A Czech Contribution to Estonian Avant-Garde
On 31 August the exhibition “Geomeetriline inimene. Eesti Kunstnikkude Rühm ja 1920.–1930. aastate kunstiuuendus.” [Geometrical Man. The Group of Estonian Artists and Art Innovation in the 1920s and 1930s.] was opened in the Kumu Art Museum in Tallinn. This retrospective of the activities of the… more
Attached file: Geometrical Man_Lahoda.pdf
Munich – Prague. The Visual Arts between Tradition and Modernity
The publication Munich – Prague. The Visual Arts between Tradition and Modernity deals with the connections between Munich and Prague from the 1830s to the beginning of the 20th century. It is the outcome of a grant of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, and the editorial work for it in… more
Attached file: Mnichov–Praha_2012.docx
Decorative Plasterwork in Ireland and Europe. Ornament and the Early Modern Interior
Christine Casey, who works in the Department of History of Art and Architecture at Trinity College Dublin, and the architecture historian Conor Lucey, member of the Humanities Institute at University College Dublin, have published a book devoted to stucco decoration in the early modern period,… more
Attached file: Irsko_stuk.doc
From Scamozzi to Aleotti and beyond
Paolo Sanvita, Associated Professor of the Humboldt University in Berlin examins in his lecture held on 10 October 2012 at 3.30 p.m. in the Institute of Art History, Husova 4, Prague 1, room 117 the wave of Vitruvian studies which came after Copernicanism in late Cinquecento. more
Attached file: 20121010_Sanvito.pdf
Naprej! Czech Sports Architecture 1567-2012
A new publication with the title Naprej! Česká sportovní architektura 1567-2012 [Naprej! Czech Sports Architecture 1567-2012] has been prepared and edited by Rostislav Švácha from the Institute of Art History, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, in cooperation with a team of seven… more
Attached file: Sport anotace.doc