The Czech Cold casting - Libensky and Brychtova

ANNOTATION Lenka Stedrova Czech mold melted glass - Brychtova and Libensky The topic of the bachelor work are personalities of Jaroslava Brychtova and Stanislav Libensky mainly who worked out and improved the mold melted glass technology in Bohemia and origin of this technology itself. It focuses on life of Ms. Brychtova and Mr. Libensky, their common cooperation, cross-section of their whole production, exhibiton activity and museum expositions, where the authors present their works. Further on it records the circumstances of the mold melted glass evolution in the experimental centre of the melted glass by the national company "Zeleznobrodske sklo" in Zelezny Brod and consequently in studio Lhotsky Ltd. in Pelechov. The works are time-focalised to the period of 2. half of the 20th century and there is recorded a subsequent influence of this technology on the Czech art scene and context with the era. Part of the text are analyses of some chosen works of the art couple Brychtova and Libensky and their art description. The goal of the work is to introduce the melted glass and artists who are engaged in and show its rareness in Czech and foreign context of the glass art. Supervisor: prof. PhDr. Petr Fidle