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The aim of the diploma thesis is to present artistic objects conceived within the architecture of cultural houses since the onset of the communist regime in 1948. The theoretical part of the thesis introduces the development of architectural tendencies of the first and second half of the 20th century, the process of construction of cultural houses and, in context, the mood of the society at that time. The practical part presents a selection of five houses of culture built between 1948 - 1989, which are located in the geographical area of Prague and Central Bohemia. Data collection was carried out using field research methodology, through a critical evaluation of available historical sources and secondary literature. The supporting element of the research is the photographic documentation of the artworks and architecture of the cultural houses, which is accessible within the appendices of the thesis. Keywords Cultural Houses, Art in Architecture, Czech Architecture after 1948, Socialist Realism, Typification, Communism, Prague, Central Bohemia

The student will compile a thesis about the period of dogmatic socialist realism in czech architecture in 1950s. The student will start with a definition of this style, will try to reconstruct a theoretical resources and fundamental parts of socialist realism and then determine the pre-stages in the architecture before the second world war. The attention will be focused on influnces and imports from The Soviet Union including the journeys of czechoslovakia architects there between 1920s-1930s and in 1950s. Own architecture production of dogmatic socialist realism in Czechoslovakia will be shown on chosen buildings in Prague (hotel Jalta, hotel International…). From this selection the student will determine its specifications and if it is possible to infer them based on the comparsion with the other buildings in Czechoslovakia. Keywords architecture, socialist realism, Prague, 1950s, ideology, The Soviet Union, historicism

This Diploma thesis deals with the literary reflection of collectivization of Czech countryside in selected literary works of the building novel written in the 1950s and in the novels of disillusionment written in the 1960s. Specifically, we choose these novels from the 1950s: Bitva by V. Rezac, Dve Jara by B. Riha, Horke dny by P. Bojar and Jedina cesta by J. V. Pleva. From the 1960s are the novels: Velka samota by I. Kriz, Zelene obzory by J. Prochazka, Prselo jim stesti by J. Trefulka, ...silna ruka by J. Kozak, Smutecni slavnost by E. Kanturkova a Vyhnanstvi by M. Klansky. The thesis examines how the theme of collectivization of the Czech countryside changes in these novels and how it changes its literary reflection within the category of characters, with what situations and motives it is associated with. The study also focuses on the transformation of the view of the countryside in this novels.

The bachelor thesis deals with the Soviet pavilions at the International exhibitions that took place in Paris in 1925 and 1937. It analyses the two expositions and it shows the way how the Soviet regime had attempted systematically to shape international opinion on itself across Western Europe by means of cultural (soft) diplomacy. Keywords Soviet Union, propaganda, Konstantin Melnikov, The International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts, 1925, Constructivism, International Exposition of Art and Technology in Modern Life, 1937, Paříž, Boris Iofan, Vera Mukhina, Worker and Kolkhoz Woman, Socialist Realism.

This bachelor thesis deals with the monthly magazine Kveten. It focuses especially on its general characteristic, the II. Congress of the Union of Czechoslovak Writers, where the program of Everyday´s Life poetry was founded. Subsequently, the thesis concerns with the ideological change of Kveten during its four years, its relationship with socialist realism, or the credibility of its program of Everyday´s Life poetry. The second program of the magazine Kveten and its difficulties also cannot be omitted. Lastly, the thesis mentions the criticism of the magazine and its authors, and points out to the causes, which led to the ending of the magazine Kveten.

Květen In the second half of 1950's there started a continuo possibility to criticize some of the Party's prominent figures or art the Party promoted, and Kohout's poetry; disputations about the artistic heritage of František Halas; the questions of socialist realism by periodical Květen; and 'the end of the Second congress' spirit', which made end to these

Práce se zabývá postavou malíře Renata Guttusa z pohledu Československa v letech 1949 - 1979, tj. v období, kdy se v Praze konaly jeho výstavy. Zkoumá, jak bylo u nás jeho dílo přijato, jaké byly motivace vzájemných sympatií a spolupráce a způsob, jakým tato spolupráce probíhala. Sleduje jeho pozici jakožto neorealistického malíře a aktivního člena Italské komunistické strany. Tato strana získala v poválečném období v Itálii velkou podporu veřejnosti. Byla do značné míry nezávislou na oficiální politice Komunistické strany Sovětského svazu a v mnohém se proto její názory od ní odchylovaly. Itálie byla zároveň zemí západně orientovanou a nacházela se v poválečném období v zájmové sféře Spojených států jakožto příjemce pomoci Marshallova plánu a od roku 1949 členský stát NATO. V širších souvislostech se proto práce zabývá dobovou kulturní a politickou situací v Itálii a v Československu a přináší vhled do vzájemných kulturních vztahů obou zemí. Autorka vycházela z dobové literatury, archivních pramenů (archiv Ministerstva zahraničních věcí, archiv Národní Galerie) a dobového tisku (zejména časopisy Výtvarné umění, Výtvarná práce, deník Rudé právo, měsíčník Literární noviny).

