klavesininės sonatos. Jos ir įamžino italų kompozitoriaus vardą muzikinės kūrybos istorijoje. Iš sukurtų apie 600 klavyrinių sonatų, šiuo metu atlikėjams yra prieinamos apie 500. D. Scarlatti savo sukurtas klavesinines kompozicijas pavadino „Essercizi per Gravicembalo“ (etiudai, pratimai, bipartitos klavesinui). Daugelis šių sonatų kompozitoriui praversdavo jo pedagoginiame darbe. Savo sukurtose sonatose D. Scarlatti techninius uždavinius derindavo su meniniu turiniu. Nors italų meistro klavyriniai kūriniai pavadinti sonatomis, tačiau, pagal jose esančius įvairiems žanrams būdingus bruožus, kompozicijas galime suskirstyti į svarbiausius mokyklinio repertuaro žanrus: polifoninės sandaros kompozicijas, etiudus, stambios formos tipo kūrinius bei įvairaus pobūdžio pjeses. Kompozitorius kaip tikras virtuozas ir revoliucionierius buvo daugelio naujovių savo klavesininėje kūryboje bei jos atlikime skleidėjas. Jo kūryboje užfiksuoti tokie pasiekimai kaip: žėrinčių gamų per kelias oktavas pasažai, įvairiausios faktūros arpeggio (trumpi ir laužyti)... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757) – one of the most famous Baroque epoch italian composer, harpsichordist, organist, pedagogue and performer. His harpsichord creativity is undoubted XVIII century phenomenon of music culture. D. Scarlatti piano works are realted to the period, when homophonic music language came over polyphonic style. Though the composer created various kind of compositions, the most important part of creativity is the harpsichord sonatas. These pieces monumentalized the name of the italian composer into the history of music life. He created more than 600 harpsichord sonatas, but today there are only about 500 available to performers. D. Scarlatti‘s harpsichord compositions named by him self „Essercizi per Gravicembalo“ (etudes, exercises, bipartitas for harpsichord). Most of these sonatas were useful in composers pedagogic work. In his sonatas, D. Scarlatti has associated technical exercises with artistical matters. Piano pieces of the italian maestro were titled by the name of sonatas, but of the features existent in them, we can collect these compositions into most important genres in music school repertoire: polyphonic structure compositions, etudes, big forms type pieces and various kind of plays. The composer was a spreader of this many novelty in his harpsichord creativity work and in performing it like a really virtuoso and big revolutionist. His works include such achievements as: sparkling scale passages through several octaves, various kind of... [to full text]

Diploma thesis is focused on the personality of the Arcangello Corelli and his contribution on the field of musical forms and violin. Work is divided into three chapters. In the first chapter I describe Arcangelo Corelli ´s life in a historical context.In the second chapter I focus on musical forms whose development contributed Corelli and I also give a concentration on individual works. The third chapter is devoted to the field of issue of the ornamentation of 17th and 18th century as well as Corelli´s fifth opus, which is an indispensable source of knowledge to period - style ornamentation. I hope this work will serve as a source of information not only about extraordinary composer, but also contribute to clarify the issue of ornamentation of 17th 18th century which is still an area somewhat elusive for many musicians.