The Saint and Hallow Polish Martyrs In The Course of Centuries The objective of thesis "The Saint and Hallow Polish Martyrs In The Course of Centuries" is the introduction of selected Polish martyrs from the middle ages until the end of the 20th century. The thesis follow their cult development from its origin until present, including related demonstration of art, in particular the development of iconography. They also follow the influence of life example and the subsequent cult of the martyrs on the society at that time, as well as the spiritual and national awareness of the following generations. In this connection, they also give attention to particularities of the Polish national history, the constitutional arrangement, the artistic and culture relationships and environment and the history of the Catholic Church in Poland. Each chapter, which is introducing a Saint or a group of martyrs, is divided into three parts - the epoch, the life, the cult and iconography. The objective of this division is the schema of historical conditions in which the personality of the Saint was formed. These historical conditions were also determine for the martyrdom. The next parts of the chapters deal with a brief biography of the Saint and the summary of significant moments in the development of the Saint's cult...

This master's degree written work aims at charting and minute depicting romanesque church tympanums of the Last judgment in France using the accesible bibliography and photographic materials. The main part of the text is devoted to the detailed description of the representative monuments based on the photographic documentation and their detailed iconography. The treatise about these monuments of art is placed in the historical and art-historical context. The regional and typological variations of the forms of art of the monuments are also described. The work describes the characteristic elements of the imagery of the theme of the Last judgment in medieval arts and the evolution of the coherent iconographic themes especially during the romanesque era.

The present master thesis focusses on the iconography of the decorative programme of Macedonian tombs dated from the second half of the 4th century BCE to the first half of the 2nd century BCE. The main objective is to detect the artistic principles of the Macedonian art applied to funerary monuments of local elites. To attain this aim it is necessary to adopt a complex approach which would allow for analysing in detail the various tomb decoration types; such an approach has never been applied so far. The main research tool used throughout this thesis is a profound analysis of individual elements of the tombs' decoration. The study is specifically concerned with the frequency of the individual motifs, their chronological development, and their possible meanings. Other questions include the iconographical differences between male and female tombs, variations between royal and aristocratic sepulchres, comparison of profane and funerary art, and last but not least, the possible transference of motives both from or to other cultural areas. Keywords: iconography, Ancient Greece, Macedonia, Hellenistic period, tumulus, tombs, wall-paintings

The diploma thesis deals with the iconography and cult of St. Joseph in the Czech lands during the Baroque period. The first part of the thesis deals with the way St. Joseph is presented in sources, namely in canonical gospels, apocryphal gospels of childhood and in legends. The development of the cult and iconography of St. Joseph from antiquity to modern times is also outlined. The main part of the thesis focuses on the cult and iconography of St. Joseph in the Czech lands in the 17th and 18th centuries. The influence of the Habsburgs on the spread of this cult is taken into account. Attention is paid to the reception of St. Joseph among the patron saints of Bohemia and the introduction of his public holiday in 1654, which arose on the initiative of Emperor Ferdinand III. The next part of the thesis analyzes the responses to the reception of St. Joseph among the patron saints of Bohemia in art and also on the examples of his depiction in Baroque art in the Czech lands. The researched monuments include the fountain with the column of St. Joseph in the New Town of Prague, the statue of St. Joseph on Charles Bridge, painting of the Holy Family in the Church of Our Lady before Týn and the St. Joseph's painting cycle in Krzeszów in Silesia. Keywords St. Joseph, Baroque, Iconography, Cult, Habsburgs,...

The Master's thesis is focused on research of the Italian academic discourse from the years 1891-2008 dealing with the influence of the visual culture of Ravenna on Dante's Divine Comedy. One of the scholars that can be placed in the context of Italian discourse is the philologist and aesthetician Jaroslav Hruban, the only Czech scholar who occupied himself with the relationship between Dante and Ravenna and continuously followed up the development of the interwar Italian Dantology. The thesis puts forward two questions: how the scholars of the Italian academic discourse and Jaroslav Hruban reflect the relationship of Dante and Ravenna, and if we can trace the influence of the visual culture of Ravenna (especially of the mosaics from the 5th and 6th centuries) in the text of Dante's Divine Comedy. The questions are solved by application of the historiographic methods that were used to examine Italian Dantology, the methods of literary studies and art history by which analysis and comparison of the text and imagery were performed, and also the methods of visual culture that were used to reconstruct the image of Ravenna during the time of Dante's stay in the town and his "period eye". The scholars believe that the inspirational influences of the Ravenna mosaics and visual culture on Dante's Divine...

