Czech Secession

Art and Architecture 1890–1914

Petr Wittlich, Adrian Dean

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Karolinum,Nakladatelstvi Univerzity Karlovy,Czech Republic
30 May 2023

Art & design styles: Modernist design & Bauhaus; History of architecture

A lavishly illustrated exploration of forward-looking Czech art around the turn of the twentieth century.

Though it’s less widely heralded than Berlin and Vienna, 1890s Prague was every bit as much a fin-de-siècle cultural center as its Mittel European peers. At the end of the nineteenth century, the city found itself home to a fervent coterie of young visual artists all deliberately pushing against—indeed, seeking to secede from—the traditional artistic structures of the day.

This book traces Czech Secessionist art from the turn of the twentieth century by following its three main stylistic schools: naturalistic-impressionistic, symbolist, and ornamental-decorative. Though these styles developed separately, their symbiotic relationship gives the art a deeper significance and disrupts the traditional understanding of Art Nouveau and Secessionist art as an eclectic decorative style that faded away at the beginning of the twentieth century. Illustrated with more than three hundred color plates, Czech Secession is a fittingly lush tribute to one city’s underappreciated and forward-looking artistic blossoming.

By: Petr Wittlich
Translated by: Adrian Dean
Imprint: Karolinum,Nakladatelstvi Univerzity Karlovy,Czech Republic
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 267mm, Spine: 58mm
ISBN: 9788024651330
ISBN 10: 8024651335
Pages: 496
Publication Date: 30 May 2023
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Petr Wittlich is professor of art history at Charles University. Adrian Dean is a translator from Czech to English.