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Praha secesní

At the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, Prague underwent a radical transformation, once again becoming a prestigious center for the l...

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...

The Cathedral of St. Vitus at Prague Castle

The Cathedral of St. Vitus at Prague Castle is one of the symbols of the Czech statehood; it is the coronation and burial site of Bohemia...

Nahlédnutí do středověku

The contradictions in the title should do more than to merely attract potential readers. The realization that many things in the Middle A...

Mluva písma a četba obrazů

Kniha vějířů

This unique manuscript, a collection of 120 Japanese poems illustrated in fan-shaped pictures dating as far back as the 16th century, rep...

Neklidná figura

This book was published as an exhibition catalogue for the eponymous exhibition presented by the Prague City Gallery between May 4 and Se...

Umění a kultura království Benin

This book on the remarkable culture and original art of the Benin Empire covers historical transformations of the empire, local mythology...

Gotické deskové malířství v severozápadních a severních Čechách, 1340-1550

A remarkable set of altarpieces and individual panel paintings dating from 1340–1550 has been preserved in North-Western Bohemia. Most of...

Skalní umění

The monograph Rock Art: Portuguese Sites in Foz Côa and Mazouco presents a description, analysis and interpretation of rock art. The book...

Portugalská naleziště Foz Côa a Mazouco

Dias

Pavel Dias’s work forms one of the touchstones of Czech journalistic and documentary photography. Dias began taking photographs at a junc...

Fotografie/Photographs 1956–2015.

Gerulata: The Lamps

What should a catalogue of archaeological material contain? This book is a comprehensive index of 210 lamps from the Roman fort of Gerula...

Roman Lamps in a Provincial Context

Barokní architektura v Čechách

A group of art historians from Charles University and from the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic offers a comprehensive perspecti...