{"product_id":"czech-secession-petr-wittlich-9788024651330","title":"Czech Secession: Art and Architecture 1890-1914","description":"\u003cb\u003eA lavishly illustrated exploration of forward-looking Czech art around the turn of the twentieth century.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Though it's less widely heralded than Berlin and Vienna, 1890s Prague was every bit as much a fin-de-si鐵le 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. \u003cbr\u003e ​ \u003cbr\u003e 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, \u003ci\u003eCzech Secession \u003c\/i\u003eis a fittingly lush tribute to one city's underappreciated and forward-looking artistic blossoming. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Petr Wittlich\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 8024651335\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9788024651330\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Karolinum Press, Charles University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/24\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 496\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 5.68lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.63h x 9.53w x 1.89d","brand":"Petr Wittlich","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44078882554111,"sku":"9788024651330","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_080269e5-eda7-400c-ab10-a0ad6c28922b.jpg?v=1685478069","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/czech-secession-petr-wittlich-9788024651330","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}