A Thousand Years of Czech Culture
Subtitle: Riches from the National Museum in Prague
Publisher: Univ of Washington Pr
Published: January 1997
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 166
ISBN-13: 9781879704022
Subjects: History Of Art / Art & Design Styles; Museum, historic sites, gallery & art guides; Eastern Europe - Czechoslovakia; Permanent Collection Catalogs; Art; Art & Art Instruction; Czech Republic; Exhibitions; General; Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions - General; Civilization
Description: Ten essays by leading Czech scholars provide an overview of the artistic, historical, and religious trends at work in the Czech lands: the evolution of royalty and the Czech state, the religious conflicts that presaged the Protestant Reformation, the power and artistic impact of the Catholic Church from the Middle Ages to the baroque, and the rise of nationalism in the nineteenth century.