This bachelor thesis studies sculptures found in the public space of České Budějovice. Six chosen works created between 1945 and 1989 were put through a formal analysis and evaluated from the art-historical point of view. It also focuses on their authors, art stylestypical for particular periods of time, and the works? impact on the city?s urban planning. That being said, the last topic has been discussed more often lately, which includes discussions of the political and social situation influencing the previously mentioned period.

The thesis is aimed at the subject of classicism in a broader sense of this term and is based on the classicism period architecture in the Czech Republic. The introductory chapter intends to briefly and independently define and clarify the terms classical, classicism and neoclassicism, deal with the shaping of the classical canon in Europe and outline the evolution of classical features in the history of the Czech architecture in the European context. In separate chapters the thesis systematically follows the matters of classicism in the first half of the 19th century, in the periods of pure and late historicism and early and paramount modernism. Special attention has been paid to the matters of classicism in the Czech thoughts on art in the interwar period and during the German occupation. Having analysed the classicism-style tendencies in the socialist realism architecture the thesis identifies basic classicism-style aspirations in the 2nd half of the 20th century and in the beginning of the 21st century. The final chapter is dedicated to the identification of the main overall specifics of classicism in the Czech architecture based on a list of examples.

This bachelor's thesis deals with an academic painter Jiří Mádlo, who is rather a less known official painter in the second half of the 20th century. The author of this thesis explores several areas of Mádlo's life such as artistic societies in which he worked, posts he held, how he got offers and how he dealt with them and finally, how he became an official painter. The responses and feedback on his exhibitions is another topic that is examined. The aim of this thesis is to define the influence and the position of Jiří Mádlo in the course Czech art of the second half of the 20th century.

This bachelor is based on mapping and analysis sculptural works from second half of the twentieth century, made by Prague sculptress Jarmila Malátová in South Bohemia. The works are studying together with the adjoining architecture in the background of the socialistic art scene of their time. The thesis of this text also includes the personality of Jarmila Malátová and the critical view of political concepts in sculpture and architecture of the 70s and 80s of the twentieth century.

The presented thesis deals with the topic of Czechoslovak cultural politics in music during the Socialist Realist era. The author based the study on the personal history of Václav Dobiáš, a prominent composer, cultural organiser and a pedago- gue, who serves as a typical representation of an artist, who bestowed all his artistic talents to the cause of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. The first chapter briefly describes Socialist Realism as a movement in music in the Soviet Union, the place of its origin. The main emphasis is put on the introduction to Zhdanov's po- litical speech, which consequently became the mandatory norm in the countries of the Eastern bloc. The next chapter is focused on Czechoslovak reflexion of Socialist Realism and its reception. This chronological development aims to expose the spe- cifics of each periods' reception of this artistic movement. Following chapters are dedicated to Václav Dobiáš. The first chapter of this part of the thesis deals with the beginning of the artist's journey which was strongly influenced by the avantgarde movement of 1930's. Next chapters depict his adoption of communist ideology in 1945, explore the motives behind this ideological conversion and characterize his po- litically-engaged work. This part is followed by a portrayal of Dobiáš as a...

IN MY THESIS, I WANT TO FOCUS ON THE INFLUENCE OF PROPAGANDA IN THE WORKS OF CHOSEN AUTHORS OF THE FIRST HALF OF THE 20TH CENTURY. IN THE THEORETICAL PART, I AM GOING TO TRY TO UNDERSTAND THE IDEOLOGY ITSELF AND PUT IT INTO BROADER CONTEXT. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THEORETICALLY ANALYSE THE CHOSEN AUTHORS AND THEIR WORKS. IN THE PRACTICAL PART I AM GOING TO FOCUS ON THE SELECTED WORKS, NAMELY GORKIJ'S МАТЬ, OSTROVSKY'S Как закалялась сталь AND OTHERS, AND ANY INFLUENCE (NEGATIVE OR POSITIVE) OF THE POLITICS ON RUSSIAN LITERATURE. THE AIM OF MY THESIS IS TO CONFIRM OR DISPROVE THE DEGREE OF THE INFLUENCE OF THE SOCIALISTIC POWER ON THE CHOSEN WORKS AND IMPARTIALLY JUDGE THE QUALITY OF THE PROPAGANDISTIC WORK. I came to the conclusion that the quality of the official soviet works can differ substantially. On Maxim Gorky's example I showed more complex wording and I focused on the religious layer on his sample work Mother. On the contrary, in Nikolai A. Ostrovsky's How the Steel Was Tempered I confirmed the simplicity of the work. Unofficial authors in my work help to better express the motives and the attitude of socialistic realism. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

