Royt Jan

Prof., PhDr., Ing., PhD., DSc.
Born April 20, 1955 in Roudnice nad Labem

• History of Art, Medieval Panel Paintig, Iconography
• Member of Learned Society since 2019

Educational and professional preparation

After studying at the Secondary School of Agriculture in Roudnice nad Labem, I graduated from the University of Agriculture in Prague (thesis – the share of alpha and beta resins in hop essential oil, the degree of Ing.[English equivalent MSc]).  Between 1979 and 1983, I studied the history of art at the Faculty of Arts, Charles University (thesis: Christ crucified on the grapevine, which was recognized viva voce in 1984; the degree of PhDr.). 1990, I have worked at the Department of Art History at the Faculty of Arts, Charles University – first as an Assistant Professor and then, since 1997, as an Associate Professor (habilitation thesis: The Image and the Cult in Bohemia in the 17th and 18th Centuries). In 2004, I was appointed professor of art history at Charles University. In 2009, I completed PhD study at the Institute of Christian Art History and, in 2016, I defended the degree Doctor of Historical Sciences (DSc.).

Employment and academic positions

• 1985-1990, I worked at the Odeon publishing house and since
• 1990 Institute of Art History at the Faculty of Arts of Charles University
• 2006-2014 - director of the Department of Art History at the Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague
• 2000 Institute of Christian Art History  at the Catholic Theological Faculty of Charles University in Prague
• 2001 Department of History at the Faculty of Arts of  Jan Evangelisty Purkyně  University in Ústí nad Labem
• 1991 externally at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague
• 2014 Vice-rector of Charles University in Prague

Membership in selected domestic scientific bodies

• Council for Scienses of the Charles University in Prague
• Council for Scienses of the Czech Academy of Sciences in Prague
• Council for Scienses of the Masaryk University in Brno
• Council for Scienses of the Jan Evangelista Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem
• Council for Scienses of the Pardubice University

Membership and positions in selected international organizations and societies

• Görres Gesellschaft, (BRD)

Notable awards

• 2000 Josef Krása Prize – The Art Historian Society in Prague
• 2009 The Gold Medal of Sainte Adalbert – Archbishop of Prague
• 2014 Knight of the Papal Order Sainte Gregory the  Great – Vatican-Pope Francis

Selected publications

• Charles IV. Emperor and King of Bohemia – Visionary and Founder. Praha 2018 , 1051 s., podíl 50 %, ISBN 978-80-7422-461-4 
• The Master od the Třeboň Altarpiece . Praha 2014, 288 s. ISBN 978-80-246-2261-3.
• The Cathedral of St. Vitus at Prague  Castle. Prague 2016, ISBN 978-80-246-3129-5.
• Gotické deskové malířství v severozápadních a severních Čechách . Praha: Karolinum, 2015, 350 s. ISBN 978-80-246-3174-5.
• Středověká desková a nástěnná malba v severozápadních Čechách, in: Klípa Jan / Ottová Michaela (ed.), Bez hranic. Umění v Krušnohoří mezi gotikou a renesancí. Praha 2015,  85-95, 130-131, 200-203, ISBN 978-80-7035-583-1.
• Panel and Wall Painting, in: Ales Mudra / Michaela Ottová (ed.): (art) without borders. Medieval Art and Architecture in the Ore Mountains Region (1250-1550). Praha 2015,  85-111, ISBN 978-80-7308-594-0
• Eucharistické alegorie a zázraky, in: Aleš Mudra (ed.), V oplatce jsi všecek tajně. Praha 2017, 213-243, ISBN 978-80-7480-016-0
• Nástěnné malby v chóru klášterního kostela, in: Michaela Otttová/Aleš Mudra (ed.), Mýtus Ulrych Creutz. Vizuální kultura v Kadani za Jana Hasištejnského z Lobkowicz (1469-1517). Litoměřice 2017 96-104, ISBN 978-80-7308-734-0
• Slovník biblické ikonografie. Praha 2013 (2 vydání), ISBN 978-80-246-0963-8
• Das Nachleben Karls IV., in: (Hrsg.)  Jiří Fajt – Markus Hörsch,  Kaiser Karl IV. 1316-2016. Erste Bayerisch –Tschechische  Landesausstellung. Ausstellungkatalog. Prag –Nürnberg 2016, s. 259-265, 329-334, 362-363, 388-389. ISBN 978-80-7035-613-5.