The author of this diploma thesis will conduct an interdisciplinary synthesis about signficance of patronage in history of Czech art. The core of the thesis will be an analysis of the chosen phenomenon through four case studies dedicated to selected personalities, who represent different eras and different forms of patronage: Josef Hlávka, Václav Špaček ze Starburgu, August Švagrovský and Pavel Vašíček. Main chapters will prepare critical evaluation of existing literature as well as general exposition of the subject of the thesis. Case studies will be genereallised and sumarized in the final chapter, which will define specifics of patronage in Czech environment. Picture attachment will be a part of the thesis. Keywords patron, patronage, Josef Hlávka, August Švagrovský, Václav Špaček ze Starburgu, Pavel Vašíček

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Annotation: The theme of this diploma thesis is a reliable differentiation of the life and works of two members of the Congregation of Most Holy Redeemer (the Redemptorists): Josef Miklík CSsR (1886-1947) and Josef Konstantin Miklík CSsR (1895-1966). In the first half of the 20th century they were both important personalities of the Czech province of this order, but their lives and works are often confused with one another. The aim of this thesis is an elaboration of the life of Josef Konstantin Miklík on the basis of available resources. The years of his studies and of his religious formation will be described with special carefulness. Another stress will be put on the period when he was publishing his manifold works. Main topics of his academic interest will be also presented.

The Personality of Josef Fanta and his Art Nouveau works This thesis will deal with the personality and Art Nouveau works of Josef Fanta, who lived from 1856 to 1954. In the first part, the thesis approaches the personality of Josef Fanta and outlines his style of historicism. The main part of the thesis will focus on Fanta's works influenced by Art Nouveau during the period 1897-1932. First, it will deal with his Art Nouveau buildings in Prague and also outside the Capital. Attention will be focused on the Railway Station building of Franz Joseph in Prague, today's main railway station, the Hlahol building and the Cairn of Peace Memorial. This thesis also introduces Fanta's tombs, headstones and memorials. The thesis touch on his rebuilding of old historical buldings and his influence within interior design, particulary his designs in the Austrian pavilion at the 1900 Exposition Universelle in Paris and his decorations for the visit of Franz Joseph to Prague in 1907. Lastly, this thesis will try to define Fanta's motifs in the Art Nouveau style and his interpretation of Art Nouveau. Keywords Art Nouveau, Josef Fanta, architecture, historicism, tombs and headstones

Das Wirken von Josef Pommer, der bis in jüngste Zeit als 'Ikone der österreichischen Volksmusikforschung' von nationaler Bedeutung gefeiert worden ist, wird auf seine politischen und ideologischen Aspekt hin analysiert und Pommers deutschnationale Einstellung einschließlich ihres Antisemitismus als eine unlösbare Verbindung seines weithin verschwiegenen politischen Wirkens mit seiner Tätigkeit als Volksliedsammler verstanden.

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The organist and composer Josef Gabriel Rheinberger (1839–1901) was a very successful and historically significant person in music history, who in recent decades has fallen somewhat into the shadow of the contemporary world. Not many people know much about him and what he has achieved. During his lifetime, Josef Rheinberger would compose over 200 works, which many consider to be one of the most important additions to the organ repertoire. The purpose of this artistic study is partly to contribute to the development of knowledge about a neglected composer, but also to immerse myself in Rheinberger's compositional style as well as in his career and his life in general, in order to be able to come as close to such a true-to- style representation of his organ music as possible. To fulfill the purpose, a methodological analysis of the first movement from Rheinberger's Organ Sonata No. 14, Op. 165 has been conducted, where, among other things, important technical aspects are touched upon. / Organisten och kompositören Josef Gabriel Rheinberger (1839–1901) var en mycket framgångsrik och musikhistoriskt betydande person, som de senaste decennierna hamnat lite i skuggan för eftervärlden. Det är inte många som vet så mycket om honom och vad han har åstadkommit. Under sin levnad skulle Josef Rheinberger komma att komponera över 200 verk, vilka många anser vara ett av de viktigaste tillskotten till orgelrepertoaren. Syftet med denna konstnärliga studie är delvis att bidra till kunskapsutveckling om en eftersatt kompositör, men också att fördjupa mig i Rheinbergers kompositionsstil samt i hans karriär och hans liv i stort, för att kunna komma så nära en så stiltrogen och tidsenlig gestaltning av hans orgelmusik som möjligt. För att uppfylla syftet har det metodiskt genomförts en analys av den första satsen ur Rheinbergers Orgelsonat No. 14, Op. 165, där bland annat viktiga speltekniska aspekter berörs.

The origins of heritage conservation in Czech lands are usually dated back to the year 1850 when the Central Commission for Research and Conservation of Architectural Heritage (Central-Commission für Erforschung und Erhaltung der Baudenkmalen) was founded in Vienna. In the years 1854-1855, fourteen conservators were assigned to the Bohemian area whose job was to search for and describe heritage sites and they also were to initiate their repairs. One of those fourteen conservators was one - still rather unbeknown - František X. Josef Beneš (1816-1888), conservator of Čáslav county, with whose life and work this paper is concerned. He was born into a family of an establishment bureaucrat Josef Alois Beneš in Český Dub, however, soon the family moved to Osek u Rokycan. Having graduated from grammar-school he continued studying at Prague Polytechnic school where he focused on chemistry and sugar industry. He started as a sugar industry adjunct in Dobrovice and later he was moved to Suchdol u Kutné Hory to act as a manager of a local sugar factory. Having helped František Alexander Heber with his work Böhmens Burgen, Vesten und Bergschlösser to whom he gave valuable data about many a building in Kutná Hora area, Beneš himself began to be interested in conservation. In the 1840'swe can already find Beneš...

This diploma thesis investigates propaganda practices of the Czechoslovakian Ministry of Foreign Affairs applied especially to the local press of Vienna during the interwar period. The aim of the thesis is to explain the reasons that made the Czechoslovakian authorities take these steps and to reconstruct the events surrounding the subsidizing of the Vernay publishing house. A part of the investigation is an analysis of the press published under this house (Der Tag, Die Stunde, Die Börse, Die Bühne, Die Sphinx and business books of Compass) - its history, political orientation, columns, journalists, characteristics, etc. The emphasis is placed on changes brought by the Czechoslovakian influence. The thesis studies activities of the journalists (not only in Vernay's newspapers) during the crucial moments of the history of the Austrian - Czechoslovakian relations (e.g. the Austro-German Customs Union of 1931) and then draws conclusions on the effectiveness the propaganda. In this regard, the aspects seen as the most problematic are especially the non-loyalty of some of the journalists, a wide awareness of the propaganda in both countries, and a choice of newspapers intended for the purpose of propaganda.

Schwarzenbergs, a noble family coming from Lower Franconia, settled down from 1660 in the end in Czech countries. Jan Adolf Schwarzenberg bought manor Třeboň at that time. At the beginning of eighteenth century split the family to two anchestries. Submitted dissertation insists on the researches in the archive files completed with specialized publicatons. The text is composed of three units. Opening part gives us the specification and characteristics of the used archival resorces and literature. The second part is divided to the several chapters. The first chapter discuss the family history and land effects expansion. The third chapter describes the complicated administrative agency. The fourth chapter introduces patrimonial clerkdom including their personal and professional lives. The fifth chapter is dedicated to Josef Bohdanecký, the principal forester of the forest management in Orlík. He came to be known by his forest crop protection project, so called Orlíks or milimetre thinning. The final part contains the general estimation of the clerkdom place in the Schwarzenbergs service.