New books
Vinzenz Luksch. Soupis historických a uměleckých památek v politickém okresu Litoměřice, Díl II., Okres Litoměřice
The edited manuscript List of Monuments of the Former Litoměřice Political District was created at the beginning of the 20th century as part of a joint topographic project of the Archaeological Commission of the Czech Academy of Sciences and Arts and the Society for the Support of German Science, Art and Literature in Bohemia. Its text records in a unique manner the state of the heritage fund at the beginning of the 20th century and gives a detailed description of often significantly altered monuments or even those that no longer exist. The book is written by the Czech-German Catholic priest and historian Vinzenz Luksch. When initially preparing the edition, it had already been decided to make the German text more accessible by translating it and publishing it as a bilingual German-Czech version. The first part, dedicated to the town of Litoměřice, was published at the end of 2015. The second part in three volumes focuses on locations outside the centre of the former district. Jana Chadimová, Martin Barus, Kristina Uhlíková (eds.)
Proměny venkovské architektury s důrazem na vývoj v 19. a 20. století – vybrané stavby
Publikace je věnována podobně jako předchozí svazek v této řadě (Proměny venkovské architektury s důrazem na vývoj v 19. a 20. století I.) historickému a stavebnímu vývoji venkovského stavitelství. Pozornost je tentokrát upřena na jednotlivé vybrané stavby, které se nacházejí na území celé České republiky. Jejich prostřednictvím se publikace snaží upozornit na současný stav venkovské architektury vzniklé převážně v 19. a 20. století a poodhalit její mnohdy skryté hodnoty. Kniha zároveň opět provází stejnojmennou výstavu. Ludmila Hůrková-Klára Mezihoráková (eds.) Texty: Ludmila Hůrková, Pavel Vlček, Tomáš Valeš, Marie Platovská, Markéta Svobodová, Klára Mezihoráková, Jan Uhlík, Zdeněk Poloprutský
Zámek Kačina
This pocket-format publication is intended particularly for visitors to the spectacular classicist chateau Kačina in Kutná Hora region. It is based on a detailed historical survey of architecture carried out by Luboš Lancinger and acquaints readers with the circumstances surrounding the long-standing structure, to which a wide range of important architects have contributed, and not only those active in the Czech lands. The project can be attributed to Christian Schuricht, Georg Fischer, and first and foremost, Johann Philipp Joendl, who supervised the construction and adapted the building to contemporary trends. The Viennese architects Alois Pichl and Joseph Gerog Kornhäusel also commented on the structure. The publication contains photos of many original plans of the structure that have been preserved. A list of important literature and sources is provided at the end. Text: Pavel Vlček
Epigraphica et Sepulcralia 8
The proceedings of the jubilee 15th international session on the issue of sepulchral monuments, which took place in Prague on 19 October – 21 October 2016. These regular conferences, organized since 2000 by the Institute of Art History of the Czech Academy of Sciences, are focused on sepulchral monuments as material artefacts of sepulchral culture and as works of art in the traditional sense of the word, with a factual or methodological relation to Central European issues. However, they do not not avoid themes that more widely explain the context in which these monuments were created and were functionally applied. An emphasis is placed on the nature of interdisciplinary expert meetings. Through their focus and periodicity, they are unique in the pan-European context. A novelty of this session was the inclusion of an independent block devoted to Hebrew monuments. The proceedings are divided into three parts, in terms of the religious context of the discussed themes – hence into parts devoted to Christian, Jewish and finally supplemental, but still in the Central European milieu, Islamic sepulchral monuments. It contains twenty-five papers in total, which deal directly or contextually with sepulchral monuments from the Late Middle Ages to the 21st century. Besides, the territorially Bohemian and Moravian issue as well as the German, Slovak and Polish issues make up a significant share of the work. The series Epigraphica & Sepulcralia has been the publication forum of these sessions since 2005. Jiří Roháček (ed.)
Svoboda + Palcr: Vidět sochy
The photographer Jan Svoboda (1934–1990) perceived the sculptures of Zdeněk Palcr (1927–1996) as an autonomous artistic motif. The photographs of these sculptures were created from the 1960s to the 1980s primarily as documentation to be used by sculptors, but the photographer transformed them into images of specific artistic qualities and unusual iconic values. The book of these photographs is also a catalogue for the exhibition with the same name, which took place in 2019 at the Gallery of Fine Arts in Cheb. In addition to the many reproductions, the book includes four expert studies exploring the actual photos of sculptures by Jan Svoboda (a study by Katarína Mašterová) and the works of Zdeněk Palcr (a study by Iva Mladičová and an essay by Vladimíra Koubová-Eidernová), which have almost been forgotten today, even though they represent some of the most important works of art of the second half of the twentieth century. The book is supplemented with a description of the friendship and artistic and intellectual connection between both authors (text by Jaromír Zemina), their brief biographies, and a selected bibliography. The book includes unique and newly accessible visual materials. Katarína Mašterová (ed.)