Art nouveau Prague / Petr Wittlich ; photographs by Věroslav Škrabánek ; translated by Petra Key.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wittlich, Petr, author.

Contributor:

Škrabánek, Věroslav, photographer.

Key, Petra, translator.

Series:

Prague series

The Prague series

Standardized Title:

Praha secesní. English.

Language:

Czech

English

Subjects (All):

Art nouveau (Architecture)--Czech Republic--Prague--Guidebooks.

Art nouveau (Architecture).

Art nouveau--Czech Republic--Prague--Guidebooks.

Art nouveau.

Decoration and ornament, Architectural--Czech Republic--Prague--Guidebooks.

Decoration and ornament, Architectural.

Architecture--Czech Republic--Prague--Guidebooks.

Architecture.

Buildings--Czech Republic--Prague--Guidebooks.

Buildings.

Czech Republic--Prague.

Genre:

Guidebooks.

Photobooks.

Physical Description:

191 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), maps ; 26 x 20 cm.

Edition:

Second, revised and updated edition.

First English edition.

Place of Publication:

Prague, Czech Republic : Charles University Karolinum Press, [2020]

Language Note:

Translated from the Czech.

Summary:

"Since the collapse of the Iron Curtain in 1989, Prague has become one of Europe's--and the world's--most popular tourist destinations. As in London, Paris, and Rome, visitors flock to the gorgeous buildings and monuments that grace the streets of Prague, entranced by structures ranging from Gothic and baroque to cubist and neoclassical. And while hundreds of thousands stroll over Charles Bridge and gaze up at St. Vitus Cathedral each year, far fewer venture away from the crowds to seek out the countless gems of art nouveau peppered throughout Prague. With Art Nouveau Prague, Petr Wittlich--one of Europe's leading experts on nineteenth- and twentieth-century architecture--tours those monuments and buildings of Prague that are most representative of the art nouveau movement while offering insightful commentary on each. Along the way, Wittlich visits such sites as the Municipal House, the Wilson Railway Station, the Grand Hotel Europa, and works by sculptors Frantisek B lek, Ladislav Saloun, and Stanislav Sucharda. An introductory essay by Wittlich emphasizing the role of art nouveau within contemporary currents of modern European art accompanies more than one hundred color illustrations of some of the most stunning examples of art nouveau architecture and decoration in existence."--Publisher.

Notes:

First edition published in 2005 under the title "Secesní Prahou : podoby stylu" with photographs by Jan Malý.

Translation of: Praha secesn

Translated from the Czech.

Originally published: Praha : Univerzita Karlova, Nakladatelství Karolinum, 2017.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9788024642932

802464293X

OCLC:

1222862143