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HOUSE AT THE BLACK MADONNA
Ovocný trh 19, Praha 1, PRAHA
vzdelavani@ngprague.cz
30 - 150 CZK
Ovocný trh 19, Praha 1, PRAHA
vzdelavani@ngprague.cz
30 - 150 CZK
MUSEUM OF THE CZECH CUBISM
The museum is situated in the centre of Prague, in an outstanding piece of Cubist architecture by Josef Gočár, the Black Madonna House, at the point where Celetná St. meets Ovocný trh. The house dating from 1911-12, designed for František Josef Herbst as a department store with a café on the first floor, is an example of how a modern building can sensitively be incorporated in the historical core of the Old Town. The fact that after the recent reconstruction its spaces have been assigned to the Museum of Czech Cubism owes to a brilliant decision by the Ministry of Culture. The exhibition was arranged by the National Gallery in Prague in collaboration with the Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague and the National Museum.
Czech Cubism became one of the important movements in the development of art, design and architecture of Central Europe in the first half of the 20th century. The proponents of Czech Cubism born in the 1880s were able to use the creative ideas of their own cultural background, particularly of the Baroque, alongside the new inspiration found in European, mainly French modern art, and established Cubism as the most complex style of the modern times. The exhibition of Edvard Munch's works, held in Prague in 1905, provided a key to the psychological nature of modern times. It was above all under the influence of Munch's symbolical Expressionism and the French painting of the second half of the 19th century that the young Prague artists arrived at expressive painting as the starting point for their efforts to conceive of art in a new way.
Czech Cubism became one of the important movements in the development of art, design and architecture of Central Europe in the first half of the 20th century. The proponents of Czech Cubism born in the 1880s were able to use the creative ideas of their own cultural background, particularly of the Baroque, alongside the new inspiration found in European, mainly French modern art, and established Cubism as the most complex style of the modern times. The exhibition of Edvard Munch's works, held in Prague in 1905, provided a key to the psychological nature of modern times. It was above all under the influence of Munch's symbolical Expressionism and the French painting of the second half of the 19th century that the young Prague artists arrived at expressive painting as the starting point for their efforts to conceive of art in a new way.
May
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Temperature: 19.5°C
Conditions: Clear
Wind Speed: 8.2km/h
Wind Direction: NNE
Temperature: 19.5°C
Conditions: Clear
Wind Speed: 8.2km/h
Wind Direction: NNE
