Projekt Kruh prstenu: Světové dějiny sexuality, erotiky a lásky od počátků do současnosti v reálném životě, krásné literatuře, výtvarném umění a dílech českých malířů a sochařů inspirovaných obsahem této knihy vznikl počátkem devadesátých let minulého století. Představuje vytvoření reprezentativní trojsvazkové publikace a sbírky erotik českých malířů a sochařů. V jednotlivých číslech časopisu Anthropologia integra jsou uveřejňovány medailony zúčastněných výtvarníků a reprodukovány některé z jejich artefaktů vytvořených pro projekt Kruh prstenu (Malina 2010). Dnes: malíř Vladimír Svoboda., The Project The Circle of the Ring: Th e World History of Sexuality, Eroticism and Love from the Beginnings up to the Present Day in Real Life, Belle-Lettres, Visual Art and in the Works of Czech Painters and Sculptors Inspired by the Content of this Book arose at the beginning of the 1990s. It presents the formation of the representative publication in three volumes and a collection of erotica of Czech painters and sculptors. Particular volumes of the journal Anthropologia integra will include short profi les on the participating artists as well as reproductions of some of their artefacts created for the project Th e Circle of the Ring (Malina 2010). Today: painter, graphic artist and sculptor Vladimír Svoboda., Jaroslav Malina, and Literatura
Let us look at light used in art from the perspective of art history. Light is important in the methods used for displaying reality and the formation of different styles in painting. During the middle ages painters sought not only to display the real behaviour of light in the world but used light to view transcendental elements. Magister Theodoricus for example seemingly placed the light source inside the volume of figures of saints, and thus strengthened their spiritual presence in the area of the chapel in Karlštejn castle. The master of the Wittingau altar used a shadow to amplify the mystery of the scene, like the Dutch masters from the early 15th century in their night scenes. By using sfumato, Leonardo forced the viewer to start actively looking at indistinct contours of his characters and thus intensified their vividness. Caravaggio from before 1600 put emphasis on the contrasts of light and darkness, thus his chiaroscuro figures sharply emenate into light. The light carves objects out of the surrounding darkness and facilitates composing images. During this time, Galileo through his telescope and his art of drawing identified "spots" of the Moon as craters. Simultaneously, Annibale Carracci, and before him Jan van Eyck and after him Velásquez and many others used mirror optics for various pictorial representations of reality. Together, relations between light phenomena, optics and painting are rich in their complexity. and Ladislav Daniel.