architecture and urban studies(38)

Mezi barokem a klasicismem

This book, focusing on architecture of the second half of the 18th century, strives to present the architecture in Bohemia in the context...

Proměny architektury v Čechách a Evropě druhé poloviny 18. století

Most do budoucnosti

In the 1960s and 70s one of the most historically valuable cities in northern Bohemia had to give way to surface coal mining. The new cit...

Laboratoř socialistické modernity na severu Čech

Myšlení hranice / hranice myšlení

A philosopher should have the courage to remain on the border between different disciplines and become a mediator between them, but to st...

K životnímu jubileu Miroslava Petříčka

Praga modernista

The English version of a cultural-historical guide by a leading European expert on the Art Nouveau shows visitors to Prague around its Ar...

Formas de un estilo

Prague in the Reign of Rudolph II

Prague in the Reign of Rudolph II takes readers back to the days of the Habsburg Emperor Rudolph II (1576–1611) when Prague became the me...

Prague: Its Gardens and Parks

The design of Prague’s gardens and parks, including those that belong to palace, castle and monastery complexes, private and public alike...

Prague: The City and Its River

The appearance, character, and life of Prague, since the birth of the city, has been shaped by the River Vltava. The river enabled the se...

Prague: University Town

Prague has been a centre of university education for almost seven centuries. It was 7 April 1348 when Charles IV, king of Bohemia and fut...

Praha - město a řeka

The Vltava River represents an essential factor in forming the appearance, character and life of the city. The river’s course prepared a ...

Praha barokní

Baroque Prague, covers the period in the history of Prague starting with the Battle of White Mountain through the Enlightenment, from 162...

Praha Karla IV.

The Prague of Charles IV. renders a vivid image of the capital of the Bohemian Kingdom in the High Gothic period in the broader historica...

Praha renesanční

In this book, the scholar paints a vivid picture of Prague at the time when the Jagiellons and first Habsburgs rulers sat on the Bohemian...