Thirteen studies in English and German bring new insights into a number of masterpieces of Bohemian book painting, which have been examined so far mainly from a stylistic point of view. The book also acquaints the readers with unknown or little-known manuscripts. The publication illustrates how the turbulent end of the 14th century and the socio-political changes of the Hussite period influenced the form of manuscript production. The researches, inter alia, focus on the relationship between text and image, the function of the depiction, the mass productin of manuscripts, and the question of what Hussite iconography is.
Texts: Barbara Drake Boehm (New York), Pavol Černý (Ostrava/Olomouc), Lara Fortunato (Neapol/Berlin), Tomáš Gaudek (Prague), Jan Gromadzki (Wrocław), Alena Hadravová (Prague), Petr Hadrava (Prague), Hana Hlaváčková (Prague), Kateřina Horníčková (Salzburg / České Budějovice), Ulrike Jenni (Prague), Kateřina Kubínová (Prague), Irina von Morzé (Vienna), Lenka Panušková (Prague), Daniela Rywiková (Ostrava), Maria Theisen (Vienna)
Milada Studničková – Maria Theisen (eds.)
First edition, in English and German, 231 pages, colour illustrations, Prague 2018
ISBN 978-80-88283-15-7
