Department of Mediaeval Art
The Department is concerned with research into and interpretation of the mediaeval art of Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia in its international contexts and broader cultural connections.
Staff
PhDr. Klára Benešovská, CSc. (Head of the Department), Prof. PhDr. Ivo Hlobil, CSc., PhDr. Hana Hlaváčková, PhDr. Jan Chlíbec,PhD., Prof. PhDr. Ivo Kořán, CSc., PhDr. Kateřina Kubínová, PhD., Mgr. Lenka Panušková, PhDr. Milada Studničková, CSc., PhDr. Zuzana Všetečková
Department publications
Research projects
History of Czech Visual Art in foreign-language versions, Topography, Corpus of Mediaeval Wall Paintings in the Czech Lands (Všetečková), Catalogue of Czech Mediaeval Manuscripts in Czech and International Collections (Hana Hlaváčková, Milada Studničková, Kateřina Kubínová)
Grant projects
2008
The Master of the Michle Madonna and the Beginning of the European-wide Significance of Bohemian Sculpture under the Luxembourg Dynasty in the 14th Century, 2006–2008
Czech Science Foundation No. 408/06/1420
2007
The Master of the Michle Madonna and the Beginning of the European-wide Significance of Bohemian Sculpture under the Luxembourg Dynasty in the 14th Century, 2006–2008
Czech Science Foundation No. 408/06/1420
Catalogue of manuscripts illuminated in Bohemia in the time of Charles IV (1346–1378), 2005–2007
Czech Science Foundation No. 408/05/1016
Works of Italian sculptors active in the Czech lands in the Renaissance period, 2005–2007
Czech Science Foundation No. 408/05/2179
Exhibition projects
2010
"A Royal Marriage. Eliška Přemyslovna and John of Luxembourg, 1310”, Galerie hl. m. Prahy [City Gallery Prague], Muzeum hl. m. Prahy [City Museum Prague], Prague. 4 November 2010 – 6 February 2011 (author Klára Benešovská, cooperation Zuzana Všetečková, Hana Hlaváčková, Lenka Panušková)
2007
"Poet and King. Bohuslav Hasištejnský of Lobkowicz in the mirror of the Jagiellon era", Pražský hrad [Prague Castle], Praha. 28 February – 1 July 2007 (cooperation Jan Chlíbec, Ivo Hlobil)
Conferences
2007
Conference Bohuslav Hasištejnský of Lobkowicz and the culture of his times, Prague, Institute of Art History, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, 25 May 2007. In cooperation with Kancelář prezidenta republiky [Office of the President of the Republic] and Národní muzeum v Praze [National Museum in Prague]
Current projects
Series of lectures "The Middle Ages in Motion"
Les transfers artistiques dans l'Europe gothique (XIIe-XVIe) : échanges, circulations, perméabilité, cooperation with INHA Paris, (2010–2013)
The Josef Krása Centre, specialising in the study of mediaeval illustrated manuscripts and wall paintings