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Decorative and Fine Arts Záboj and Slavoj
These mythical figures (invented by a forger
Many painters, sculptors and of old legends) were carved by Josef Myslbek
graphic artists were influenced for Palacký Bridge in 1895. They are now
by Art Nouveau. One of the most in Vyšehrad.
successful exponents of the style
was the artist Alfons Mucha
(1860–1939). He is celebrated
chiefly for his posters. Yet he
designed stained glass (see p104),
furniture, jewellery, even postage
stamps. It is perhaps here, in the
decorative and applied arts,
that Art Nouveau had its fullest
expression in Prague. Artists
adorned every type of object –
doorknobs, curtain ornaments,
vases and cutlery – with tentacle-
and plant-like forms in imitation
of the natural world from which Where to See Art
they drew their inspiration. Nouveau in Prague

Detail of doorway, Široká 9,
Postage Stamp Jewish Quarter
A bold stamp design by Alfons
Mucha marked the founding of Architecture
the Czechoslovak Republic in 1918. Apartment Building,
Na příkopě 7
Glass Vase Hanavský Pavilion p161
This iridescent green vase made Hlahol Choir Building,
of Bohemian glass has relief Masarykovo nábřeží 10
decoration of intertwined Hlavní nádraží, Wilsonova
threads. It is in the Museum Hotel Central,
of Decorative Arts.
Hybernská 10
Hotel Europa p147
Industrial Palace p162 and Four
Guided Walks pp178–9
Ministerstvo pro místní
rozvoj p69
Municipal House p66
Palacký Bridge (Palackého most)
Praha House, Národní třída 7
Wiehl House p144
Painting
Trade Fair Palace pp164–5
Sculpture
Jan Hus Monument p72
Vyšehrad Garden and Cemetery
Curtain Ornament p160 and Four Guided
and Candlestick Walks pp180–81
Poster for Sokol Movement The silver and silk ornament
Mucha’s colour lithograph for the adorns the Mayor’s room of the Decorative Arts
sixth national meeting of the Municipal House. The candlestick Mucha Museum p147
Sokol gymnastic movement by Emanuel Novák with fine leaf Museum of Decorative Arts p86
(1912) is in Tyrš’s Museum design is in the Museum of Prague Museum p161
(Physical Culture and Sports). Decorative Arts.

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