Bachelor thesis Socialist Realism in architecture of town Týnec nad Sázavou will address the construction of workers' housing estate in the style of socialist realism in the 50s of the 20th century in Týnec nad Sázavou. Architecture will be presented in the context of the construction of settlements in the period of socialist realism in Czechoslovakia, which arose with the development of industry and mining. It also touches on contemporary issues insulation facades with the associated loss of aesthetic elements of buildings in relation to the historic preservation.

Mariana Kubištová CZECH ARCHITECTURAL PHOTOGRAPHY IN THE 1920s TO THE 1950s Abstract The thesis Czech Architectural Photography in the 1920s to the 1950s presents the theme of architecture photography, from the 1920's to the 1950's, focusing on Czech cultural setting, observing photography meeting contemporary acts in the field of architecture, thus the photography of modern architecture. It methodologically researches the theme from a visual study viewpoint; however it applies a little more traditional approaches, which try to define architecture photography depending on functions it carries out; to demarcate its various categories, describe its history and name some of its important representatives. Each of these approaches is able to capture a different aspect of the observed theme. The first part of the thesis attempts to answer what architecture photography is, what we can qualify as architecture photography and how we can approach and interpret it. It summarizes research and knowledge of this field up till now, not just within Czech cultural setting but also abroad. Last but not least, it tries to outline historical, social and artistic context of the researched era. The second part counts with the presumption that the core and the biggest volume of visual material lies in the field of professional...

Forman, D .: Curious World. Possibilities of applicatiom of the theme in pedagogic practise. [Diploma thesis] Prague 2015 - Charles University, Faculty of Education, Department of Fine Arts, 79 p. (Attachments 7 artistic realizations - oil paintings small and medium size) The thesis is based on a comprehensive comparsion of major interpretation avant-garde art and the modernist thinking, which determined crucially interpretation of the most important events in the art history of 20th century. This work brings together three major confrontations looks at the intentions of selected representatives of avant-garde art and focuses on problematic moment of "interruption" the progression of the avant-garde by socialist realism. Three positions are views of art theorists Clement Greenberg, Theodor Adorno and Boris Groys. Didactic part of this thesis is realized by art education series, which is inspidated by this topic. It focuses on understanding the most basic principles of geometric abstraction, constructivism and abstract expressionism by students. The artwork is also inspired by this topic, it contains the collection of oil paintings. Keywords: avant-garde, kitsch, socialist realism, interpretation of art, art discourse, comparsion, Greenberg, Groys, Adorno

The work of Antonin Tenzer involves his activities in the period of six decades in the turbulent era of development of Czechoslovak history of architecture. The architect is known as one of the representatives of the avant-garde and High functionalism, author of Faculty Hospital in Prague-Motol and other medical buildings or the Jalta hotel, a building associated with socialist realism. In my dissertation, I tried to map the main typological fields that Antonín Tenzer used in his work. My goal was to widen the portfolio of famous buildings, and on the basis I defined the architect's major themes and current issues, which were responded in his effort. I based primarily on historic materials - published projects, plan documentation and writings of public and private archives, as well as personal heritage, made available to me by the architect's family. In particular thematic areas I focused on Tenzer's vital and successful implementation of competition projects, which he later followed and extended. In addition to impulses from his collaborators, debates and majors works of those days I was looking for elements and methods of Tenzer that influenced the architecture environment. I observed the influence of historical events and the socio-political situation in his work, for example, housing issues in...

