Prague
The Crown of Bohemia, 1347-1437
Boehm, Barbara Drake (EDT)
Fajt, Jiri (EDT)
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BOOK SUMMARY
A spectacular survey of works of art from the reigns of the Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV and his sons.
BOOK SYNOPSIS
This beautiful book celebrates the remarkable flowering of art in Prague during the reigns of Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV and his two sons, Wenceslas IV and Sigismund. When crowned king of Bohemia in 1347, Charles vowed to make Prague the cultural rival of Paris and Rome. He rebuilt its castle and began a massive building campaign to glorify Saint Vitus’s Cathedral. In the ensuing century, Prague became not only an imperial but also an intellectual and artistic capital.
In essays and detailed entries on some 240 artworks drawn from American and European collections, an esteemed group of scholars traces the birth of a distinctly Bohemian art in Prague in the mid-fourteenth century and its diffusion throughout Europe over the next hundred years. Panel paintings, goldsmiths’ work, sculpture, stained glass, and illuminated manuscripts bear witness to the wide-ranging achievements of the hundreds of artists who were active in Bohemian lands during this spectacular century. Not since they were created have these magnificent objects been accorded the attention that they deserve on an international stage.
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BOOK REVIEWS
"...sumptuous book...extraordinary yet readable detail...There is no comparable English-language title on this subject."
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MORE BOOK INFO
ISBN: 030011138X
ISBN(13-digit): 9780300111385
Copyright: 2005
Dewey Decimal: 709/.4371/20747471
Library of Congress: 2005022954
Book Publisher: Yale Univ Pr
Language: ENG
No. of Pages: 366
Paper Weight (lb): 4.80 lb
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