Institute of Art History joins the Daguerreobase international project
The autumn of 2012 saw the launch of the unique Daguerreobase international project, with the support of the European Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (CIP). The aim of the project is to create an extensive database of daguerreotypes, daguerreotype equipment, contemporary… more
Madonnas on a Lion
The number of exhibits is modest, but in significance it surpasses most other exhibitions held by the Olomouc Museum of Art this year. It is the result of long-term painstaking research by the art historian Prof. Ivo Hlobil from the Institute of Art History, Academy of Sciences of the Czech… more
Attached file: TZ_MUO_Goticke_madony_na_lvu.docx
Buquoysʼ Rožmberk. Visual Culture of an Aristocratic Seat in the Period of Romantic Historicism
The Buquoys’ Rožmberk publication is devoted to an important phase in modern-age building history of Rožmberk Castle, as well as to the life and art patronage of the Buquoy family who then owned the castle, especially to Georg Johann Heinrich Buquoy (1814–1882). The book charts events associated… more
Attached file: BR_obsah.docx
Best wishes for 2014
The Institute of Art History wishes you all the best for 2014. more
The Palatium 1400–1700 International Colloquium in Prague
The ESF project entitled Palatium 1400–1700 has now moved into its second half and has turned from the residences of the Valois and Habsburg families to the theme of summer houses. On 5–7 June 2014 an international colloquium will take place in Prague, which is being prepared by the Palatium 1400–1… more