This bachelor's thesis focuses on the 1930s' visual arts in the Soviet Union. In several chapters, it describes developmental tendencies of visual arts that were made to serve the governmental propaganda of that time. The forming of Socialistic Realism is being mapped here starting with its first signs in the 1920s, all the way to its triumph in the 1930s, when it was proclaimed as the only USSR's official artistic movement. This development is supported by an extensive pictorial appendix that is part of this thesis, together with a thematic analysis of this time period's selected artwork. A new hero of the Soviet society is constructed here based on the analysis and in the context of this time period's tendencies and the requirements of its political powers. Key words USSR, Socialist Realism, Visual Arts, Ideology, Interpretation, Society, Hero, Power, Painting

This thesis focuses on photography in the work of Television studio Ostrava, a part of Czechoslovak television, during a period of 1969-1989, called normalisation, the reflection of this period after the year 1989 and mainly the photography archive of said institution. It may be presumed that communist propaganda and other efforts of normalisation will be apparent in the documentaries and other products concentrating on photography. The region of Ostrava also has its own cultural specificity due to its mainly industrial nature; the region is characterised by coal mining and metallurgy. Thus it may be presumed that communism will be planted in the minds of the people more firmly. The thesis also contains a theoretical framework, describing socialist realism in photography and normalisation in photography as well as in the television studio in question. In order to verify these hypotheses and to discover other important facts of the topic in question, a content analysis of data available in the archive of Television studio Ostrava was carried out. The archive suffered grave losses during major flooding of Moravia and Silesia in 1997. However, some films and many actual photographs were still available for analysis. The findings relevant to each document are stated in their respective parts and are...

This thesis Ostalgie in Czech art summarizes recent history of art aimed to fifties and sixties of the twentieth century and also the fundamental notion of Czech cultural time - socialist realism. In opposition to the term 'socialist realism', there is a term 'ostalgie', which is focused on a nostalgic memories during normalization. In the theoretical part of this thesis author presents and explains the two main terms and focuses on the cultural aspects which were brought or denied to the nation by to the socialistic system in those times. In the practical part the author follows the theoretical part, especially in creating posters, which is influenced by nostalgic spirit.

The thesis focuses on the construction and symbolic encoding of Prague from 1945 to the late 1950s, with emphasis on the Stalinist era. Based on an analysis of historical texts and architectural projects, the thesis studies the motivations and tactics, which the post-war political and professional elites sought to manifest their own values and ideological principles in the area of the capital city. Through the analysis of historical concepts of "old" and "new" Prague examines the thesis the changing relationship between tradition and modernity in the image of the city. The sociocultural phenomenon of Stalinism is thematized as a specific part of the long process of modernization, which passes through Prague during the first half of the 20th century. The thesis deals also with the attributes that should characterize the "new" socialist Prague and with the ways of using the Soviet patterns and local historical traditions. Keywords: Prague, city, image of the city, architecture, urbanism, memory, heritage, socialist realism, stalinism, 1950s

The thesis deals with propaganda poster as a specific medium of communist propaganda between 1948 - 1956. The first part describes a historical context regarding the social, political and economical reconstruction. The thesis is focusing on poster as a specific tool of propaganda concerning a connection to Soviet Union and a socialist realism as an official art style. At the same time the thesis is describing the communist propaganda and its characteristic elements with the connection to a new media control and censorship. The propaganda poster is viewed as a distinctive medium used by communist propaganda for a persuasion and ideological influence to society. The thesis is focusing on posters oriented on building a new attitudes to work and work process as a typical part of first years of communist regime in the time of building of a socialism in Czechoslovakia. Based on archive files the work is describing how and in which institutions were the posters controled and created. The last part is trying to bring an analysis of specificgroups of posters from the representation, stereotypes, input contect, typical rhetoric and symbols point of view.

The paper describes the development of the content of Mateřídouška magazine in 1945 - 1955 against the backdrop of political and social developments in post-World War 2 Czechoslovakia. These trends included robust centralization of media and their subordination to the Communist regime. The paper examines the characteristics of propaganda and its role in media as one of the key instruments of totalitarianism. It explores the use of Communist propaganda in Czechoslovak juvenile literature. The second part of the paper describes the founding of Mateřídouška and its position among contemporary newspapers and children literature. It examines the influence of the editors-in-chief, namely that of František Hrubín and Jiří V. Svoboda, on the contents of the magazine. The third part describes the application of propaganda on the youngest readers during the first years since the inception of the magazine. The hermeneutic analysis covers various aspects of propaganda, including the cult of personality, celebration of labour, the role of armed forces and other phenomena of the early Communist period in Czechoslovakia.

Cílem disertační práce je současný pohled a zhodnocení architektury z období reálného socialismu v Brně, od osvobození v roce 1945 do období normalizace v sedmdesátých letech 20. století. Se zahrnutím doby realizací budov jsem zvolila časové rozpětí do roku 1975. Na pozadí společenských souvislostí se zabývám stavbami a stavebními celky, které jsou významné z celorepublikového hlediska. The aim of my thesis is the current look and evaluation of architecture from the period of real socialism in Brno, since liberation in 1945 to the period of normalization in the seventies of the twentieth century, till 1975 (including duration of the implementation of the buildings). Emphasis put on realizations of significant national aspects.

