Druhý život kostela sv. Barbory v Kutné Hoře: Jedna z kapitol obnovy katedrál v 19. 












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            The Resurrection of St. Barbara’s Church in Kutná Hora. A Chapter in the Cathedrals‘ Renov

            Century

            Abstrakt

            At the time when images are transferred physically, as well as virtually, in time and spac
            new contexts, we tend to perceive buildings as static images or permanent artifacts, and s
            even set as symbols for their durability in time and space. Namely, they stand amidst the 

            by the human need for narration. In the chapter In the Search of Not Quite Lost Time, N. N
            87–88) writes: “Our tendency to perceive – more precisely, to introduce – narrative struct

            are a symptom of the same disease: reduction in the number of dimensions.” Reduction of th
            the past occurs, according to Taleb, either because of our inability to remember the actua
            we tend to interpret past events in our own favor. Both of these general observations can 

            to history, and history can be seen as a reduction of the past carried out by the historia
            determined by the objectives of constructing causal connections based on available and und
            sources. The French psychologist and historian Michele de Certeau (1925–1986) writes about

            the narrative act, which he already observes in the descriptive text (which precedes the i
            “Description is a culturally creative act, it has distributive power and performative stre
            1996, 88). So we have many reasons to accept that the texts of historians are not innocent

            be objectively valid, but they represent powerful forces with more-or-less hidden individu
            as collective, goals. In this study, I follow the use of historical narratives – arguments
            political discourse of the 19th century with an implicit objective: to raise funds for the

            and the extension of St. Barbara’s Church in Kutná Hora, both from the budget of the Austr
            from the Provincial Assembly of the Bohemian Kingdom. This political effort reflected the 
            national emancipation within the Habsburg monarchy in the period of European historicism. 

            that despite a number of substantive and conceptual reservations about these texts today, 
            and political narratives have enabled St. Barbara’s Church its significance, have kept it 
            service and in historical memory and consciousness, and have placed it on the national and

            art and cultural heritage. These narrations have had an undeniable impact on the practical
            of the restoration work, i.e. what should be preserved from the past of the church and how
            be added and what should be removed. Based on this example, it is possible to realize how 

            better or worse, have shaped and still shape our ideas of Czech and European identity and 
            relationship to the nation and Europe.


            Klíčová slova
            Kutná Hora – Church of St. Barbara; cathedral renovation; historism; nationalism


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