Papers by Veronika Pulcová
e-Monumentica, 2018
Ceramic art for the public space was commissioned continuously and on a nationwide scale througho... more Ceramic art for the public space was commissioned continuously and on a nationwide scale throughout the forty years of the existence of the Communist Czechoslovakia. The architecture of the Socialist Realism of the 1950s used prefabricated terracotta elements on facades. In the 1960s, ceramics was in high demand for many abstract works, and later it was popular in the figure art of the period following the Soviet invasion in 1968. Pravoslav and Jindřiška Rada enjoyed a key position in this specialized field of monumental art. They often worked together on structures for public spaces and this collaboration lasted for at least thirty years from the late 1950s into the 1980s. Their work can be found all over the Czech Republic. Beside Prague, which is the focus of the catalogue, it is possible to mention, for example: reliefs for a block of flats in Havířov (1959), fountain in Ostrava (1967), fountain for a shopping centre in Brno – Jundrov (1978), relief at the shopping centre (1979) and fountain in front of the chateau (1983) in Vlašim, or the assembly hall of the spa house Vesna in Janské Lázně (1980). However, a big part of it was created in and for Prague, and Prague architects were involved. The oldest known commission was to make lights and a relief for the “House of Fashion” in the Wenceslas Square in 1957. At that time, the Radas were working on a series of objects for the EXPO 58 exhibition in Brussels and these works later featured at the Czechoslovakia 1960 exhibition and the Rose Garden of the Culture Park in Prague. In the 1960s, the couple worked mainly on reliefs for school buildings or other public buildings. The same can be said about the 1970s. Work for the atrium of the Koospol building, built in the Brutalist vein, was rather exceptional. The fountain and porcelain and ceramic structures of zoomorphic and geometrical shapes have not survived, but we do know them thanks to an array of photos from that period. The Radas’ output was much appreciated in the context of kindergartens. Simple motifs contrasted with a spectacular rendering of plastic art.
The purpose of this study was to answer the question of what is the pupils' level of English voca... more The purpose of this study was to answer the question of what is the pupils' level of English vocabulary proficiency in public and private rural primary schools in Kyuso Division in Kitui County. The study was an attempt to provide relevant data on English vocabulary proficiency in Kyuso area. This study focused on the English vocabulary proficiency in Kyuso area among children in classes' two to four. Learners from one class to the next depicted some changes hence a level of vocabulary proficiency manifestation. The study was limited to respondents within the sample in rural areas where the language of communication after school was purely Kikamba. The two categories of primary schools in the area were day schools, unlike secondary schools whereby 90% of them are boarding. The assumption was that the pupils had the same school hours, share the same locality and the same parents. The question was why there was a big difference in children from the two categories of schools. The study was based on primary schools, the level where the grammatical rules are initiated, and as the children grow up, they continue to utilize what they continue acquiring. It was observed that competent speakers show up right from primary schools. It is also at the primary level where a child can be 'modelled' to improve or change to a better person due to their language acquisition device (LAD). In both public and private primary schools there seem to be differences in pupils level of vocabulary proficiency.
EUROPA POSTMEDIAEVALIS 2, 2020
The main subject of this study is a survey and evaluation of field fortifications located in Nebe... more The main subject of this study is a survey and evaluation of field fortifications located in Nebesa near Aš (Karlovy Vary Region, Czech Republic). Although the site was already surveyed in 2019, following earlier surveys between 1980 and 1984, it is still not possible to link it to a particular military event in the second half of the 18th century. The ceramic assemblage recovered is extremely heterogeneous in terms of typology, morphology and chronology. The assemblage mostly consists of vessels which cannot for the most part be connected to civil activities (forest work) and the deposition of waste in the trench area after the period the fortifications were in use. field fortifications-18th century-modern age-pottery-stoneware
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