The thesis is exploring art and architecture in Denmark and Czechoslovakia in the period 1947-1957. The main interest was to see how the interwar avant-garde movements such as Functionalism and Surrealism, as well as the legacy of Bauhaus, developed after the WWII. Yet, Functionalism and Surrealism can also be seen not only as mere artistic styles but as two different attitudes towards life, Rational and Romantic respectively. The latter, which is a passionate protest against the status quo, can especially in its revolutionary or utopian dimension serve as a form of engagement free of the simplifying Cold War binaries.

The thesis aims to describe the media image of the czech fine art during 1948-1953 in the cultural periodicals "Kulturní politika", "Tvorba", "Var" and "Lidové noviny". It focuses on two topics that occurred most frequently in these periodicals;That is the definition of art and socialist realism and shaping artists and society. Social realism is characterized not only by description, but also by inspiration sources like Czech fine art of 19th century and the tendency to oppose competitive or similar artistic styles and trends like formalism, naturalism, academicism and kitsch. Shaping the artists and society is understood in terms of upringing, education and enlightenment. In connection with these two areas this thesis focuses on history, cultural policy of the Communist Party, the organizational structure of artistic production, distribution of art, shaping artists, penetration of art into public and private space, socialist realism and an attitude of visual artists to new conditions of artistic production. Different features were also included to capture the uniqueness of each periodical. The starting point of the thesis is a historical and qualitative analysis.

The thesis examines the role of poetry from the official Czechoslovak Communist Party newspaper Rudé právo ("Red Law") between 1948 and 1953. It analyzes and interprets selected poetry in the context of major holidays and events, and uses this to describe some of the myths of the time and their symbolic meaning. Using essays and public speeches from thematic conferences and congresses, it describes the development of poetry and journalism in this crucial historical period as well as examines their role and mission. This is used to report on socialist realism in literature and provide testimonies of prominent political and cultural figures of the time on literature, poetry, and journalism. Furthermore, it shows how the front pages of Rudé právo were designed on special occasions and what some of the texts contained. The thesis also introduces the most important socialist holidays, explains their context, and opens up the issue of the societal role of them and the way they are presented. Finally, the thesis also contains information on the the "Pracující do literatury" ("Workers for Literature") campaign. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

Bachelor's thesis deals with the furniture manufactured in the Czech Republic from the sixties of the 20th century up to the present. The furniture is closely connected with the feelings of society which are reflected in furniture's shapes and decoration. The time of Socialist Realism, Postmodernism, recent history and today are desribed in this thesis. In every chapter (decade) the situation of period, furniture making and summary are sketched. The result of the thesis is a diagram of the furniture development in the past and an estimation of the future. The results are analysed in a discussion.

Czechoslovak Art in the Service of Communism as Political Religion The Bachelor's thesis will focus on Czechoslovak art during period between 1948 and 1989 and its role within communist regime with respect to its quasi-religious character. It is not coincidence that communism is described as political religion. The thesis will try to define impact of this political religion on Czechoslovak art. It will explicate the term political religion and also conception of communism as political religion. Then it will characterize socialist realism, outcome of socialist ideology. Main part of the thesis will be analysis of particular art works regarding pseudo-religious aspects of communism: manipulative mythologization of history, glorification of leaders, creating sacred places and rituals Key words: Czechoslovakia 1948 - 1989, communism, mythologization, political religion, sacralization of politics, socialist realism

Master thesis Soviet union, our model deals with comparison of Soviet and Czech construct novels and focuses on basic motifs in selected novels. For analysis we choose couples of novels to focuse on sphere of ideologically significant aspects in each novels. Its a factory in novels Cement and Cesta otevřená, formation of "new world" in wasteland in novels Dravá řeka and Modré údolí and motivic structure positive hero in novels Daleko od Moskvy a Luisiana se probouzí. Based on text analysis and interpretation this work specifies existing knowledges about influence of Soviet construct novels on formation and development of this genre in Czechoslovakia. Key words: interpretation, motifs, construct novel, socialist realism

Obsahem práce je průzkum a studium československé architektury v období od roku 1945 do roku 1975, ve výsledku se zaměřením na specifika brněnské architektury ve sledovaném období. Cílem práce bude zhodnocení brněnské architektury v období třiceti let po The thesis, using research and study of the architecture of Czechoslovakia of the period 1945-1975, aims to evaluate the Brno architecture of the thirty years´ period after the second world war, its particularities in context of the architecture of the wh