Die vorliegende Dissertation fokussiert innerhalb der sehr diversen gegenwärtigen feministischen Kunstszene Russlands auf eine spezifische Strömung, die in feministischen und kunsthistorischen Diskursen bisher wenig Beachtung gefunden hat. Es handelt sich um künstlerische Arbeiten, die mit kanonisierten Bildern russischer Femininität spielen und dabei eine gewisse Ambivalenz zu dieser traditionellen Ikonografie bewahren. Dadurch sind sie in der heutigen Russischen Föderation, deren Genderrollen sehr normiert sind, weniger angreifbar — werden aber auch kaum in feministischen Kontexten diskutiert. Um die Kunstwerke für die feministische Betrachtung zu erschließen, legt die Dissertation den Fokus auf die zugrundeliegende künstlerische Strategie: Active Self-Othering. Es wird beschrieben, wie diese Strategie den russischen Künstler:innen eine aktive und selbstbestimmte Auseinandersetzung mit Fremdstereotypen ermöglicht. Anstelle der eindeutigen Ablehnung oder Annahme von normativen Bildern russischer Femininität wird eine ambivalente Position der Uneindeutigkeit eingenommen, in der ein neuer visueller Kanon entstehen kann. Am Beispiel qualitativer Fallstudien fragt die Dissertation nach der konkreten Nutzung der Strategie Active Self-Othering in der russischen feministischen Gegenwartskunst, nach der spezifischen Ästhetik der Strategie sowie nach ihren Funktionen und ihrer gesellschaftlichen Anschlussfähigkeit.:1 Einleitung 1 1.1 Zum Stand der Forschung 9 1.2 Begriffliche Grundlagen 12 1.3 Fragestellung und Vorgehen 20 2 Feminismus und feministische Kunst in Russland 23 2.1 Diskurse um Femininität und Feminismus vor der Oktoberrevolution 23 2.2 Sowjetische Zäsur und Retraditionalisierung 28 2.3 Widersprüchliche Gegenwart 33 2.4 Impliziter Feminismus: ambivalente feministische Selbstpositionierungen in Russland 37 3 Zur Verknüpfung von Femininität und nationaler Identität in Russland 47 3.1 Das 19. Jahrhundert – Russland und der Westen 49 3.2 Die sowjetischen Jahrzehnte – Brüche und Kontinuitäten 57 3.3 Nach 1990 – Neo-Traditionalismus und politische Instrumentalisierung 64 4 Active Self-Othering als ambivalente Strategie feministischer Kunst 71 4.1 Ambivalente Kunststrategien in Russland im Überblick 73 4.2 Zur theoretischen Verortung des Active Self-Othering 83 4.3 Ein postkoloniales Konzept im postsowjetischen Raum 89 5 Methodische Vorgehensweise 95 5.1 Interdisziplinärer performativer Ansatz 97 5.2 Ikonografie/Ikonologie 99 6 Fallanalysen – Active Self-Othering und die Ikonografie russischer Femininität 103 6.1 Brautmotive 104 6.1.1 Traditionelle Ikonografie der Brautmotive 105 6.1.2 Brautkleid und Axt – Zeitgenössische Brautmotive 110 6.2 Folklorismen 130 6.2.1 Traditionelle folkloristische Ikonografie 137 6.2.2 Zöpfe im Heu und Brote in der Wiege – Zeitgenössische Folklorismen 145 6.3 Religiöse Motive 192 6.3.1 Traditionelle religiöse Ikonografie 195 6.3.2 Hochglanzmagazine und Heiligenscheine – Zeitgenössische religiöse Motive 205 6.4 Sowjetische Motive 225 6.4.1 Traditionelle sowjetische Ikonografie 226 6.4.2 Panzer und Perlenketten – Zeitgenössische sowjetische Motive 230 7 Schlussbetrachtung 247 Danksagung 259 Literaturverzeichnis 261 Verzeichnis der besprochenen künstlerischen Arbeiten 289 / This dissertation focuses on a specific trend within Russia's very diverse contemporary feminist art scene that has so far received little attention in feminist and art historical discourses. These are artistic works that play with canonised images of Russian femininity while maintaining a certain ambivalence towards this traditional iconography. This makes them less vulnerable in today's Russian Federation, where gender roles are highly standardised - but they are also rarely discussed in feminist contexts. In order to open up the artworks for feminist consideration, the dissertation focuses on the underlying artistic strategy: Active Self-Othering. It describes how this strategy enables Russian artists to actively and self-determinedly engage with stereotypes. Instead of the clear rejection or acceptance of normative images of Russian femininity, an ambivalent position of ambiguity is adopted, in which a new visual canon can emerge. Using qualitative case studies as examples, the dissertation examines the concrete use of the Active Self-Othering strategy in contemporary Russian feminist art, the specific aesthetics of the strategy, its functions and its social connectivity.:1 Einleitung 1 1.1 Zum Stand der Forschung 9 1.2 Begriffliche Grundlagen 12 1.3 Fragestellung und Vorgehen 20 2 Feminismus und feministische Kunst in Russland 23 2.1 Diskurse um Femininität und Feminismus vor der Oktoberrevolution 23 2.2 Sowjetische Zäsur und Retraditionalisierung 28 2.3 Widersprüchliche Gegenwart 33 2.4 Impliziter Feminismus: ambivalente feministische Selbstpositionierungen in Russland 37 3 Zur Verknüpfung von Femininität und nationaler Identität in Russland 47 3.1 Das 19. Jahrhundert – Russland und der Westen 49 3.2 Die sowjetischen Jahrzehnte – Brüche und Kontinuitäten 57 3.3 Nach 1990 – Neo-Traditionalismus und politische Instrumentalisierung 64 4 Active Self-Othering als ambivalente Strategie feministischer Kunst 71 4.1 Ambivalente Kunststrategien in Russland im Überblick 73 4.2 Zur theoretischen Verortung des Active Self-Othering 83 4.3 Ein postkoloniales Konzept im postsowjetischen Raum 89 5 Methodische Vorgehensweise 95 5.1 Interdisziplinärer performativer Ansatz 97 5.2 Ikonografie/Ikonologie 99 6 Fallanalysen – Active Self-Othering und die Ikonografie russischer Femininität 103 6.1 Brautmotive 104 6.1.1 Traditionelle Ikonografie der Brautmotive 105 6.1.2 Brautkleid und Axt – Zeitgenössische Brautmotive 110 6.2 Folklorismen 130 6.2.1 Traditionelle folkloristische Ikonografie 137 6.2.2 Zöpfe im Heu und Brote in der Wiege – Zeitgenössische Folklorismen 145 6.3 Religiöse Motive 192 6.3.1 Traditionelle religiöse Ikonografie 195 6.3.2 Hochglanzmagazine und Heiligenscheine – Zeitgenössische religiöse Motive 205 6.4 Sowjetische Motive 225 6.4.1 Traditionelle sowjetische Ikonografie 226 6.4.2 Panzer und Perlenketten – Zeitgenössische sowjetische Motive 230 7 Schlussbetrachtung 247 Danksagung 259 Literaturverzeichnis 261 Verzeichnis der besprochenen künstlerischen Arbeiten 289

