Jiří Kratochvil: Jánuš Kubíček ...9 // Jánuš Kubíček: Introduction ...11 // A Outlines ...15 // A.1. The existence of art ...15 // A.2. Negative features of modern times ... 16 // B The Appeal of a Work of Art ...21 // B.1. Generally ...21 // B.2. Influence of some areas of feelings ... 22 // B.2.1. Poeticism ...22 // B.2.2. Simplicity and decorativeness ...22 // B.2.3. Comprehensibility ...23 // B.2.4. Randomness ...23 // B.2.5. Fantasy - fanciful art ...23 // B.2.6. Naive art ...24 // B.2.7. Piquancy ...24 // B.2.8. Kitsch in art ...25 // B.2.9. Sexuality and eroticism in art ...26 // B.2.10. Fetishism as a creative act and its common ground with art ...26 // C Styles and Trends ...31 // C.1. Antiquity ...31 // C.2. Art Nouveau ...31 // C.3. Cubism ...32 // C.4. Abstract art ...33 // C.5. So-called “other spectacles” (see also page 57 Happenings) ...34 // C.6. Our young modern artists ...35 // D The Painting ...39 // D.1. About it ...39 // D.1.1. Generally ...39 // D.1.2. Motif ...41 // D.1.3. Influence ...43 // D.2. Components and elements // of the painting ...46 // D.2.1. Composition ...46 // D.2.2. Shape ...47 // D.2.3. Colour ...48 // D.2.4. Time, period ...50 // D.3. Recipes, painting techniques ...51 // D.3.1. Oil painting ...53 // D.3.2. Tempera ...53 // E Activities at the Boundary of Art ...57 // Happenings ...57 // F Thoughts and Notes ...61 // F.1. Art is, it has nothing to confess ...61 // F.2. Art is an imaginary angling for real winds ...62 // F.3. About myself ...63 // F.4. Art is made through death and defying it ...66 // Adam Kubíček: Brief Biography ...71