Copy of Venus of Petřkovice beside that of Venus of Dolní Věstonice at an exhibition in the National Museum, PragueInternational Gothic bust of the Virgin, 1390-1395, painted terracotta
Czech art is the visual and plastic arts that have been created in the Czech Republic and the various states that formed the Czech lands in the preceding centuries. The Czech lands have produced artists that have gained recognition throughout the world, including Alfons Mucha, widely regarded as one of the key exponents of the Art Nouveau style, and František Kupka, a pioneer of abstract art.
The Czech lands have produced several important finds of prehistoric art, notably the Venus of Dolní Věstonice, a pottery Venus figurine of a nude female dated to 29,000–25,000 BC, and a distinct style of Celtic art. For most subsequent periods, Czech art was especially close to Austrian and German art, and participated in most phases of this. In periods when Prague was the capital of the Holy Roman Empire, it was a key centre of the current artistic style, using artists of both Czech and foreign origin. This was especially the case for the International Gothic style of the 14th century, and the Northern Mannerism of the late 16th and early 17th. After the Thirty Years War, when the largely non-Catholic Czech lands were returned to Catholic Habsburg control, a massive propaganda effort by the church has left rich remains of Baroque art and architecture. From the 19th century, Czech nationalism had a strong influence on all the arts.
Czechart is the visual and plastic arts that have been created in the Czech Republic and the various states that formed the Czech lands in the preceding...
The Czech Republic, also known as Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Historically known as Bohemia, it is bordered by Austria to the...
Entropa is a sculpture by Czech artist David Černý. The project was commissioned by the Czech government to mark the occasion of its presidency of the...
Czech Cubism (referred to more generally as Cubo-Expressionism) was an avant-garde art movement of Czech proponents of Cubism, active mostly in Prague...
economical importance of Bohemia mirrored also in the art. Until that time the cultural development of the Czech lands was obviously delayed in comparison with...
manages the largest collection of art in the Czech Republic and presents masterpieces of Czech and international fine art in permanent and temporary exhibitions...
The Czechs (Czech: Češi, pronounced [ˈtʃɛʃɪ]; singular Czech, masculine: Čech [ˈtʃɛx] , singular feminine: Češka [ˈtʃɛʃka]), or the Czech people (Český...
The Slav Epic (Czech: Slovanská epopej) is a cycle of 20 large canvases painted by CzechArt Nouveau painter Alphonse Mucha between 1910 and 1928. The...
The palace is owned by the city of Prague and hosts the 19th century Czechart collections of the City Gallery. The palace's design has been influenced...
president of the Czech Republic, officially the President of the Republic (Czech: Prezident republiky), is the head of state of the Czech Republic and the...
compromised creation and aestheticization of official art and became a turning point in the history of Czechart. Foreign critics appreciated the uniqueness of...
name of the country. Czech glass designers and manufacturers enjoyed international recognition and Czech glassware including art works such as sculptures...
Expressionismes. An alternative view is that the term was coined by the Czechart historian Antonin Matějček in 1910 as the opposite of Impressionism: "An...
The flag of the Czech Republic (Czech: státní vlajka České republiky) is the same as the flag of the former Czechoslovakia. Upon the dissolution of Czechoslovakia...
Public holidays in the Czech Republic are defined by Act No. 245/2000, on national (public) holidays, on other holidays, on significant days and on days...
The Czech Armed Forces (Czech: Armáda České republiky, lit. 'the Army of the Czech Republic'), also known as the Czech Army, is the military service responsible...
Prague (/ˈprɑːɡ/ PRAHG; Czech: Praha [ˈpraɦa] ) is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava...
Parliament of the Czech Republic (Czech: Parlament České republiky) or just Parliament (Czech: Parlament) is the legislative branch of the Czech Republic. It...
Czech Television (Czech: Česká televize [ˈtʃɛskaː ˈtɛlɛvɪzɛ]; abbreviation: ČT) is a public television broadcaster in the Czech Republic, broadcasting...
People" on their 1967 album Absolutely Free and inspired the Czech group's name). Czechart historian and cultural critic Ivan Jirous became the band's...
sculptor Ludmila Zeman (born 1947), Czech-Canadian animator Kamila Ženatá (born 1953), installations, video art Helena Zmatlíková (1923–2005), illustrator...
Czechoslovakia (Czech, Slovak: Československo) was formed as a result of the critical intervention of U.S. President Woodrow Wilson, among others. The Czechs and...
Czech literature can refer to literature written in Czech, in the Czech Republic (formerly Czechoslovakia, earlier the Lands of the Bohemian Crown), or...
ArtMap. "ArtMap knihkupectví". knihy.artmap.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 2023-12-07. Pánek, Jaroslav; Tůma Oldřich; et al. (2009). A History of the Czech...
Czech philosophy, has often eschewed "pure" speculative philosophy, emerging rather in the course of intellectual debates in the fields of education (e...
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famous Czech people. This list includes people born in Czech lands, people of the Czech nationality as well as people having some significant Czech ancestry...
Czech cuisine has both influenced and been influenced by the cuisines of surrounding countries and nations. Many of the cakes and pastries that are popular...
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