Funerální umění v první třetině 20. století v Čechách

• Main Author: Kuchtová, Vladislava
• Other Authors: Bydžovská, Lenka
• Format: Dissertation
• Language: Czech
• Published: 2008
• Online Access: http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-293012

v anglickém jazyce Funeral art of the first third of the 20th century My work deals with the sepulcral art and I go on with my previous attempt to describe the funeral art of the turn of the 19th and 20th century. Unlike some other poeple I do admire the atmosphere of cemetries. The way they can make me contemplate. I am also fascinated by the wide scale of artistic monuments we can find among the graves. The first third of the 20th was a fascinating period when different styles had been changing but also could have been coexisting next to each other. My work wants to show the artistic trends and tendentions , taste of the architects as well as the ordinary people. I also want to give information about the types of graves or tombs which can be find in cemetries. To show the important and fascinating works of our main artists like František Bílek and Jan Kotěra etc. is needed too. I also want to introduce couple of artists who are not as famous but their master pieces of sepulcral art should not be overlooked. Then I want to speak about works of our artists who used funeral motives as means of expression. The cooperation between different artists was a common thing in the world of art and the situation in the funeral art is a good evidence of results of it. It is also needed to concerne with the...