PT Journal
AU Svoboda, J
TI Centennial Prague. The authorship of some of Prague's facade from the art nouveau, modernism and cubism periodDas hundertjahrige Prag. Zur Urheberschaft mehrerer Prager fassaden der Periode des Jugendstils, der Moderne und desKubismus
SO Staleta Praha
PY 2011
BP 42
EP 69
VL 27
IS 1
DI 10.56112/sp.2011.1.04
WP https://staletapraha.cz/en/artkey/pha-201101-0004.php
DE Polivka - Balsanek - Masak - Bendelmayer - Dryak - Justich - Spalek - Art Nouveau - modern style - cubism - architecture - State Industrial college - Royal college of decorative arts - Royal technical college
SN 02316056
AB This study discusses some buildings from the end of the 19th century to the origins of the First Czech Republic, covering the architectural styles (eclectism, art nouveau, modern and cubic) and their history. The aim is to attempt to assign those works of better quality to known or neglected architects on the base of their external features. Every period had fewer good architects than builders; however many of them had their distinctive characteristic elements, which enable the classification of some of their work or to presume their origins. This cannot be considered as evidence for authorship, but more as a contribution to the discussion of this theme. This study covers a number of known names of the period, not mentioning architects, whose work has been already sufficiently surveyed and published. Thus names of reputable designers occur together with quality graduates of the State industrial college and Vienna architects, whose names have not yet been documented in Bohemia. Terminology of architects and constructors is based on the most detailed biographic thematically aimed catalogue (VLCEK 2004). This study is based on more than twenty years of detailed research of the historic prints concerning architecture - projects and realisation. This reflection indicates that some quality buildings with the plans signed by licensed constructors only could have been used by reputable architects.
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