The Milan R. Štefánik Statue in Paulhan, France (part 2)

14-18 online encyclopedia, 2021

Milan Rastislav Štefánik was a Slovak astronomer, diplomat, politician, general, one of the organizers of the Czechoslovak legions and one of the founding fathers of Czechoslovakia. In today’s Slovakia he is seen as a national hero.

Hungarian Historical Review, 2021

Josipa Alviž; Dragan Damjanović; Jasmina Nestić; Jeremy F. Walton. Art and the State in Modern Central Europe (18th-21st century), 2024

Perhaps somewhat paradoxically, the first Czechoslovak President Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk represents an example of how the "cult of personality" can be fostered in a democratic environment. For his depiction, a de facto new iconography was created, although it was not inventive in any substantive way, and in many cases, the monuments occupied a significant spot in the public space. There were efforts not only to erect a monument in Prague in front of the presidential residence at Prague Castle, but also in Brno, the second largest city. Both competitions were announced in 1937, two years after Masaryk's resignation. At the time, Czechoslovakia was facing the international threat of Hitler's Germany, amplified by the activity of the significant German minority living in the Bohemian and Moravian borderlands. This was another reason for perceiving the construction of monuments to Masaryk as an act of strengthening national pride and lauding the democratic regime. The case of the Brno monument is interesting mainly for two reasons. First, some contestants in the competition to design the monument proposed a relatively innovative iconography, while others used traditional concepts. Secondly, there was an effort to create an entirely new public space in an urban structure dedicated to celebrating the democratic state. For this reason, a location was chosen where a statue of Emperor Joseph II had originally stood. Therefore, it already had strong political connotations for the German inhabitants of the city, and thus from the Czech side, it was an attempt to imbue the site with new meaning and erase the original one.

CBU International Conference Proceedings, 2018

This paper contains a review of plays featuring Milan Rastislav Stefanik as the main character. It involves accessible examples of Slovak and Czech plays, which portray Stefanik as having features of a dramatic character. The paper concentrates on both contemporary plays and those emerging soon after his death. The staging of contemporary plays is analyzed with a focus on dramatic texts and plays that are mainly ceremonial and educational. These were performed, predominantly, in school environments or during celebrations commemorating Stefanik’s tragic death. The paper begins with a short biography of Štefánik.

The Organ, 2020

Sometimes, life is unpredictable. Restrictions, which reduce our big plans, can open new perspectives and allow us to focus on the areas which could be hidden for us in regular circumstances. This happens to me this year. Due to the travel restrictions caused by the pandemic I needed to cancel my North America concert tour and I started to look for another performance possibilities in closer distance with lover risk of cancellation. Using this strategy, I found some interesting romantic organs in Prague, Czech Republic. Step by step I discovered the unique works of Emanuel Štěpán Petr, a genial organ builder who had been developed Czech organ industry in many dimensions. I had the privilege to play this August two recitals on Petr organs in Prague: at the church of St. Ludmila and at the church of St. Ignatius de Loyola. Referring to Petr’s achievements and his role in Czech organ world, it is no exaggeration if we call him a “Czech Cavaillé-Coll”. Romantic tendencies in organ building in Western Europe are very well described in the literature . The situation regarding the subject of our interest in Eastern Europe was slightly different, and the main factor determining this state was far-reaching social and economic changes on the basis of national conflicts, great wars and political changes. Despite these turbulences, the culture of the Eastern European nations evolved in line with the trends present in Western Europe, albeit with a delay of dozen(s) years, and with adaptations to local historical circumstances and cultural factors. It should also be mentioned that the borders of the Eastern European countries known to us today were significantly different in the 19th century, and even many countries – due to partitions by superpowers (Prussia, Austria-Hungary, Russia) – had not been formally existed at that time. If we are talking about e.g. the Czech Republic, Slovakia or Poland in the 19th century, we must rather mean the nations with the roots that appeared on the map of Europe after World War I, or as a result of geo-political changes after World War II, and even after the collapse of communism in this area in the 1990s.

Traditiones, 2018

This article deals with two public monuments in Ljubljana dedicated to Field Marshal Radetzky, who lived in Ljubljana between 1852 and 1856 and was made an honorary citizen of the town. The first two public monuments erected in Ljubljana were dedicated to “Father Radetzky,” who was considered a “real national hero” by the Slovenians. However, when Yugoslavia was established as a South Slavic state in 1918, the two monuments dedicated to this victorious Austrian hero were no longer consistent with Slovenians’ changed self--identification. There was no room left in Ljubljana for this heroic marshal, who once fought the Italian rebels.

Ars linearis VI, 2016

Lekcionář Arnolda Míšeňského-nové poznatky k datování a k původu z kláštera Marienstern Nový pohled na staroměstského malíře Fabiána Puléře († 1562) a jeho dílo Lombardská východiska Arcimboldova autoportrétu Portrét neznámého šlechtice z Budapešti Non verbis, sed factis ostendendum quid peractum K dvojici barokních frontispisů s astronomickou tematikou Carloni, Zugno, Martorana Barokní disegni a skizzi ze severomoravských grafických sbírek Čtyři roční období. Jan Balzer a Norbert Grund Brožíkův Hus a jeho cesta českými ilustrovanými časopisy-několik poznámek k dobové prezentaci uměleckého díla Staří bohové Jižní Ameriky nabízejí světu cigarety París Mezinárodní soutěž na plakát argentinské tabákové firmy, návrh Arnošta Hofbauera a účast dalších českých umělců Klimt, Schiele, Kokoschka a druzí Brněnská sbírka kreseb Irene Beran Historik umění kreslí Provokativní otazníky Minus Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, plus Kazimír Malevič "Ježíš utišuje bouři na Genezaretském jezeře"-kresba Caspara Membergera z Kostnice v Praze? Kresby Ubalda (1728-1781) a Gaetana Gandolfiů (1734-1802) v pražské Národní galerii Sbírka starých mistrů japonského dřevořezu v Národní galerii v Praze