1 ABSTRACT This thesis presents a study of a field of everyday culture - medieval fashion and its development during the reign of Charles IV of Luxembourg and his son Wenceslas in the Czech lands in the years 1330 - 1410. As these fashion trends and changes were exhibited primarily through the clothing of nobility, this thesis focuses exclusively on the environs of the aristocracy and royal court. In addition to written sources and archaeological finds, the fine arts also serve to advance our knowledge of Gothic fashion trends, whose works authentically capture the contemporary clothing styles and changes in all of Europe. This thesis therefore examines, through a methodical analysis, how wall paintings, panel paintings and book illuminations of Czech provenance reflect changes in clothing fashions and tastes in courtly environs during the period of time known as Luxembourg Gothic. This study of primary iconographic sources in authentic historical buildings and galleries was further aided by the creation of an extensive photo archive. This thesis presents a representative sampling of the works from this archive which documents a basic transformation of Czech clothing culture and the creation of a Bohemian style of Gothic fashion, culminating at the turn of the 14th and 15th century and enriching European...

This thesis focuses on the topic of stencil painting in Central Europe. Based on the review of literature the current state of research is described and the technology is placed in the broader context of the decorative techniques used in the Middle Ages. Attention is paid to the history, process of making of the templates, method of their printing, the typology of used designs, the question of performing artists or craftsmen and wide possibilities of its application for the panel or mural paintings. The main focus of the thesis is the use of stencil painting and its specifics in the case of use for the polychrome of flat wooden ceilings and mobiliary in the churches interiors. The motifs used for their decoration are examined with regard to iconography, considered is also the possibility of the existence of overall iconographic program. The second part of the thesis consists of a catalogue with locations, where the stencil paintings have been used for decoration of flat ceilings or mobiliary in Czech, Slovak and Polish Republic. Keywords medieval art, stencil painting, ornament, Central Europe, wooden flat ceilings, mobiliary, polychrome, iconography

This diploma thesis deals mainly with iconography of miraculous events at selected places of pilgrimage on the background of their factual history and the overall tradition of certain Marian cults. The first part of the thesis is devoted to the analysis of deliberately chosen pilgrimage sites in all cases, with an emphasis on their initial and other specific miraculous events of non-biblical nature concerning primarily the lives of ordinary people. These analyzes provide a basic insight into the general-factographic history of the relevant sites, which is necessary for the detailed examination of the relevant miraculous events. Primary attention is devoted to the analysis of the original miracles of the pilgrimage sites, especially by their depictions. Within the scope of individual pilgrimage sites, this thesis also seeks to analyze all other pictures of the mercy of the Marian. Great emphasis is also placed on written entries of the mentioned miraculous events, which in most cases very probably preceded their picture delineation. The second part of the thesis tries to systemate the results of the researches and compare them with one another. It is a comparison of the miraculous images that are being discussed, which are done mainly in terms of content and in terms of their writing. It is a...

The presented diploma thesis is dedicated to the Czechoslovak paper money is-sued after 1948 until 1989, which is used as a source of historical memory. On paper money is mainly investigated their thematic content, which passed for their development time significant changes and that reflected important needs of the communist regime. The basic source for research this theme is paper money of defined period with taking into account the pre-war paper money because of their comparison. In addition, consideration is given to archival sources, contemporary posters, films, literature, songs, etc. The main target of this work is to determine how paper money reacted to the change of the political system after 1948 and how it was reflected by the users them-selves. It will also be monitored the rise of Soviet influence, sphere of allegorical humor and reflection of artistic community.