Baroque Prague:

Lushly illustrated with more than two hundred color plates, including both historical images and contemporary photographs of architectural exteriors, Baroque Prague is an excursion through Prague from the defeat of Czech Protestants at the Battle of White Mountain in 1620 to the philosophical era of...

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Main Author: Vlnas, Vít 1962- (Author)
Other Authors: Palán, Oto (Photographer), Paton, Derek ca. 20./21. Jh (Translator), Paton, Marzia ca. 20./21. Jh (Translator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Czech
Published: Praha Karolinum Press [2024]
Edition:First English edition
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Summary:Lushly illustrated with more than two hundred color plates, including both historical images and contemporary photographs of architectural exteriors, Baroque Prague is an excursion through Prague from the defeat of Czech Protestants at the Battle of White Mountain in 1620 to the philosophical era of Enlightenment in the eighteenth century. Art historian Vít Vlnas explores both the material and spiritual transformations the city went through during this boisterous period, treating the Baroque epoch as a cultural phenomenon vital to the current genius loci of the great Central European capital. He guides readers through both the city itself and equally important Baroque monuments outside of the historical city center. A highly readable introductory study, as well as a work for experienced scholars of the history of Bohemia, Baroque Prague is an exciting homage to Europe’s great "city of a hundred spires," and shows how a place’s storied past informs its present soul
Item Description:Originally published in Czech as "Praha barokní", Prague: Karolinum 2017
Physical Description:335 Seiten Karte
ISBN:9788024643762
8024643766

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