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Czech versus German? Discussions of Style in Prague in the 1820s
Machalíková, Pavla
The text contentrates on the construction of loyalty to a distinct national group through the use of certain characteristics in painting to express solidarity with a "national" style. In painting this debate on the existence of national schools in Bohemia can be observed as starting in the 1820s. Subsequent development led to the deliberate idealisation of a Czech school of painting based on adherence to certain characteristics that were considered "Czech" and were defined in opposition to the contemporary notion of German style.
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Proposal drawings of Wenzel Führich for tombstones and monuments
Machalíková, Pavla
The text analysis a collection of drawings by Wenzel Führich, the father of the famous Joseph Führich, kept in the Regional Gallery Liberec. The diverse material suggests numerous connections with up to date European production of this time and can be regarded as a proof of the interconnection of regional production with fashionabl European trend.
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The panorama and techniques of illusion
Machalíková, Pavla
The panorama became from the end of the 18th century a very popular entertainment. Soon after the invention of the medium, the panoramas of Vienna and Prague were exhibited (1803 and 1804). The text based on the analysis of a so far unknown description of the Viennese panorama investigates the reception of the panorama paintings.
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Czech Nazarenes in Italy in the 1820s - František Tkadlík and Josef Führich
Machalíková, Pavla
The text is based on documents related to the journeys to Italy of two important painters of the first half of the 19th century coming from the Bohemian Lands and ranked among the nazarenes: František Tkadlík and Joseph Führich. It is aimed at the detailed study of their séjours in Rome during the 1820s and attempts to characterize the impact of the journey on the development of their work.
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