PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Kučerová, Irena
AU  - Křenková, Zuzana
AU  - Říhová, Vladislava
TI  - Research of the glass cube typology employed in the post-war mosaic art
DP  - 2018 Jun 15
TA  - Průzkumy památek
PG  - 133--148
VI  - 25
IP  - 1
AID - 10.56112/pp.2018.1.09
IS  - 12121487
AB  - The article provides a comprehensive overview of the mosaic cube types produced in the Czech lands that the former Czechoslovak artists used for mosaic art. In addition to the hand-chopped and prefabricated mosaic glass (pressed in plier moulds) and sintered mosaic described in literature, the article examines the production of mosaics and mosaic prefabricates from cut bars which were produced in Železný Brod in the 1950s. The reader learns about additional ways of using bars in mosaic artworks. The article explains differences between vertically and rotationally pressed cubes, localises their production, provides dating, and specifies their appearance. Furthermore, the production technology of cast (rolled) mosaic cubes, which are often mistaken for the sintered ones, is described. Finally, the summary presents the history of flat glass mosaic art. The artworks made of different types of mosaic cubes accompany the various mosaic cube production technology descriptions.