Karel Škréta (1610-1674): His Work and His Era

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angličtina
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Karel Škréta (1610-1674): His Work and His Era
Original language description
This extensive catalogue, for the exhibition of the same name being held to commemorate the 400th anniversary of Škréta?s birth, surveys and revises our knowledge to date in regard to the artist?s time, critically reassessing and presenting the broadestpossible scope of new findings. The main contribution of the book is to cast new light on the issue of Early Baroque painting in Bohemia as well as in Central Europe as a whole, stressing its Italian points of origin. Respective chapters introduce KarelŠkréta as an eminent painter, draughtsman, and designer of prints; his collection of books and manuscripts reveals him to be a learned man of culture; an overview of historical documents related to the artist present him as an active and successful entrepreneur of the era following the Battle of the White Mountain and naturally also as the object of artistic and national veneration in the centuries following his death. Separate sections are also dedicated to Karel Škréta the Younger, and
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Publication year
2010
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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