Medieval Painting in Bohemia

English translation of the Czech original published by the Karolinum Press in 2002. The book deals with the development and preservation of medieval paintings in Bohemia and Moravia from the beginnings of the Czech state to the end of the rule of Ludwig Jagiello (1526). The author namely analyses the development of mural and panel painting as well as illuminations and medieval iconography. The text is accompanied by eighty representative pictures with detailed captions.

Beginnings
Romanesque Painting
The Beginnings of Gothic Painting in the Reign of the Last Přemyslids
Painting in the Reign of John of Luxembourg
The Golden Age of Gothic Painting: The Reign of Emperor Charles IV
The Golden Age of the International Style: The Reign of King Wenceslas IV
The Hussite Movement, Utraquism and Painting in the Years 1419-1471
Painting in the Reign of the Jagiello Dynasty
Conclusion
List of Abbreviations
Bibliography
List of Illustrations
Index