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Byzantium in the Czech Lands (4th–16th centuries)
This is the first comprehensive study of Byzantine influence on the art and iconography of East Central Europe and also the first account of the disciplinary development of Byzantine Studies in the Czech and Slovak Republics.
Prague
This catalogue accompanies the Fall 2005 exhibition that celebrates the flowering of art in medieval Prague, when the city became not only an imperial but also an intellectual and artistic capital of Europe. Scholars trace the distinctly Bohemian art that developed during the reigns of Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV and his sons; the artistic achievements of master craftsmen; and the rebuilding of Prague Castle and of Saint Vitus' Cathedral. -- Metropolitan Museum of Art website.
Moving Sculptures
The Low Countries are generally considered to be the land of painting. Consequently, sculpture, especially that of the 16th century, has been insufficiently explored. In Moving Sculptures Aleksandra Lipińska presents a little-known chapter of the history of Netherlandish sculpture: the serial production of small-scale alabaster reliefs, altarpieces and statuettes in the workshops of Mechelen and Antwerp between c. 1525 and 1650. She gives the reader an insight into the rules of this craft, the specificity of the material, and the marketing methods employed. But the innovative element of this study lies in the fact that Lipińska analyses the phenomenon from the perspective of its distant recipients in Central and Northern Europe on the basis of works largely unknown to the broader public. For sample pages click on Google Books button.
Die Prager Universität im Mittelalter
The present collection, divided into three thematic sections, includes twenty-one studies on the history of the University of Prague from its foundation in 1348 to the 16th century. The first section is devoted to the birth of the university, its first institutions, the growth of the earliest colleges and the victory of the Reformist party. The second part concentrates on the curriculum, examinations, graduations and annual disputations of the Faculty of Liberal Arts. Section three deals with university polemics about universalia realia, mainly in relation to the scholarly and literary activity of Jerome of Prague (+ 1416).
England and Bohemia in the Age of Chaucer
New essays examining Bohemia as a key European context for understanding Chaucer's poetry. Chaucer never went to Bohemia but Bohemia came to him when, in 1382, King Richard II of England married Anne, daughter of the Holy Roman Emperor, Charles IV. Charles's splendid court in Prague was renowned across Europe for its patronage of literature, art and architecture, and Anne and her entourage brought with them some of its glamour and allure - their fashions, extravagance and behaviour provoking comment from English chroniclers. For Chaucer, a poet and diplomat affiliated to Richard's court, Anne was more muse than patron, her influence embedded in a range of his works, including the Parliament ...
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Mariánský sloup na Hradčanském náměstí
Monografie přináší komplexní „biografii“ jednoho z nejzajímavějších a největších sochařsko-architektonických děl vztyčených v Čechách v souvislosti s morovou epidemií v letech 1713–1715. Monument postavený v prostoru, který v dané době fungoval jako cour d’honneur Pražského hradu, je výjimečný svým ideovým programem i svou výtvarnou kvalitou. Ta se zrcadlí jak v netradiční koncepci architektonického rozvrhu sloupu, tak v kompozičním a modelačním řešení jeho sochařské výzdoby, jejímž autorem je Ferdinand Maxmilián Brokoff. Odborná monografie nabízí detailní pohled na proměnu obrazu tohoto barokního monumentu v odborné literatuře a také zevrubný přehled předchůdců hradčanského monumentu v Praze. Autoři mapují historii vzniku sloupu a analyzují jeho architekturu i sochařskou výzdobu a sledují osudy díla v době od jeho slavnostního vysvěcení v roce 1736 až do současnosti a soustředí se na proměny sloupu.
Essays on the arts and sciences
To celebrate the 270th anniversary of the De Gruyter publishing house, the company is providing permanent open access to 270 selected treasures from the De Gruyter Book Archive. Titles will be made available to anyone, anywhere at any time that might be interested. The DGBA project seeks to digitize the entire backlist of titles published since 1749 to ensure that future generations have digital access to the high-quality primary sources that De Gruyter has published over the centuries.
